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Block ads on bitcointalk.

bitcointalk.org is filled with scammy ads. free yourself from the noise.

  1. // ==UserScript==
  2. // @name         Block ads on bitcointalk.
  3. // @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
  4. // @version      0.3.1
  5. // @description  bitcointalk.org is filled with scammy ads. free yourself from the noise.
  6. // @author       itsnotlupus
  7. // @match        https://bitcointalk.org/*
  8. // ==/UserScript==
  9.  
  10. /*jshint esversion:6 */
  11.  
  12. // On this forum, users are allowed to advertise for whatever scam they want, in their signatures, profile pic and profile byline.
  13. // This is in addition to any site-level ads.
  14. // This script aims to remove all of it.
  15.  
  16. const junk = [
  17.   // ad and shitty signatures
  18.   "table>tbody>tr>td>table>tbody>tr>td>div:not([id]):not(.post):not(.subject):not(.personalmessage):not(.smalltext)[class]",
  19.   // ad disclaimer
  20.   "form>table>tbody>tr>td>span",
  21.   // extraneous <hr> tags
  22.   "td.smalltext hr"
  23. ];
  24.  
  25. // remove the junk
  26. junk.forEach(line => document.querySelectorAll(line).forEach(t => t.remove()));
  27.  
  28. // scrub poster info too, since it's filled with ads too nowadays.
  29. document.querySelectorAll(".poster_info>.smalltext>div").forEach(poster => {
  30.   let m, n = poster.nextSibling;
  31.   // crawl through nodes found under a poster profile pic
  32.   do {
  33.       m = n.nextSibling;
  34.       // custom text under a profile pic? that's almost always an ad.
  35.       if (n instanceof Text) n.remove();
  36.       // custom link? yes, probably an ad.
  37.       if (n.href && !n.href.startsWith("https://bitcointalk.org/")) n.remove();
  38.   } while (n = m);
  39.   // and of course, remove the profile pic, because it's almost certainly an ad.
  40.   poster.remove();
  41. });
  42.  
  43. // avoid a JS error caused by their broken anti-adblock code.
  44. window.detectabp = () => false;
  45.  
  46. // why are you even using this terrible forum? nostalgia? masochism?