smclt30p/knife-filter

[Chrome Extension] Hide "1000 degree" videos on YouTube

Knife Filter

A Chrome extension that removes hot videos from YouTube suggestions, such as:

"GLOWING 1000 DEGREE KNIFE CUTS XYZ"
"GLOWING 1000 DEGREE BALL MELTS XYZ"

... and any video that contains the words "1000 degree".

Overview

In a culture fueled by clickbait, some people have gone a step further, and creating a lot of useless videos made for the general masses, gathering millions of dollars of revenue based on nothing, but a piece of metal that is hot.

Thus, this filter is presented to counter those videos beign suggested and clicked on by accident.

Features

• Detects instances of Hot Knife videos on YouTube search and suggestions

Installation (for Users)

1. Click "Releases" on the Github page
2. Download latest stable version in .crx format
3. Open Tools > Settings > Extensions
4. Drag and drop the .crx file in Extensions
5. Click "Add extension"

Then surf YouTube, comforted by the protection you are now afforded.

Installation (for Developers)

Want to hack on the Knife Filter? Sweet!

Here's a howto to get the source of the Chrome Extension running in your environment.

1. Grab latest source

git clone https://github.com/smclt30p/knife-filter.git

2. Enable Chrome Extension in your Chrome install

Open Chrome.
Navigate to Settings... Tools... Extensions.
Click + on "Developer mode"
Click "Load unpacked extensions..."
Navigate to directory you installed Knife Filter and click Open.
Chuckle to self as you reload this page and significant chunks of it suddenly disappear.

3. Make the world a safer place.

Meta

• Created originally by Rob Spectre.
• Hacked to work with hot stuff by Ognjen Galić
• This work is licensed under GPLv3.
• Lovingly crafted in Brooklyn, NY.
• Pitifully hacked up in Banja Luka, BA