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  "description": "How to use uBlock Origin to remove reddit's suggestions in your home feed.",
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  "publishedAt": "2024-12-17T12:31:31.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.jvt.me",
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    "reddit",
    "ublock-origin",
    "changes to the API",
    "uBlock Origin",
    "this StackOverflow question",
    "this reddit post"
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  "textContent": "Since reddit attempted to destroy all goodwill in the community with their changes to the API, I've been using the mobile web view, rather than their crappy mobile app.\n\n(I did stop using reddit a lot, especially around the API changes, but unfortunately still use it a little, and moreso after leaving Twitter)\n\nRecently, I've noticed that they've been \"pushing\" more recommended subreddits / posts like so:\n\n(This is a bad example, as it _is_ actually a subreddit I'm interested in, and I have found some interesting subreddits through this, but that's beside the point right now)\n\nMore heinous are posts like this, i.e. this random one from `/r/blackpool`:\n\nSo, I set about seeing how I'd be able to get the trusty uBlock Origin to do this for me.\n\nThese - unfortunately- don't appear with a CSS class i.e. `.display-annoying-suggestion-to-user`, so I found that I needed to work based on the text that's shown, and then use `:upward` to find the parent and delete it, which results in:\n\n\n    www.reddit.com###-post-rtjson-content > p:has-text('Because '):upward(article)\n    www.reddit.com###-post-rtjson-content > p:has-text('Similar to '):upward(article)\n    www.reddit.com###-post-rtjson-content > p:has-text('Popular on Reddit'):upward(article)\n    www.reddit.com###-post-rtjson-content > p:has-text('Popular near you'):upward(article)\n    www.reddit.com###-post-rtjson-content > p:has-text('Popular in your country'):upward(article)\n    www.reddit.com###-post-rtjson-content > p:has-text('Suggested for you'):upward(article)\n\n    ! Update 2026-03-15: reddit's \"Join\" button seems to now be the key indicator for \"posts you might like\"\n    www.reddit.com##article:has(shreddit-join-button)\n\n\nThis is based on this StackOverflow question and this reddit post.",
  "title": "Blocking 'Similar' and 'Because you like ...' suggestions on reddit with uBlock Origin",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-15T21:38:06.000Z"
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