UnFuck Facebook

By sizzlemctwizzle Last update Nov 7, 2010 — Installed 208,046 times.

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sizzlemctwizzle Script's Author
All the changes lately means I need to rewrite this script in the near future. It's been slowly growing in size as Facebook as made changes and I add things to block. I need to go back and make sure that I'm only blocking things the need to be. If you have suggestions of what I should hide post it here. Btw, Facebook has made it really really really hard to be able to target app stories. I'm serious, they're fucking nazi's with this new site.

Also just some random trivial ya'll might be interested to know. This script was created in the summer of '07. Remember that Facebook started the application platform in the spring of '07 (it was at this time that I release my first script: "Facebook Video"). As of May 2009 this script has been completely rewritten four separate times.
 
sizzlemctwizzle Script's Author

Whew! It was a lot of work but I fixed up Facebook yet again. Hope I made it easier for you to look at Facebook.

 
sizzlemctwizzle Script's Author

Sorry about having to update so soon, but I found you could get rid of those rounded corners on thumbnails and since they annoy the crap out of me I thought it was worth another update. Also I've decided to put some actual comments in this release lol. I've not done that since I started using CSS. It's also great to know that this latest update is getting some good feedback lol. Seriously, Perplexed Guide, what the fuck? You must be one of those users obsessed with some Facebook game(ahem Mobwars) and were surprised to find that my script hides all applications. Sorry buddy, my script has always done that and if I stopped I'd surely lose all my users, and wouldn't be able to use Facebook myself.

 
Arturo Rinaldi User

great work ! ! !

 
sizzlemctwizzle Script's Author

Arturo Rinaldi wrote:
great work ! ! !

Thanks.

 
Dalsgaard User

Hi... great script. It clears the front page up very nicely.
Just one small problem: http://i44.tinypic.com/5yd8cg.jpg It seems some pictures from different apps are not dissapearing.

Other than that, keep up the good work :)

 
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Dalsgaard wrote:
Hi... great script. It clears the front page up very nicely. Just one small problem: http://i44.tinypic.com/5yd8cg.jpg It seems some pictures from different apps are not dissapearing.
Other than that, keep up the good work :)

Yeah I know. I'm sorry about that. I'm still trying to figure out a way to stop that. It happens due to the really round-about way I'm forced to remove app stories. My script does much more than clean up the front page, though the other changes are so smooth you probably didn't even notice.

Edit: I had the same problem as you Dalsgaard and found out that Facebook decided to change their code just recently. Got the fix and I'll roll it out with the next update(2.1.9).

Edit again: Well I just updated the script again. I'm removing a little more stuff with this update. I've completely fixed the problem Dalsgaard mentioned with the new seekAndDestroy function lol.

 
sizzlemctwizzle Script's Author

Okay guys, this latest update(2.2.2) is a massive improvement, full of all sorts of little goodies. Enjoy :-)

 
sizzlemctwizzle Script's Author

So I keep having to make more changes because Facebook is hastily trying to fix all the problems with their new layout. For instance, for awhile now Facebook has put requests above the compose box, and UnFuck moved them back to the right. Now today Facebook decides to move them back to the right so I had to remove that part of my code. No complaits here since it saves me from having to run a good chunk of code.

 
sizzlemctwizzle Script's Author

So now Facebook lets you manually block each individual application from the newsfeed. My latest update blocks all the applications(like if you turn off my script you still don't see the apps) automatically using ajax! Woohoo!

 
sizzlemctwizzle Script's Author

My latest update automatically blocks all application and pages invites. It is also possible to ignore event and group invites, but since I figure most people probably want those, that code is commented out. So if you're like me and get a much of event and group invites and are just sick of having to click "Ignore" then un-comment the code.

Btw You can view blocked apps on this page: http://www.facebook.com/privacy/?view=platform&...

 
mmm3228 User

I love this, I hate the new facebook and this makes it so much better. I noticed that the home page doesnt seem to load though when I have a new message. not sure if this is just me or something others have experienced.

 
flac jacket User

Thank you so much for this, it is a life saver. A few bugs I've had is that on the front page the links to expand the comments on statuses does not work, and the links to "Like" things on the front page also doesn't work. Other than that, great work!

 
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flac jacket wrote:
Thank you so much for this, it is a life saver. A few bugs I've had is that on the front page the links to expand the comments on statuses does not work, and the links to "Like" things on the front page also doesn't work. Other than that, great work!

Yup that was error that appeared due to changes Facebook made today, but that bug is already fixed in the latest version(2.2.8).

 
flac jacket User

sizzlemctwizzle wrote:
Yup that was error that appeared due to changes Facebook made today, but that bug is already fixed in the latest version(2.2.8).

Excellent, great work. Updated the script and it works like a charm.

 
sizzlemctwizzle Script's Author

So in the latest version(2.3.1) your status is back on the home page. It replaces the useless "What's on your mind?" text. It was inspire by this script with the addition of the clear status link by me.

 
sizzlemctwizzle Script's Author

In response to Finlay's review:
I actually completely agree with you. At the time that I first wrote the code to make all the filter's visible it wasn't possible to drag them all to be visible, which is the way that I like it. But now that Facebook has added that ability themselves it is stupid for me to force them to be visible. Thus, I've made a change to the code allowing to you to hide filters once again. If you are using my script just to have the Events/Birthdays and Pokes at the top of the sidebar, that is a bad idea. My script was designed to do way more than that and you may not find the rest of the script's feature to your liking. Vaughan Chandler is actually planning to give the option to move the highlights section to the bottom in his next release. But here is the code to do it:

if(right=document.getElementById('home_sidebar')) 
right.appendChild(document.getElementsByClassName('UIHotStream')[0].parentNode.parentNode);

 
ZoidsPilot100 User

It seems that occasionally the home page does not load, so I just get a blank screen, with the grey chat bar on the bottom.
This only occurred since I installed unfuck facebook, and I dare not go back to test the theory 100%.

 
sizzlemctwizzle Script's Author

ZoidsPilot100 wrote:
It seems that occasionally the home page does not load, so I just get a blank screen, with the grey chat bar on the bottom.
This only occurred since I installed unfuck facebook, and I dare not go back to test the theory 100%.

I know of this bug. It has to do with the aggressive way I remove app stories. It's not that the page doesn't load, but that my code has accidentally removed most of the page. I'm still trying to come up with a way to fix this. For now, just keep reloading the page and eventually the page will show up again.

 
ZoidsPilot100 User

Ah, I understand. Thanks for the quick reply and for the script period!

 
sdgeiger User

This is a nice script. Is there a way to block all the ads? I still see some ads on the right hand side. Also, is it possible to modify the code to display events and group invites from users of a specified friend list?

 
sdgeiger User

would it be possible to hide the "Highlights" section?

 
sizzlemctwizzle Script's Author

sdgeiger wrote:
This is a nice script. Is there a way to block all the ads? I still see some ads on the right hand side.

All the ads are blocked. I don't see any ads.
sdgeiger wrote:
Also, is it possible to modify the code to display events and group invites from users of a specified friend list?

It's possible, but extremely complicated.
sdgeiger wrote:
would it be possible to hide the "Highlights" section?

It's possible but I don't want to hide it.

 
crackedvenom User

In your code is there something i can delete to make apps visible and pictures? I went through it but wasnt sure.

 
crackedvenom User

on the homepage that is. i like to do certain quizzes and stuff

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