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From: Christian Cleberg <hello@cleberg.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:18:55 -0500
Subject: format line wrapping and fix escaped characters

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@@ -7,27 +7,24 @@ draft = false
 
 # The Dilemma
 
-The dilemma I had was pretty simple: I wanted to unlike all the posts I
-have liked on Tumblr so that I could follow a new focus on blogs and
-start fresh. Otherwise, Tumblr will keep recommending content based on
-your previous likes.
+The dilemma I had was pretty simple: I wanted to unlike all the posts I have
+liked on Tumblr so that I could follow a new focus on blogs and start fresh.
+Otherwise, Tumblr will keep recommending content based on your previous likes.
 
 # The Solution
 
-I searched the web for a while and noted that most solutions referenced
-Tumblr setting and dashboard pages that no longer exist. Additionally, I
-did not want to install a third party extension to do this, as some
-suggested.
+I searched the web for a while and noted that most solutions referenced Tumblr
+setting and dashboard pages that no longer exist. Additionally, I did not want
+to install a third party extension to do this, as some suggested.
 
-Luckily, I used Javascript for a while a few years ago and figured it
-would be easy enough to script a solution, as long as Tumblr had a
-system for the unlike buttons.
+Luckily, I used Javascript for a while a few years ago and figured it would be
+easy enough to script a solution, as long as Tumblr had a system for the unlike
+buttons.
 
 ## Identifying Unlike Buttons
 
-Tumblr\'s unlike buttons are structured as you can see in the following
-code block. All unlike buttons have an `aria-label` with a
-value of `Unlike`.
+Tumblr's unlike buttons are structured as you can see in the following code
+block. All unlike buttons have an `aria-label` with a value of `Unlike`.
 
 ``` html
 <button class="TRX6J" aria-label="Unlike">
@@ -43,28 +40,26 @@ value of `Unlike`.
 ## Running a Script to Unlike All Likes
 
 To run this script, you will need to load the [Likes \|
-Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/likes) page while logged in to your
-account.
+Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/likes) page while logged in to your account.
 
-Further, be sure to scroll down to the bottom and force Tumblr to load
-more posts so that this script unlikes more posts at a time.
+Further, be sure to scroll down to the bottom and force Tumblr to load more
+posts so that this script unlikes more posts at a time.
 
-Once you are logged in and the page is loaded, open the Developer Tools
-and be sure you\'re on the \"Console\" tab. It should look something
-like this (this is in Firefox, Chromium should be similar):
+Once you are logged in and the page is loaded, open the Developer Tools and be
+sure you're on the "Console" tab. It should look something like this (this is
+in Firefox, Chromium should be similar):
 
 ![Firefox Dev
 !Tools](https:///img.cleberg.net/blog/20230105-mass-unlike-tumblr-posts/dev_console.png)
 
-All you need to do is paste the following snippet into the dev console.
-This code will collect all unlike buttons (`elements`) and
-then click each button to unlike it.
+All you need to do is paste the following snippet into the dev console. This
+code will collect all unlike buttons (`elements`) and then click each button to
+unlike it.
 
-Optionally, you can comment-out the line
-`elements[i].click();` and uncomment the
-`console.log()` lines to simply print out information without
-performing any actions. This can be useful to debug issues or confirm
-that the code below isn\'t doing anything you don\'t want it to.
+Optionally, you can comment-out the line `elements[i].click();` and uncomment
+the `console.log()` lines to simply print out information without performing any
+actions. This can be useful to debug issues or confirm that the code below
+isn't doing anything you don't want it to.
 
 ``` javascript
 const elements = document.querySelectorAll('[aria-label="Unlike"]');
@@ -78,18 +73,16 @@ for (let i=0; i < elements.length; i++) {
 
 # Results
 
-The results were quick for my situation, as it unliked \~200 posts
-within 2-3 seconds. I am not sure how this will perform on larger sets
-of likes (or if Tumblr has a limit to unliking posts).
+The results were quick for my situation, as it unliked ~200 posts within 2-3
+seconds. I am not sure how this will perform on larger sets of likes (or if
+Tumblr has a limit to unliking posts).
 
-You can see the below screenshot showing that I pasted the snippet into
-the console, pressed Enter, and then the posts are automatically
-unliked.
+You can see the below screenshot showing that I pasted the snippet into the
+console, pressed Enter, and then the posts are automatically unliked.
 
 ![Script
 !Results](https:///img.cleberg.net/blog/20230105-mass-unlike-tumblr-posts/script_results.png)
 
-Thinking about this further, I would bet that this would be fairly
-simple to package into a browser add-on so that users could install the
-add-on, go to their Likes page, and click a button to run the script.
-Food for thought.
+Thinking about this further, I would bet that this would be fairly simple to
+package into a browser add-on so that users could install the add-on, go to
+their Likes page, and click a button to run the script. Food for thought.
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