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+title: Removing "Collaborator Spam" from Your GitHub Feed
+route: /github-collaborator-spam
+date: 2015-09-07
+description: Devious GitHub users are adding prominent members as collaborators to their repositories in an attempt to gain exposure. Here's how to stop it.
+hidden: true
+---
+
+I'm sick of seeing this garbage on GitHub.
+
+![A series of items on the GitHub activity feed in the form of "X added Y to Z"](/img/github-spam.png)
+
+Project owners shamelessly adding dozens upon dozens of famous open source developers, in an attempt to get a link to their project on as many GitHub feeds as possible (while [chalking it up to "username errors"](https://github.com/joni2back/angular-filemanager/issues/59)). To be honest, I don't really care what repositories my friends get added to - even if legitimately. The feature has never proven useful to me.
+
+**Here's how to get rid of it.**
+
+## Using [AdBlock Plus](https://adblockplus.org/)
+
+We can remove the spammy elements from the page using a custom AdBlock filter. First, open up your extension settings (I'm using Chrome):
+
+![Chrome's extension settings page, showing the options for the AdBlock Plus extension](/img/extension-settings.png)
+
+Then, click the "Add your own filters" tab, enter the following filter string, and click "Add Filter":
+
+```
+github.com##.alert.member_add
+```
+
+![The "Add your own filters" tab of AdBlock Plus's extension settings, showing the string "github.com##.alert.member_add" entered in an input box.](/img/custom-filters.png)
+
+This filter is made up of three parts:
+
+- `github.com` - the domain on which to filter
+- `##` - a separator
+- `.alert.member_add` - the CSS selector, matching the various `<div class="alert member_add simple">` elements containing the spam
+
+Refresh your GitHub tab, and rejoice in your spam-free activity feed.
+
+## Using a custom userscript
+
+Alternatively, you can use the following userscript.
+
+```js
+// ==UserScript==
+// @name          Remove collab spam
+// @description   Removes "X added Y to Z" spam from the GitHub activity feed
+// @include       https://github.com/*
+// ==/UserScript==
+//
+// by @jdan <http://thatjdanisso.cool>
+// MIT Licensed
+
+;[].slice
+  .call(document.querySelectorAll(".alert.member_add"))
+  .forEach(function(item) {
+    item.remove()
+  })
+```
+
+Copy and paste the above code into your favorite editor and save it as **remove-collab-spam.user.js**. In Chrome, you can simply drag this file into **chrome://extensions**.
+
+On Firefox, install [Greasemonkey](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/) and navigate to the Greasemonkey "User scripts" tab of **about:addons**.
+
+![Firefox's about:addons page, showing a selected "User scripts" tab on the left, with a drag-and-drop area on the right](/img/greasemonkey.png)
+
+Drag the file here, then accept the following confirmation dialog.
+
+![A confirmation dialog from Greasemonkey for installing the userscript. The confirmation includes the title and description of the userscript](/img/greasemonkey-confirm.png)
+
+You can even customize the userscript to remove/keep elements containing particular usernames if you're into that sort of thing.
+
+```js
+// Always show tj-related activity items
+if (!/\/tj/.test(item.innerHTML)) {
+  item.remove()
+}
+```
+
+But I think we can safely remove 'em all :)