HN steveblock

gistfile1.txt

// ==UserScript==
// @name           Hacker News Steve Filter
// @description    Filter "Hacker News" items about Steve Jobs
// @include        http://news.ycombinator.com/*
// ==/UserScript==

(function(){

  var list = ['steve', 'jobs', 'job\'s'];
  // get spans
  d = document.getElementsByTagName('td');
  var links = [];
  for(var i = 0; i < d.length; i++) {
    var elem = d[i];
    if(elem.getAttribute('class') == 'title') {
      links.push(elem);
    }
  }

  function removeHN(elem) {
    var parent = elem.parentNode;
    var pointsNode = parent.nextSibling;
    var spacerNode = pointsNode.nextSibling;
    parent.parentNode.removeChild(spacerNode);
    parent.parentNode.removeChild(pointsNode);
    parent.parentNode.removeChild(parent);
  }

  links.forEach(function(elem){
    if(list.some(function(word){ 
      console.log(elem.innerHTML.toLowerCase(), word, elem.innerHTML.toLowerCase().match(word));
      return elem.innerHTML.toLowerCase().match(word); 
    })) {
      removeHN(elem);      
    }
  });
})();