[GUIDE] Removing Unwanted Articles From Front Page

[AngerDanger]

I've written a script that allows users to block front page articles by keyword. I figured this would save users, moderators, and editors a bit of headache.

You'll need an extension so that your browser can run the script (user scripts allow your browser to run custom JavaScript files on webpages). Below is a series of links to Tampermonkey, a user script extension supported by many browsers:

• Safari
• Chrome
• Firefox

This code will need to be copied and pasted into a new user script. By default, it's set to block articles with "Carpool Karaoke," "Samsung," and "Beta" in the title. Add to or remove these words to block whatever you want:

// ==UserScript==
// ==UserScript==
// @name         iDontCare
// @namespace    http://angerdanger.com
// @version      0.1
// @description  Hide Unwanted MR Articles
// @author       AngerDanger
// @match        https://www.macrumors.com/
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

window.onload = function(){
    var keywords = ["Carpool Karaoke", "Samsung", "Beta"]; // <-- EDIT THESE KEYWORDS
    var titles = document.getElementsByClassName('title');
    for (var j = 0; j < keywords.length; j++){
        for (var i = 0; i < titles.length; i++){
            if (titles[i].innerHTML.indexOf(keywords[j]) >= 0){
                titles[i].parentNode.parentNode.removeChild(titles[i].parentNode);
                i--;
            }
        }
    }
};

Caveats

• The script runs after the page has loaded, so there will be a moment where you're able to see the articles before they poof out of existence.
• You'll still see blocked articles on mobile browsers.
• This won't block any articles from being pushed as notifications.

 

[Pakaku]

Works pretty well under Firefox, but another caveat I see is it can't do anything about the sidebar stories so far. Lots of iffy articles seem to always get tucked away in there.

 

[OllyW]

I grew up with newspapers and magazines so I just skip the articles that don't interest me.

 

[ActionableMango]

I grew up with newspapers and magazines so I just skip the articles that don't interest me.

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also just skip the articles that don't interest me.

 

[AngerDanger]

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