Now that upvotes can be used against us, here's a script to hide upvote buttons, and should hurt engagement overall
Posted by Scuczu2@reddit | RedditAlternatives | View on Reddit | 42 comments
use tapermonkey to run
// ==UserScript==
// @name Hide Reddit Upvote Buttons
// @namespace http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version 0.2
// @description Hide upvote buttons on Reddit
// @author You
// @match *://www.reddit.com/*
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
'use strict';
// Function to hide upvote buttons
function hideUpvoteButtons() {
// Select all upvote buttons using the class "arrow up"
const upvoteButtons = document.querySelectorAll('.arrow.up');
// Loop through each upvote button and hide it
upvoteButtons.forEach(button => {
button.style.display = 'none';
});
}
// Run the function initially
hideUpvoteButtons();
// Observe DOM changes to handle dynamically loaded content (e.g., infinite scroll)
const observer = new MutationObserver(hideUpvoteButtons);
observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });
})();
Pamasich@reddit
Or you could just use a userstyle:
No need to write an entire script just for a simple visual change.
dnsm321@reddit
How would I even use this nd does it work nymore?
Pamasich@reddit
Still works for me.
extension://in a Chromium browser. Click on Install Style here.I_R0_B0_T@reddit
I'd upvote this, but your snippet hid the voting buttons.
dnsm321@reddit
This doesn't seem to work nymore
whatever73538@reddit
It’s just „violent content“.
Little_crona@reddit
people are being warned for upvoting comments that talk about mario's brother, not even in the context of the alleged shooter
tunachilimac@reddit
Per their announcement post:
They're looking to expand it to other voting they don't like if this test with violent content works, and they're looking to expand it from warning to actual actions against accounts which at this time would mean temporary or permanent suspension (or maybe they add something new like disabling your ability to vote).
whatever73538@reddit
I did not know that, thank you.
triangularRectum420@reddit
Correct, it's „whatever the admins of Reddit don't like“.
Donglemaetsro@reddit
I just deleted my entire post history and was gonna delete my account but I see it saves all your upvotes and downvotes in your profile too. Any way to get rid of ones we already voted on?
letmesleep@reddit
What do you mean upvotes can be used against us? Did i miss something?
burlycabin@reddit
Yes, you did and it's a fucking insane new policy.
semi_colon@reddit
That's hilarious
burlycabin@reddit
Hilariously stupid? Yes, agreed.
AlissonHarlan@reddit
Whoops i just upvoted your violent comment
HypotheticalElf@reddit
Yup. Upvote something they decide they don’t like? Ban you AND the poster.
will-it-ever-end@reddit
reddit is fuckin evil.
websterhamster@reddit
I'm running the script, but the upvotes are still visible.
Manlor@reddit
What happens if you downvote the announcement post? 🤔
KaiFireborn21@reddit
Well we're all about to find out because it has no upvotes
websterhamster@reddit
I think they've locked that one at 0 because there is no way it wouldn't be negative otherwise.
Fleder@reddit
Well, let's find out, will report back if anything happens.
Maybe it will be the last shove for me to finally move over to Lemmy.
mighty3mperor@reddit
Come to Lemmy!
Fleder@reddit
Oh I'm already there, I just haven't burned the bridges yet.
Toothless_NEO@reddit
If they are salty enough they'll probably cheat the voting data. Reddit admins have been heavily and aggressively downvoted in the past before.
scoshi@reddit
Ex post facto.
Google it. Then dump reddit.
triangularRectum420@reddit
// @author Youdamn, you didn't even feel the need to credit yourself. True hero.Idenwen@reddit
What if his name is you?
triangularRectum420@reddit
"He is Mi and I am Yu"
FixedFun1@reddit
Who's on first?
birger67@reddit
good idea
but i actually dont give a shit, if they kick me because of asinine ideas like that new policy,
well reddit just uninstalled it self from my life. 🤷
BigSigma_Terrorist@reddit
Just make a new accounts lol. Getting banned is a part of life. Fuck reddit
birger67@reddit
if i get banned ill start seeking out the alternatives, might happen sooner or later anyway lol
FixedFun1@reddit
Lemmy? That's one that isn't perfect but it is the most direct one. I joined Lemmy and Mbin which can interact with each other anyway.
mighty3mperor@reddit
Why not sooner?
