// Mefi-Killfile (0.12 BETA!)
//
// Copyright (C) 2005 Fuyugare <fuyugare@fuyugare.org>
//
// This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
// by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your
// option) any later version.
//
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// This is a Greasemonkey ( http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/ ) user
// script. Greasemonkey is a Mozilla Firefox extension. It needs to
// be installed and activated first.
//
// It implements killfiles for MeFi. There is one tunable parameter
// -- the location of your killfile -- that should be a (preferably
// web-accessible) text file. List the killed usernames one entry per
// line. The default value is an example. (It is the killfile I
// personally use; you might find it offensive to your tastes.)
//
//
// To INSTALL this script,
// save the script in some local directory
// edit it to replace the "roster" line (see comments below)
// view the script in Firefox (i.e., "File > Open File")
// click on "Tools > Install User Script"
//
// To UNINSTALL this script,
// go to "Tools > Manage User Scripts"
// select "MeFi-Killfile"
// click on "uninstall"
//
//
// NOTES
//
// 1. I am not a MeFi user, and never intend to become one. This
// script is only guaranteed to work for the page visible to
// non-logged-in users. I've been told that it also works for
// logged-in users, but caveat usor.
//
// 2. Despite killing individual comments, someone or the other is
// going to quote the comment anyway, which defeats the whole
// point. Until Matt systematizes the 'reply to' feature, perhaps
// by adding some sensible threading scheme, it's just impossible
// to truly filter someone out.
//
// 3. Greasemonkey scripts are brittle as fuck. Any time Matt changes
// the structure of the MeFi page -- and he does it often enough
// -- I try to release a new version of these scripts. (That
// said, all versions of this script from 0.04 onwards *do* work
// on the current MeFi front page, as of July 15, 2005.) By the
// way, those of you with pull with Matt should encourage him to
// enclose every comment in its own div.
//
// 4. This script might not work on metatalk in the future (though it
// appears to work for now). I don't care. MeTa is a septic tank
// of the most effluvial kind. It smells worse than the inside of
// Karl Rove's rectum. It rapes kittens and poisons
// cube-cactuses. It is the leading cause of SIDS. Terrorists
// point to metatalk as their vision of the perfect future. In
// summary, adding support for metatalk pages spoils the otherwise
// straightforward code in this script, so I can't be bothered.
//
// 5. AskMe is excluded by default.
//
// -------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// ==UserScript==
// @name MeFi-Killfile
// @namespace http://fuyugare.org/mofi/
// @description Killfiles for MeFi
// @include http://*.metafilter.com/*
// @include http://metafilter.com/*
// @exclude http://ask.metafilter.com/*
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
var Killfile = {
/* BEGIN USER-SPECIFIC MODIFICATIONS */
// Change the following line to point to your own killfile
// The default value is only an example.
roster: 'http://fuyugare.org/mofi/mefi-killfile.txt',
// That was the only line you needed to modify. Future
// versions will probably store it in a cookie.
/* END USER-SPECIFIC MODIFICATIONS */
doit: function() {
var req = {
method: 'GET',
url: Killfile.roster,
onload: function (details) {
var r = details.responseText.split ('\n');
var coms = document.evaluate ("//div[@class='comments']/span[@class='smallcopy']/a[1]",
document,
null,
XPathResult.UNORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE,
null);
for (var i = 0; i < coms.snapshotLength; i ++) {
var a = coms.snapshotItem (i);
// var username = a.textContent.replace (/[ \.?]/g, '_');
for (var w = 0; w < r.length; w ++) {
if (username == r[w]){
a.parentNode.insertBefore (document.createTextNode ("[killed comment]"), a.previousSibling);
a.parentNode.insertBefore (document.createElement ('br'), a.previousSibling);
/* scan backwards until we hit the <a name="foo"></a> */
var cnode = a.parentNode.previousSibling;
while (cnode) {
if (cnode.nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'a'
&& cnode.hasAttribute ('name'))
break;
var prev = cnode.previousSibling;
cnode.parentNode.removeChild (cnode);
cnode = prev;
}
} // if
} // for w
} // for i
} // onload
}; // req
GM_xmlhttpRequest (req);
},
}
Killfile.doit ();
}) ();
