MetaTalk posts tagged with script and comments

What a tangled web we weave

Rhaomi — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:53:12 -0800

yourcelf's snazzy new GraphFi bookmarklet makes catching up with long threads a breeze. Just bookmark the link and click on it while reading any thread on any Metafilter subsite. It will generate a sidebar showing the number of favorites for each comment (as a bar graph) and the relationship between comments and replies (as a web of curved lines). Mouse over any favorite bar and you'll get a pop-up square showing the comment (without leaving your place in the thread); click on the bar to jump to that comment. You'll also see an [X replies] link in the byline of each comment -- click that and you'll get another pop-up showing ever later comment that replied to it. It's little more than eye candy on regular threads, but quite useful for browsing ones that have reached 1000+ comments by the time you reach them. Very handy! And the GraphFi bookmarklet is just one tool in the suite of scripts featured in yourcelf's Projects post -- there's also ImgurReddit (which shows all Imgur image links in-line), CraigsMap (which maps Craigslist apartment listings), and JaxyChan (a resource-intensive script that pulls up new 4chan posts in real time). You can view the source code for all these scripts at GitHub.

DrossFilter - brute force thread cleanser

hifimofo — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:09:21 -0800

As a bit of a brain saver I've made a GreaseMonkey script that hides every comment in a discussion on mefi that has less than 5 favourites. It was the anencephalic baby thread that drove me to it. I was thinking about writing a snark filter, but, you know, natural language parsing and all that, so I decided to make it simple and dumb. And it works. Only quality snark makes it through. And if you ever find yourself thinking "I can't believe I just spent thirty minutes reading 180 comments about W, which was mainly X, Y and Z bitching", you might also find it handy. Naturally, if you wish to fully participate in a thread you will have to turn the script off. Here is the script. It is based on someone else's script that highlighted favourited comments. Future developments I will never get around to implementing:

Scale the cut-off point to the length of the thread
Add a show all comments button

GreaseMonkey script: Show Comments

null terminated — Sat, 20 May 2006 15:12:15 -0800

GreaseMonkey script: Show Comments

Users often reference other user's comments (example). If you're as lazy as I am you don't like clicking back to see what the original comment was. This script displays the original comment inline. Screenshot inside.

New "Blocking" Request

davejay — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 19:03:33 -0800

Warning: long, detailed post ahead. You have been warned.