stories and reels are back

[tomerrr]

ver 4.27 Brave Version 1.61.114 Chromium: 120.0.6099.199 i think it started yesterday 4th Jan 24

[zbluebugz]

https://github.com/zbluebugz/facebook-clean-my-feeds/issues/42#issuecomment-1877049514

[zbluebugz]

Which userscript manager are you using?

[tomerrr]

tampermonkey 5.0.1

[hexadecagram]

Stories and reels back for me also, along with suggestions and possibly others. Tampermonkey 5.0.1 also on Chrome 120.0.6099.129 (Official Build) (arm64).

[zbluebugz]

@tomerrr & @hexadecagram

Are you referring to the component that has "Create story" box (sometimes has Stories from people you follow) that appears above the "What's on your mind, _firstname?" component or below that component?

[hexadecagram]

@tomerrr & @hexadecagram

Are you referring to the component that has "Create story" box (sometimes has Stories from people you follow) that appears above the "What's on your mind, _firstname?" component or below that component?

Below that component:

[tomerrr]

^^ above "What's on your mind". but i also noticed that i don't see any clean my feed post hidden messages anymore in my feed

[zbluebugz]

@tomerrr

When visiting FB, is the FB-CMF button being displayed? (located either bottom-left or top-right of the page)

If the FB-CMF button is showing, do you have the following settings enabled in the FB-CMF's dialog box:

• Verbosity > '1 post hidden. Rule: ____'
• 'Highlight "hidden" posts"

[zbluebugz]

@hexadecagram

Do you have the option "Reels and short videos" enabled in the FB-CMF dialog box?

[tomerrr]

@tomerrr

When visiting FB, is the FB-CMF button being displayed? (located either bottom-left or top-right of the page)

If the FB-CMF button is showing, do you have the following settings enabled in the FB-CMF's dialog box:

* Verbosity > '1 post hidden. Rule: ____'

* 'Highlight "hidden" posts"
  ![image](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/51784903/294677834-2f56341d-7151-473b-ae04-f955e313c1e9.png?jwt=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.0RUtKXPuf_dHtXe2ZbRENdGSiAYvXxaOiBh66qC5o2w)

yes to both questions. it was working perfectly before (last week) sponsored post are being blocked, and if I click on Feeds, i can see Reel/short video blocked - "1 post hidden. Rule: Reel/short video"

[hexadecagram]

@hexadecagram

Do you have the option "Reels and short videos" enabled in the FB-CMF dialog box?

Of course. I have several other options checked. In my case, it seems the script is being completely bypassed.

[tomerrr]

@zbluebugz i just noticed that under Firefox everything works normally (for me)

[zbluebugz]

Not too sure if these issues are related to a recent Chrome/Chromium browser update that might be causing issues with Tampermonkey.

In the Chromium browser(s) you're using, 1) Enable "Developer mode" option via chrome://extensions/ 2) Restart the browser 3) Check "Developer mode" is still enabled 4) Visit FB ...

[tomerrr]

^^ developer mode was already enabled for me

[hexadecagram]

Not too sure if these issues are related to a recent Chrome/Chromium browser update that might be causing issues with Tampermonkey.

I did as was prescribed with no luck. Still seeing reels and short videos, suggestions, etc. (Developer Mode was disabled, which is strange because I seem to remember having it enabled. I reenabled it and restarted.)

[zbluebugz]

Thanks for the feedback. I will need more time to figure out why the script is not flagging the posts.

Can you provide the following details (makes it easier for me to find all the relevant details in one comment):

• Domain part of the FB site (e.g. https://facebook.com, https://www.facebook.com, https://web.facebook.com, etc)
• Browser name + version
• O/S
• Language used in FB
• Country (optional)
• Userscript manager + version
• Version of "FB - Clean my feeds" userscript
• Which Feed (News, Groups, Videos, Markeplace) does the script not flag posts?
• What's not working? (e.g. not hiding Sponsored posts, Suggested posts, etc).

In the meantime, could you please check if the userscript works for you in Firefox? If it does, you might consider using Firefox when visiting Facebook for the time being.

[tomerrr]

domain: https://facebook.com browser: Brave Version 1.61.114 Chromium: 120.0.6099.199 (Official Build) (64-bit) o/s: Fedora 38 (Gnome) language in FB: English country: israel userscript manager: Tampermonkey 5.0.1 Clean my feeds ver: 4.27 Which feed: all feeds - i don't see any flagged post . highlight "hidden" posts is enabled - when i use "Feeds" on the left menu, i sometimes see some posts being flagged. but not on the main fb page what's not working? i see reels, stories, short videos etc in my main feed. i don't see sponsored posts though.

on Firefox 123.0a1 under Windows, script seems to work fine

[hexadecagram]

@tomerrr You may want to double-check the domain in your browser. Maybe run Inspector to make sure. On Chrome, I get redirected to www.facebook.com.

