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How to block posts about Elon Musk (or other custom string) on computer (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Using uBlock Origin, you can add your own filter. This filter will block any post with the text "Elon Musk" (not case sensitive), modify as needed.

lemmy.world##div.post-listing:has(span:has-text("/elon musk/i"))

div.post-listing is the element to block
:has(args) returns elements where args evaluate to true
span is the element with the title text
:has-text(needle) returns the element if it has the next needle, supports regex with \needle\ and remove case sensitivity with i

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have been wondering how I could do the same for X (formerly known as twitter). I'm tired of reading about it every day. I don't know how to filter it out since it's just one letter and it'll filter out everything just containing an X in a word

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

You can use the regex: /\bx\b/i

It'll catch 'x' surrounded by word boundaries (stuff like spaces, dashes/hyphens, commas, etc.) but not 'x' with other letters on either side, so it won't match e.g. "sax" or "boxer", but it'll match "x.com" and "Elon's X" and stuff. It's probably not perfect though, so use with caution.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Stuff about X-rays will be filtered, for example. You could probably go a little safer with the regex.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Now you have two problems.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, there's room for improvement. I did say, though, that it probably wasn't perfect. I'm sure someone more patient than me can come up with a much more effective regex.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's sadly not perfect as @[email protected] also states, and since I like maths related stuff too and science it'll likely filter out too much stuff. But I appreciate your efforts. An ai algorithm or a community created blacklist is probably the only solution.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, good points. I did note, though, that it probably wasn't perfect. I kinda figured it would probably catch other stuff too but I couldn't think of anything specific at the time.