YouTube Comment Cleaner

By Andrew Nelis Last update May 10, 2008 — Installed 618 times.


Script Summary: Hides the stupid comments on YouTube according to some basic rules.

This script is similar to the "YouTube comment snob" plugin ( https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/... ) but implemented as a greasemonkey script.

Currently it looks for:

  • omg, lol[z], rotfl, lmfao, hahaha (or variations thereof)
  • All capital letters
  • All lowercase letters
  • One word replies
  • i or u instead of I or you
  • Repeated characters e.g. !!!!!!
  • A few naughty words (just because they're good for filtering rather than me finding them offensive).
  • Smilies

If it finds any of these, then the comment is hidden, although you can show the comment again if you want. These simple rules work very well in cleaning up the comments.

At the top of the script is a list of regular expressions and reasons you can add to or edit. Please post any useful additions here...