HypotheticalElf@reddit
Sadly I’ve been banned so often my accounts just get banned automatically now
Idenwen@reddit
With the current development in the US you should remove all votes from the account - or all start over with a clean one and never vote. Because voting will be used by government sooner or later to filter out unwanted parts of the citizens
FastidiousLizard261@reddit
Didn't the whole thing get bought out by the Red Chinese? The socialists are big into conformity and strict interpretations of rules. One thing I'm glad that I am not is Chinese. It must really suck being Chinese, what with all the soldiers shooting people for saying the wrong things and the giant fences to keep you from leaving and the traveling execution vans. You can get executed for lots of stuff in China.
Socialism itself is pretty stupid. I've read some of the source material and lately listened to a lot more of it. Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Engels they all seem like stoners to me. Classless society, what a joke. Equally poor as everyone starved to death while unregulated industry poisons the land wholesale, is what that stupid idea gets you.
I get banned on the platform pretty often, it's mostly because I don't like minorities so much. Not the colored folk, they don't bother me. It's the gay liberals that I can't stand. And the trans activists. Dying your hair is not making a political statement, it's just decoration. Someday, the whole thing will lose traction and become less popular, like wearing saggy pants or having holes in your clothes like some kind of bum. It's so hard to get the point across, but it's so simple.
I'm not going to date a trans person, because I'm not a homosexual. I don't think they should be discriminated against, I just don't feel attraction to men. I don't think that trans are real women either, because if you took away the drugs, the beard would grow right back! It's not hate, at least I don't think so. If you are of the .001% you have my sympathy, but not my love. Fix yourself, it's not that hard to do. It's your life, take charge
I wouldn't date a Chinese either. They are likely all socialist agitators trying to destroy america. They don't turn me on. I mean by this point you can see any flavor of naked person you want to, and I've seen a few! Asians in general I don't find attractive. I'm also not attracted to men. I also think that someone who dresses up in some kind of fur suit is into creep kink not and not due deference and respect for saying they are a squirrel or something lame like that. I dunno maybe go outside every once in a while? Take the meds they give you? Lay off the vape pen, see if things don't make more sense?
What's with the voting thing anyways? Is it like a score or something? Why would I care if a bunch of incel losers think I'm all great? It would make sense if you got so many points accrued and then you could get a prize or some reward or something. Your whole generation sucks. Waste of everything. Can't do anything without your phone like some sick security blanket. In forty years there won't be civilization anymore because none of you care about anything that matters. No morals. No heroes. Lots of 5 thousand dollar gaming chairs and stupid lights on the bottom of the car though, good job on that.
Now they are going to give you warnings over opinions about things that are funny. I'm going to put a Chinese flag inside the lid of my toilet, that might cheer me up. I bet I can get a picture of the chinese big turd guy and glue him to something too. Do they make hammer and sickle urinal cakes? How many hours are wasted trying to encourage conformity anyways. Who cares if some whiny loser contains about someone being mean?
Anyways I just like reading news. That's really all I want. I don't care about your creepy philosophy or your radical agenda or furthering the cultural revolution or any of that. I just want to stay informed about things by reading about events, without pictures or videos, on my happy cheap little device, for a limited cost. The Red Chinese are using reddit as a source for large language model ai pattern development. Just make better sneakers guys ok? I guess they will ban me again, but I don't really care. I can find free information elsewhere that doesn't have radical ideology along with it.
HypotheticalElf@reddit
Goddamn. What a stupid post
BigSigma_Terrorist@reddit
Shut the fuck up
triangularRectum420@reddit
Holy fucking wall of useless text, ChatGPT yaps less than this mf