Facebook experts

[the_siobhan]

Right then. I have dipped my toe into the crowded-shopping-mall-on-Xmas-eve experience that is Facebook. Ermph.

In a vague - and quite possibly futile - attempt to make it slightly more readable, is there any way to turn off those posts that come from games and apps?

Comments

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

Sadly, it seems not en mass. You can only turn them off by app. But doing it once per isn't too horrible.

[marchenland.livejournal.com]

Yes.

Hover over the top right corner of a post, and a little arrow appears. click it, and the 2nd link will say "Hide GoombaFarm," or whatever. Click this link. No more from that app.

[anmorata.livejournal.com]

Yes! There are two ways. You can "hide" each application as it pops up (tedious), or if you use Firefox, you can install this Greasemonkey script (http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/44459) which removes pretty much everything. It has a few whitelisted that you may not want - read the information on the script. If ever you start seeing apps & quizzes pop up again, check for a code update.

[ravensee.livejournal.com]

Hover your mouse on the right side next to a post and a little blurb will appear saying "Hide person or Hide *insert particular app or game*". Click on it and you can hide it and also unhide it whenever you want.

"Hover over the application story in your News Feed and click the "Hide" button. Selecting the name of the application from the drop-down menu will prevent all stories from that particular application from appearing on your home page. Remember that selecting the name of a person from this menu will hide all stories from that person."

[panic-girl.livejournal.com]

You could hide app by app or you could read status updates only, which is what I tend to do. There's a link for that in the main page.

[nicklausse.livejournal.com]

Don't invite your relatives?

Srsly, all my elderly aunts are all Farmville and Smile-tastic. Kind of amusing actually.

[miss_squiddy]

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/44459