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The script at the bottom will block verified Twitter accounts whose tweets are visible on the current page.
To run this script, paste it into your browser's developer tools console, usually accessible by pressing F12 or Cmd+Shift+I.
To stop the execution of this script for any reason, just refresh the page.
You can also pin this script to your browser's bookmarks bar, and click it to run it on any Twitter page. To do this, create a new bookmark, and paste the following code into the URL field:
javascript:(async()=>{const e=e=>new Promise(t=>{let o=document.querySelector(e);if(o)return void t(o);const l=new MutationObserver(()=>{(o=document.querySelector(e))&&(l.disconnect(),t(o))});l.observe(document.body,{childList:!0,subtree:!0})}),t=(()=>{let e=document.getElementById("visual-log");return e||((e=document.createElement("div")).id="visual-log",e.style.position="fixed",e.style.bottom="0",e.style.left="0",e.style.zIndex="9999",e.style.backgroundColor="white",e.style.padding="1em",e.style.border="1px solid black",e.style.borderRadius="1em",e.style.margin="1em",e.style.maxHeight="50vh",e.style.maxWidth="50vw",e.style.overflowY="scroll",e.style.fontFamily="monospace",document.body.appendChild(e),e)})(),o=e=>{const o=document.createElement("div");o.innerText=e,o.style.opacity="1",o.style.transition="opacity 1s",o.style.marginBottom="0.5em",t.appendChild(o),setTimeout(()=>{o.style.opacity="0",setTimeout(()=>{t.removeChild(o)},1e3)},4e3)};let l;for(;l=document.querySelector('[role="article"]:has(> * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > [aria-label="Verified account"] > g > path:not([clip-rule="evenodd"])) [aria-label="More"]');){const t=[...l.closest('[role="article"]').querySelector('[data-testid="User-Name"]').querySelectorAll('[role="link"]:not(:has(time))')].map(e=>e.innerText).join(" ");l.click(),(await e('[data-testid="block"]')).click(),(await e('[data-testid="confirmationSheetConfirm"]')).click(),o(`Blocked ${t}`),await new Promise(e=>setTimeout(e,800))}o("No more verified accounts to block")})();
You can then click the bookmark to run the script on any Twitter page. Keep in mind that the copy of the script in the bookmark will not be updated alongside this file, so you may want to check back here for updates.
If you don't trust the above bookmarklet, you can create your own by copying the code below into a JavaScript minifier, such as the one at https://skalman.github.io/UglifyJS-online/, and then pasting the minified code into the URL field of a new bookmark with javascript: at the beginning.
You can locate tweets by verified accounts by searching for -filter:verified filter:blue_verified in the Twitter search bar.
You need to first enable the :has() CSS pseudo-class in about:config. Browse to about:config, accept the warning, and search for layout.css.has-selector.enabled. If it is set to false, double-click it to change it to true.
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This script is provided as-is, and is not guaranteed to work. It may stop working at any time if Twitter changes their website. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are using this script in accordance with Twitter's terms of service. Otherwise, you may experience rate limiting, account lockouts, or other issues I cannot foresee.
;(async () => {
const waitSeconds = 0.8 // How long to wait in between blocking accounts, in
// seconds. If you're getting rate limited or logged out, try increasing this
// time span so that you're not making too many requests too quickly.
const waitForElement = selector =>
new Promise(resolve => {
let element = document.querySelector(selector)
if (element) {
resolve(element)
return
}
const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
element = document.querySelector(selector)
if (element) {
observer.disconnect()
resolve(element)
}
})
observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true })
})
const createVisualLog = () => {
// Create a visual log to show what's happening
let log = document.getElementById('visual-log')
if (log) {
return log
}
log = document.createElement('div')
log.id = 'visual-log'
log.style.position = 'fixed'
log.style.bottom = '0'
log.style.left = '0'
log.style.zIndex = '9999'
log.style.backgroundColor = 'white'
log.style.padding = '1em'
log.style.border = '1px solid black'
log.style.borderRadius = '1em'
log.style.margin = '1em'
log.style.maxHeight = '50vh'
log.style.maxWidth = '50vw'
log.style.overflowY = 'scroll'
log.style.fontFamily = 'monospace'
document.body.appendChild(log)
return log
}
const log = createVisualLog()
const logMessage = message => {
// add a message element that fades out and is removed after 5 seconds
const messageElement = document.createElement('div')
messageElement.innerText = message
messageElement.style.opacity = '1'
messageElement.style.transition = 'opacity 1s'
messageElement.style.marginBottom = '0.5em'
log.appendChild(messageElement)
setTimeout(() => {
messageElement.style.opacity = '0'
setTimeout(() => {
log.removeChild(messageElement)
}, 1000)
}, 4000)
}
let more
while (
(more = document.querySelector(
'[role="article"]:has(> * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > * > [aria-label="Verified account"] > g > path:not([clip-rule="evenodd"])) [aria-label="More"]'
))
) {
const username = [
...more
.closest('[role="article"]')
.querySelector('[data-testid="User-Name"]')
.querySelectorAll('[role="link"]:not(:has(time))')
]
.map(el => el.innerText)
.join(' ')
more.click()
;(await waitForElement('[data-testid="block"]')).click()
;(await waitForElement('[data-testid="confirmationSheetConfirm"]')).click()
logMessage(`Blocked ${username}`)
await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, waitSeconds * 1000))
}
logMessage('No more verified accounts to block')
})()
Thank you for this! I've added some hacky workarounds to check if you follow the twitter user and if they have more than a million followers - both cases one might not want to block accounts and it does the job.