This script helps you to filter out the news that you don't want to see. This example works for zeit.de, spiegel.de and watson.ch (popular swiss newssite)
// ==UserScript==
// @name Remove unwanted news
// @version 1.5
// @grant none
// @namespace news_filtering
// @description This script helps you to filter out the news that you don't want to see. This example works for zeit.de, spiegel.de and watson.ch (popular swiss newssite)
// @license MIT
// @include https://www.watson.ch/*
// @match https://www.zeit.de/*
// @match https://www.spiegel.de/*
// @match https://www.reddit.com/*
// @match https://www.facebook.com/*
// @match https://www.nzz.ch/*
// @match https://www.tagblatt.ch/*
// @match https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/*
// @match https://zueriost.ch/*
// @match https://www.vaterland.li/*
// @require https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js
// @require https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/notify/0.4.2/notify.min.js
// ==/UserScript==
//https://gist.github.com/BrockA/2625891
function truncate(str, n){
return (str.length > n) ? str.slice(0, n-1) + '…' : str;
};
var inform_about_removal = false;
function recurseEl(father,element) {
if(element.childElementCount === 0) {
search = /(william)|(stories)|(sponsored)|(kardashian)|(heizen)|(strom)|(macron)|(merz)|(elon)|(ukraine)|(selenskyj)|(liveticker)|(influencer)|(fifa)|(messi)|(infantino)|(corona)|(putin)|(bolsonaro)|(trump)|(trumps)|(arabischen)|(arabisch)|(jong)|(musk)|(promis)|(promi)|(katar)|(boateng)|(russland)|(russen)|(nati)|(weltmeister)/
if (element.innerText?.toLowerCase().match(search)){
console.log("removing" + element.innerText)
if (inform_about_removal){
$.notify("Removed: " + truncate(element.innerText,60),"success",{position:"right bottom"});
}
element.textContent = '';
father.style.display = "none";
}
} else {
Array.from(element.children).forEach(child => {
recurseEl(father,child);
});
}
}
function updateHTML()
{
var href = window.location.host;
if (href == "www.zeit.de"){
var selector = ".zon-teaser-standard, .zon-teaser-wide, .zon-teaser-poster"
}
else if (href == "www.watson.ch"){
var selector = '.region'
}
else if (href == "www.spiegel.de"){
var selector = "article"
}
else if (href == "www.tagblatt.ch"){
var selector = ".widget--1of3, .widget--2of3, .widget--3of3, .widget--1of2, .widget--1of2-top, .widget--2of2"
}
else if (href == "www.nzz.ch"){
var selector = ".widget--article , .teaser--1of3-news, .teaser--1of3-compact"
}
else if (href == "www.tagesanzeiger.ch"){
var selector = ".ArticleTeaser_colorbox__3dUIa, article"
}
else if (href == "zueriost.ch"){
var selector = ".col-xs-12"
}
else if (href == "www.vaterland.li"){
var selector = ".defaultteaser"
}
else if (href == "www.facebook.com"){
var selector = 'svg[viewBox="0 0 20 20"]' //search for the 3 dots in a post
}
else if (href == "www.reddit.com"){
var selector = ".link"
}
$(selector).each(function(i, obj) {
try {
if (href == "www.facebook.com"){
var obj = obj.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement.parentElement
console.log(obj.innerText.toLowerCase())
recurseEl(obj,obj);
}
else{
recurseEl(obj,obj);
}
}
catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}
});
};
var intervalId = window.setInterval(function(){
updateHTML();
}, 2000);