Clean yammer unread messages

gistfile1.js

var loadAndClose = function(url) { 
    var thisUrl = url;
    console.log('Opening ' + thisUrl);
    var newTab = window.open(thisUrl, '_blank');
    setTimeout(function() { newTab.close(); console.log('Closing ' + thisUrl); } , 4000);
};

var process = function(elements, index) {
    if (index >= elements.length) return;
    var url = document.location.href.substring(0, document.location.href.length-5) + 'show?threadId='+elements[index].getAttribute('data-thread-id');
    console.log('Processing ' + index + ' of ' + elements.length + ' ::: ' + url); 
    loadAndClose(url);    
    setTimeout(function() { process(elements, index+1); }, 1000);
}

var cleanUnread = function(count) {
    count++;
    var index;
    if (count > 10) {
       alert('You\'ll need to run script again!');  
       return;
    };
    var moreButton = document.getElementsByClassName('yj-inbox-unread-list')[0].getElementsByClassName('yj-more-button-link')[0];
    if (moreButton.parentElement.style.display == '') { 
        console.log('Loading more...');
        moreButton.click();
        setTimeout(function() { cleanUnread(count); }, 1500);
        return;
    };
    var elements = document.getElementsByClassName('yj-inbox-list-item');
    process(elements, 0);
};

cleanUnread();

Notes

• Only tested on chrome
• Run from developer/javascript console
• Browser client - start from inbox page
• May take a minute or so with large number of unread messages