I'm just so tired of this Rubbish. For now, this script simply marks offending, clickbaity videos with an identifier so you can be on your way.
// ==UserScript==
// @name YouTube Clickbait Rubbish Scrubber
// @namespace http://dbiru.com/
// @version 0.1
// @description I'm just so tired of this Rubbish. For now, this script simply marks offending, clickbaity videos with an identifier so you can be on your way.
// @author dbiru
// @match https://www.youtube.com/*
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
'use strict';
var settings = {
/* Highlights videos with red to make it easier to avoid */
markVideos: true,
/* Remove the videos from the listing altogether */
hideVideos: false,
/* Number of seconds to delay before hiding the video */
hideVideoDelay: .5,
/* The annoyances we want to look for in the*/
/* video listing. Remove or add as necessary. */
/* A corresponding object is fetched below this */
/* in order to get the pattern to be used to */
/* match the video and the tag to mark the video with*/
/* if there's a match.*/
annoyancesBlocked: [
'vlogs',
'compilations',
'reactions',
'generalRubbish',
'clickbaits'
],
/* Targets general annoyances, videos with all caps */
/* in the title, annoying emojis or unicode */
generalRubbish: {
tag: '[Just Rubbish]',
patterns: [
/★{2,}/,
/^[A-Z\s0-9\(\)\!-_]+$/
]
},
/* Targets reaction videos.*/
reactions: {
tag: '[Reaction Rubbish]',
patterns: [
/(live|best) reaction/i,
/try not to \w*/i,
/react to/i,
/REACTION[!]*$/i
]
},
/* Targets clickbaits with */
/* over-the-top titles */
clickbaits: {
tag: '[Clickbait]',
patterns: [
/top \d+/i,
/ultimate .+/i,
/\d+.*gone.*/i,
/\w\s(wtf|crazy|tv|movie|funny) moments/i,
/the (most|worst|best|greatest|least)/i,
/fail wins/i
]
},
/* Targets countdowns, "best-of's", and */
/* general compilation videos */
compilations: {
tag: '[Compilation Rubbish]',
patterns: [
/compilation/i,
/best of/i,
/videos[\s!#]*$/i,
/\d+\s*(best|worst|winning|losing|successfully|win)/i,
/^.*#\d+$/i
]
},
vlogs: {
tag: '[Vlog Rubbish]',
patterns: [
/vlog/i
]
}
};
/**
* Checks to see if the video contains any
* matches from the settings object
*
* @param {object} video dom element
* @return {Boolean}
*/
var isAnnoyance = function(video) {
var title = video.getAttribute('title');
settings.annoyancesBlocked.forEach(function(annoyance) {
//console.info('Checking', title,'annoyance type: ' + annoyance);
settings[annoyance].patterns.forEach(function(clickbait) {
if (title.search(clickbait) !== -1) {
//console.info('Matched', title, 'on ', settings[annoyance].patterns);
throw new Error(settings[annoyance].tag);
}
});
});
};
/**
* Checks to see if the specified video is deemed annoying
* via the isAnnoynance() method invoked in this function.
* If so, then the video marked with red and tagged
* @param {object}
* @return {void}
*/
var checkVideoForAnnoyance = function(video_title) {
var video_parent;
try {
if (video_title.getAttribute('data-marked') === null)
video_title.setAttribute('data-marked', 'true');
isAnnoyance(video_title);
} catch (e) {
video_parent = video_title.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode;
video_title.setAttribute('style', 'background: red; padding: 3px; border-radius: 2.5px; color: white;');
video_title.innerText = e.message + ' ' + video_title.innerText;
if (settings.hideVideos === true) {
// delay the hiding to let the user know our intentions
setTimeout(function() {
video_parent.remove();
}, settings.hideVideoDelay * 1000);
}
}
};
var init = function() {
var video_titles = document.querySelectorAll('#video-title:not([data-marked="true"]');
var i;
for (i = 0; i < video_titles.length; i++) {
checkVideoForAnnoyance(video_titles[i]);
}
};
window.onload = function() {
init();
setInterval(init, 1200);
};
})();