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09 August 2010

A Simple Step That Has Improved Things Y'all probably figured this out long ago but I just got it today, so, for other slow learners out there: how to block game updates from appearing on your facebook home page.

post by: mygothlaundry at: 10:08 | 12 comments

That was a happy day for me.

posted by initapplette 09 August | 10:13

Me too. God, it was just so nice to get rid of all those stupid Mafia Wars and FarmVille notices. It meant I was no longer missing realtively interesting updates from friends and family.

posted by Orange Swan 09 August | 10:28

I would have quit FB a year ago if I couldn't block all of that crap. I checked the other day and I now have 54 applications blocked.

posted by octothorpe 09 August | 11:13

I love blocking applications. Applications and people. So nice. And I respect my "friends" enough to only post Farmville updates to the people I play with (using a Friends list set up for that exact purpose).

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 09 August | 13:47

I block so much on FB that there's barely any content.

Doesn't Twinkie play Farmville too?

posted by Senyar 09 August | 14:58

No games = no game updates.

I have been offered so many farm animals and other farm stuff from relatives. I am sure that Farmville is fun but I just do not want to go there. I have enough timesinks already!

posted by danf 09 August | 14:58

No games = no game updates
Huh. See, that's what wasn't working for me - I'd gone in and blocked all the games and I was STILL getting updates from my friends who are doing Mafia Wars and Frontierville. It was totally annoying but now that I have discovered the tiny hidden x, things are better.

posted by mygothlaundry 09 August | 15:11

Yup, the single most useful feature on Facebook is that little x that lets you filter the firehose of crap that spews forth otherwise. It's a pity there isn't a 'master blocker' that simply shuts off all those updates once and forever, because I keep having to block more and more things every time a new variant of a game comes out, or they re-name it.

posted by dg 09 August | 16:59

Same here. I'm not interested in the games on FB. I love the fact that I can ignore all the silly games..it seemed that it was the only thing some of my friends did!

posted by redvixen 09 August | 19:00

Twinkie does play Farmville! Not often, mainly she just sends me things when I need them :D

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 09 August | 20:04

Now if only there were a way to block friends of friends' status updates and comments from appearing in my feed .. it's very annoying to see a status and all associated comments from "Y" (unknown to me and not my friend) simply because my friend "X" posted a comment there.

posted by initapplette 10 August | 09:29

Firefox + Greasemonkey + FB Purity = No firehose of crap.

posted by tortillathehun 10 August | 21:12

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