SlackDeDistracter.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Slack De-distracter
// @namespace    https://*.slack.com/*
// @version      0.1
// @description  Swap out the Slack icon so I never see a red badge, and make asterisks no longer interesting
// @author       Chelsea
// @match        https://*.slack.com/*
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
    'use strict';
    var favicon = "data:image/png;base64,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";
    // Reset the favicon
    var link = document.querySelector("link[rel*='icon']") || document.createElement('link');
    link.type = 'image/x-icon';
    link.rel = 'shortcut icon';
    link.href = favicon;
    document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(link);
    // Reset the title so it doesn't prepend an asterisk on us
    document.title = '* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *';
    setTimeout(
        function() {
            // Reset the favicon
            var link = document.querySelector("link[rel*='icon']") || document.createElement('link');
            link.type = 'image/x-icon';
            link.rel = 'shortcut icon';
            link.href = favicon;
            document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(link);
            // Reset the title so it doesn't prepend an asterisk on us
            document.title = '* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *';
            window.setInterval(function() {
                // Reset the favicon
                var link = document.querySelector("link[rel*='icon']") || document.createElement('link');
                link.type = 'image/x-icon';
                link.rel = 'shortcut icon';
                link.href = favicon;
                document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(link);
                // Reset the title so it doesn't prepend an asterisk on us
                document.title = '* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *';
            }, 5000);
    }, 5000);
})();