• Domain: https://www.facebook.com
• Browser name + version: Chrome 120.0.6099.129 (Official Build) (arm64)
• O/S: MacOS Sonoma 14.2.1
• Language: US English
• Country: USA
• Userscript manager + version: 5.0.1
• Version of "FB - Clean my feeds" userscript: 4.27
• Which Feed does the script not flag posts: Wall @ https://www.facebook.com/ (root)
• What's not working? Seemingly everything. The script seems to be wholly bypassed now. At the very least, reels & shorts and suggestions are being displayed again, even though their checkboxes are ticked in the configuration.

[hexadecagram]

I enabled Tampermonkey's "Debug scripts" setting and stepped through the Inspector while watching the Console. When the page is first loaded, I see this log messsage, which is evidence that the script is at least loading and initializing in my case:

SCRIPT RUN TIME[FB - Clean my feeds]: 5783.235107421875 ms

Then, as I scroll down the page, these logs repeat every time the browser fetches the next batch of content:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'querySelector') at nf_scrubTheSurvey (userscript.html?name=FB-Clean-my-feeds.user.js&id=[REDACTED]) at nf_scrubTheTabbiesAndOrSurvey (userscript.html?name=FB-Clean-my-feeds.user.js&id=[REDACTED]) at mopUpTheNewsFeed (userscript.html?name=FB-Clean-my-feeds.user.js&id=[REDACTED]) at MutationObserver.bodyMutating (userscript.html?name=FB-Clean-my-feeds.user.js&id=[REDACTED])

Each of those logs is accompanied by this log:

Using workaround to get event.path

[zbluebugz]

@hexadecagram

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'querySelector') at nf_scrubTheSurvey (userscript.html?name=FB-Clean-my-feeds.user.js&id=[REDACTED])

Thanks for running the debugging - this information is very useful. I can reproduced this issue and will implement a fix for the next release.

In the meantime, disable the option "Survey" in the FB-CMF dialog-box.

[zbluebugz]

@tomerrr

• Do you have the "Survey" option enabled? If so, disable it.
• If you don't have it enabled,
  • can you post a screen-shot of the options you have selected for the News Feed?
  • can you see if any errors show up in the DevTools's Javascript console? (you might have to scroll a bit in FB to trigger a fault)
    • what to look for in the console:
      • "line ## > injectedScript:" (see red box, top right in image below)
      • "bodyMutating" (see red box, left side of image below)
    • if you do see the above two bits, then copy the error message (similar to image below) and paste it here.

[tomerrr]

i can confirm once i disabled "survey", reels/videos etc are gone! apparently, on the PC running Firefox, that option wasn't ticked to begin with so the issue didn't occur there. another weirdness, i don't get "x post hidden" messages anymore - only if i tick "highlight hidden posts"

[Rusenche]

zbluebugz commented 14 hours ago

@zbluebugz

Sorry to go a bit off topic here, but I saw this picture and have a question: What is the difference between:

• Reels and short videos;
• Reel/short videos. !?

The first is for several such "objects"?! And the second is for only one such "object"?!

Shouldn't there be only one such option available to "hide" any such "objects" to hide? :}

[zbluebugz]

@tomerrr

Thanks for the feedback re "Survey" bug.

another weirdness, i don't get "x post hidden" messages anymore - only if i tick "highlight hidden posts"

Can you screen-shot the following from the FB-CMF's dialog-box, please. 1) "News feed" section 2) "Verbosity" section

Do you have any other addons/extensions/userscripts that runs when you visit FB?

[zbluebugz]

Sorry to go a bit off topic here, but I saw this picture and have a question: What is the difference between:

* Reels and short videos;

* Reel/short videos.

"Reels and short videos" - a generic post with a collection of Reels / short videos, an option to Create a reel/video and See more. Not posted by anyone you follow or groups you've joined.

"Reel/short video" - a post with a single Reel / short video posted by someone you follow or a group you've joined or a recommended/suggested page/group/etc.

I did have the single option of hiding all posts having 1+ reel, however, I was missing posts from people I followed. Hence the split into two options.

[tomerrr]

i have several extensions - don't think they have anything to do with these issues as i've been using them since day 1 with Brave - Go back with backspace Chromium wheel smooth scroller Adnausean which is disabled in FB

[zbluebugz]

@tomerrr

• Thanks for the screen-shots.
• Can't see anything there that might have caused the "1 post hidden. Rule ____" not to appear.
• Does enabling the "7 posts hidden" option show the message tabs?

[tomerrr]

yes! i now see the x post hidden messages. thanks

[zbluebugz]

@tomerrr

• Thanks for feedback.
• Glad the work-around works.
• I'll flag the Verbosity's "1 message hidden. Rule: ____" code to be reviewed sometime.

[hexadecagram]

@hexadecagram

In the meantime, disable the option "Survey" in the FB-CMF dialog-box.

Disabling the "Survey" option causes the script to start working again. I now see hidden posts: reels and short videos, suggestions, follow, sponsored, etc., once again. Facebook is useable again!

[zbluebugz]

Thanks for you help guys - muchly appreciated.

Next release will have a fix for the Survey detection component.