Expand Everything: Userscript to click "show more" links to expand all the text

Re:Expand Everything: Userscript to click "show more" links ... by hexage1814 on Monday January 15, 2024 @06:33PM (#39007513)

I truly hate whoever came up with this stupid 'feature'. If I clicked on article is because I want to read it, for god's sake.

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Re:Expand Everything: Userscript to click "show more" links ... by extraduder_ire on Monday January 15, 2024 @07:38PM (#39007964)

I'm especially annoyed on sites like reddit when the "show more comments" link is sometimes a button that will expand inline, and sometimes a link that will take you to another page with some parent comments and some of the child comments. I have to look for "javascript: void 0;" in the URL preview before clicking, which I often forget.

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Re:Expand Everything: Userscript to click "show more" links ... by willbush on Monday January 15, 2024 @07:12PM (#39007792)

I recently learned that ublock origin has an annoyances filter list that's not enabled by default https://a.imagem.app/on42hV.png. not sure if it covers this use case though.

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Re:Expand Everything: Userscript to click "show more" links ... by walterbell on Monday January 15, 2024 @06:40PM (#39007567)

Did they imagine it would slow down scrapers/bots?

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Re:Expand Everything: Userscript to click "show more" links ... by returnzero on Monday January 15, 2024 @06:53PM (#39007661)

I would imagine it's for measuring engagement. They can then use the data to tailor their ad sale strategy and I imagine their content strategy.

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Re:Expand Everything: Userscript to click "show more" links ... by wruza on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @01:19AM (#39010053)

They could turn that off for users with adblock at least. No reason to torture those who aren’t your prey – a hunters common sense.

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