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15 April 2010

If you hid someone on Facebook, how do you find them to unhide them?

post by: serena at: 11:16 | 18 comments

It depends on how you hid them.

posted by Obscure Reference 15 April | 11:34

If you blocked them, you can go into your settings and look under privacy - or whatever it's called. The list of people you have blocked is there, together with and unblock option to click on.

posted by Orange Swan 15 April | 11:38

If you hid them under the shed, you'd best hope they don't get unhid!

posted by crush-onastick 15 April | 11:59

What I want to know is when you hide someone's updates, can they tell that you've done so? Because I don't want to be rude to people, but I also don't really care about what's been happening on your Tamaguchi ranch, or whatever.

posted by Atom Eyes 15 April | 13:39

If your page looks like my page, and if you're hiding them the way I do:

At the bottom of your feed (scroll all the way down to the end of visible updates) you'll see 1) a link for "Older Updates"; 2) a link for "Edit Options." Click "Edit Options" and you'll see how to put them back in.

posted by Elsa 15 April | 13:43

(That's if you hid them rather than blocking them.)

posted by Elsa 15 April | 13:43

Atom Eyes - no, they can't tell.

posted by desjardins 15 April | 15:36

The day I discovered that I could hide just the games and other applications was a happy day for me. If I still had to see everyone's GerbilTown Cheerleaders or whatever, I certainly would have completely abandoned Facebook by now.

posted by Elsa 15 April | 15:49

Somebody should write a Word Processor of the Gods-style short story about a social networking site which actually removes people from the real world when you click on the "Remove" button.

posted by Wolfdog 15 April | 16:18

You mean it doesn't actually do that? Bummer.

posted by Elsa 15 April | 17:27

GerbilTown Cheerleaders ROCKS!!!!

posted by Meatbomb 15 April | 18:15

I might actually play a game called GerbilTown Cheerleaders. I assume it would be from the makers of Robot Unicorn Attack.

posted by Elsa 15 April | 18:27

PLEASE TELL ME HOW YOU HIDE THE UPDATES TO GAMES/FARMS/MAFIA WARS ETC BECAUSE I AM NOT INTERESTED IN THEM AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO HIDE PEOPLE TELLING ME THEY NOW HAVE A NEW CHICKEN ON THEIR CARTOON FARM. BUT I DON'T WANT TO HIDE THE REAL UPDATES FROM THESE PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR REAL LIVES, JUST THE IMAGINARY ONES.

posted by essexjan 16 April | 07:12

Jan, if you hover beside the update and click on "hide" it will give you the option to hide either the person or just the application.

posted by gaspode 16 April | 07:56

he day I discovered that I could hide just the games and other applications was a happy day for me. If I still had to see everyone's GerbilTown Cheerleaders or whatever, I certainly would have completely abandoned Facebook by now.
Oh yea, baby. That's the best Facebook feature ever created.

posted by dg 16 April | 08:03

Thanks, 'pode.

posted by essexjan 16 April | 08:21

Somebody should write a Word Processor of the Gods-style short story about a social networking site which actually removes people from the real world when you click on the "Remove" button.

"The Net" with Sandra Bullock?

posted by Eideteker 16 April | 09:14

Thanks Elsa, that was easy!!

posted by serena 16 April | 12:19

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