medium_userscript.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name         Medium - Hide Featured
// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version      0.3
// @description  try to take over the world!
// @author       You
// @match        https://medium.com/*
// @grant        none
// ==/UserScript==

// a function that loads jQuery and calls a callback function when jQuery has finished loading
function addJQuery(callback) {
    var script = document.createElement("script");
    script.setAttribute("src", "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.min.js");
    script.addEventListener('load', function () {
        var script = document.createElement("script");
        script.textContent = "(" + callback.toString() + ")();";
        document.body.appendChild(script);
    }, false);
    document.body.appendChild(script);
}

// the guts of this userscript
function main() {
    setInterval(function () {
        $('#branch-banner-iframe').contents().find('.branch-banner-close').click() // hide 'download Medium app' banner
        $('.homeContainer .extremeHero-container').hide();
        $('.homeContainer .extremeHero-featuredLink').hide();

        $('.homeContainer .svgIcon--star').closest("article").remove()
        // $('.svgIcon--star').closest("div:has(*[data-post-id])").parent().remove()
        $('.homeContainer .svgIcon--star').closest(".js-sectionItem").remove()
        $('.homeContainer .svgIcon--star').closest("li").remove()

        // hide links to featured
        // $('a[href*="medium.com/s/"]').hide()
        $('a[href*="medium.com/s/"]').closest("li").remove()
    }, 10);
}


// load jQuery and execute the main function
addJQuery(main);