Here is a quick and dirty Facebook tip. I apologize if this is old news, but I have shown it to enough people that I think it might be worth mentioning:
Farmville; you either play it or you hate it. Same for Mafia Wars and other Facebook games and applications.
This tip is for the haters. And it works on any Facebook app you hate.
Have you been in this situation: You don’t want to ‘unfriend’ someone, yet all they seem to do with their time is play _______? (insert the name of your least favorite Facebook app) You wouldn’t care if you were not beyond sick of seeing the byproduct of their borderline obsession all over your Facebook wall.
If so, this problem will be gone forever in about 30 seconds…tops.
Ever seen this ‘hide’ button on a status update? It is not there by default, but as soon as you hover over a post, it shows up.
If you click that hide button, you get a little box with a couple options, the first is to hide the person altogether…you could do this, but what if it’s your mother? Or in this case, your daughter? That doesn’t work so good. The second option though, that lets me hide only posts related to the offending app…and it works on any app within Facebook. That seems like a solution that works well for everybody involved.
Click that ‘hide pillow fight’ button and away goes the app. You still see updates from the friend that are not related to the app, and your wall is now refreshingly clear of annoying Facebook applications.
So what do you think? Had you heard this one before?
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