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Could you please add the feature from this script http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/11992 that makes the homepage automatically load new posts?

Oh, okay. Looking forward to the next version! :)

That feature has been broke in my script for some time now (Facebook changed something). If you do figure out how to fix it mind sending me a message? Likewise, I'll do the same.

That sounds much more efficient then what I was doing. I was using an interval to check if the link was visible. It stopped working for whatever reason and I've been to busy worrying about other things to try fixing it.

Well, Facebook doesn't check for new posts very often anyway. The easiest way would probably be to get the Javascript function from the link, remove the element (important to avoid it momentarily popping up when loading new posts), and then load that function every 30 seconds or so using setInterval. Even if there aren't any new posts it wouldn't cause a problem or show a notice. No need for DOM event listeners or complex code.

Here's what I have. It updates the feed every 30 seconds by running the "show new posts" function, since the built-in notifier only checks every 10 to 15 minutes. I removed the element containing the "new post" notification, as well as making the first feed item look the same as the rest for a temporary styling fix. Unfortunately, it only works if you go straight to the homepage and start from there. Also, there's a bug where after 15 to 20 minutes of running the script it would load old items and stick them at the top for some reason.

// ==UserScript==
// @name Facebook Live News Feed
// @description Automatically loads new News Feed items. Must have navigated directly to the home page for this to work.
// @include http://www.facebook.com/home.php
// @include http://www.facebook.com/home.php?*
// ==/UserScript==

// Set number of seconds between refreshes
var FLNF_Delay = 30;

var FLNF_NewPostNotification_ElementParentDOM = document.getElementById("home_stream").childNodes[2];
var FLNF_NewPostNotification_ElementContainerDOM = FLNF_NewPostNotification_ElementParentDOM.childNodes[0];
var FLNF_NewPostNotification_ElementDOM = FLNF_NewPostNotification_ElementParentDOM.childNodes[0].childNodes[0];
var FLNF_NewPostNotification_LoadNewJS = FLNF_NewPostNotification_ElementDOM.getAttribute("onclick");

FLNF_NewPostNotification_ElementParentDOM.removeChild(FLNF_NewPostNotification_ElementContainerDOM);

var FLNF_Updater = document.createElement('script');
FLNF_Updater.setAttribute("type","text/javascript");
FLNF_Updater.innerHTML = "setInterval('" + FLNF_NewPostNotification_LoadNewJS + "', " + FLNF_Delay*1000 + ");";
document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(FLNF_Updater);

var FLNF_NoFirstPost = document.createElement('style');
FLNF_NoFirstPost.setAttribute("type","text/css");
FLNF_NoFirstPost.innerHTML = ".UIStory_First{ border-top: 1px solid #eee !important; padding-top: 7px !important; }";
document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(FLNF_NoFirstPost);

There's probably a better solution, but this works.

TODO: remove empty divs when there are no new items