HN AntiCommentary

Removes the comments button on HN.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey or Userscripts to install this script.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

You will need to install a user script manager extension to install this script.

(I already have a user script manager, let me install it!)

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You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(I already have a user style manager, let me install it!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name HN AntiCommentary
// @namespace http://tampermonkey.net
// @version 0.4
// @description Removes the comments button on HN.
// @license MIT
// @author profan
// @match https://news.ycombinator.com/news*
// @match https://news.ycombinator.com
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==

(function() {
  'use strict'

  let subtexts = document.querySelectorAll("td.subtext");
  for (let i = 0; i < subtexts.length; ++i) {
    let matches = [...subtexts[i].querySelectorAll("a")]
      .filter(e => e.innerText.includes("comment") || e.innerText.includes("discuss"));
    if (matches.length == 1) {
      let link = matches[0];
      link.style.display = "none";
      // this is for that terrible vertical bar that otherwise remains as a terrible reminder
      link.previousSibling.nodeValue = null;
    }
  }

})();