Remove annoying users from StackOverflow

Masks out the comments and the names of users you don't like on StackOverflow

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

// ==UserScript==
// @namespace https://trajano.net
// @name     Remove annoying users from StackOverflow
// @description Masks out the comments and the names of users you don't like on StackOverflow
// @version  1
// @include  https://stackoverflow.com/*
// @grant    none
// @license EPL-2.0
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
    'use strict';

    const ids = [-1, 1507691, 216691, 3001761, 4216641];
    const selector = ids.map(( id ) => `[data-comment-owner-id="${id}"]`);
    const styles = `
        ${selector.map( s => `${s} .comment-copy > *`)},
				${selector.map( s => `${s} .comment-date > *`)} {
            color: transparent;
            background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
        }
        ${selector.map( s => `${s} div a.comment-user`)} {
            display: none;
        }
    `;

    document.head.appendChild(
        document.createElement("style")
    ).innerHTML = styles;

    function maskComments () {
        document.querySelectorAll(selector.join(',')).forEach(createMask);
    }

    function createMask ( element ) {
        const commentCopy = element.querySelector(".comment-copy");
        for ( const child of commentCopy.childNodes ) {
            if ( child.nodeName === "#text" && child.nodeValue !== " " ) {
                const fragment = document.createDocumentFragment();
                for ( const token of child.nodeValue.split(" ") ) {
                    const span = document.createElement("span");
                    span.textContent = token;
                    fragment.append(span, " ");
                }
                commentCopy.replaceChild( fragment, child );
            }
        }
    }

    maskComments();

})();