Twitter spam hider

Hides "who to follow" and "trending now" spam on Twitter's web app by scanning the page for it every second.

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.

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// ==UserScript==
// @name     Twitter spam hider
// @description Hides "who to follow" and "trending now" spam on Twitter's web app by scanning the page for it every second.
// @author   Gercomsci
// @namespace  https://greasyfork.org/de/users/771568-gercomsci
// @version  1.0 beta (2022-02-09)
// @include  https://*.twitter.com/*
// @include  https://twitter.com/*
// @include  https://mobile.twitter.com/*
// (redundant URLs to ensure for compatibility)
// @grant    none
// @license  GPL 3.0
// ==/UserScript==

function hideTwitterSpam() {
// Check if element exists, to prevent an error from terminating the loop.
if ( document.querySelectorAll('[aria-label="Who to follow"]')[0] /* Check if exists */
  && document.querySelectorAll('[aria-label="Who to follow"]')[0].parentNode.style.display != 'none' ) /* Check if not already hidden to prevent repeated console output */ {
     console.log ("Hiding \"Who to follow\" spam")
     document.querySelectorAll('[aria-label="Who to follow"]')[0].parentNode.style.display = 'none'; // hide
  }

if ( document.querySelectorAll('[aria-label="Timeline: Trending now"]')[0] /* Check if exists */
  && document.querySelectorAll('[aria-label="Timeline: Trending now"]')[0].parentNode.style.display != 'none' )  /* Check if not already hidden to prevent repeated console output */ {
     console.log ("Hiding \"Trends for you\" spam")
     document.querySelectorAll('[aria-label="Timeline: Trending now"]')[0].parentNode.style.display = 'none'; // hide
  }
}

hideTwitterSpamInterval = setInterval(hideTwitterSpam, 1000); // Searches for spam and hides it every second. 

// This is the best possible solution on a ReactJS-based site, since it uses randomized CSS class names, meaning the only way to hide spam selectively is to make JavaScript code locate it on the page continuously, whack-a-mole style.