<p>I have a few Facebook “friends” whose status updates I’d just as soon not see on my newsfeed. I don’t want to de-friend Cousin Lucy, but don’t want to read posts about Farmville every day. I don’t want to de-friend Dad From School, but his 10 times a day quotes from “inspirational” religious books are far from inspring. Same with Guy From High School who finds time about a three times a day to rant that we don’t support the troops.</p>
<p>I assume there is a way to make sure I don’t see their posts in my newsfeed. Can anyone tell me how to do it without unfriending them?</p>
<p>Put your cursor in the upper right hand corner of her post and select “hide”. It will ask if you want to hide just that post or all posts from that person. I have a few relative-in-laws whose political rantings I do not want on my wall. So they are in “hide” mode.</p>
<p>Okay, I’m too dumb. When I put my curser in the upper right hand corner of a post, I just get an X to remove. When I right click I get options like Back, Select All, Create Shortcut, etc.</p>
<p>Edited to add: Okay, got it. I clicked on the X to remove and it asked me if I wanted to hide. THANKS!!!</p>
<p>Just discovered that MOWC…instead of blocking all of Cousin Lucy’s posts, I can just block all Farmville, so if she ever DOES post about something other than Farmville I can see it. Cool!</p>
<p>A couple of weeks ago, I posted my D’s graudation pictures. I got a lot of “Congrats” posts (just like I posted lots of Congrats on other people’s pictures.) I saw some posts from an aunt that I rarely see or hear from. I thought sure she was going to comment on the grad pix of her grandniece…no…there were about 5 “Aunt has answered a question about Missypie” posts. Jeez.</p>
This is a viral application and just seems to multiply. It could have gotten info from her Facebook account. She may not know that it is happening when she keeps answering questions and more get fed to her. She thinks she is helping but they are collecting marketing info from the account. </p>
<p>Can I suggest everyone go their settings and set for secure server only. It blocks the apps ability to get to your account info. You will still the notices, but the app can’t get info from you unless you let it. I never let the apps get any info so I just ignore the Answered a Question notices.</p>
<p>Any one know how to keep the new fancy chat style window from popping up every time you go on FB? And how to NOT show as available for chat just because the page is open?</p>
<p>Seems like once again they have changed the layout and once again the defaults are the most revelatory.</p>
<p>Bottom right hand corner there’s a little tool icon. Select it and you should see options to hide the sidebar and can deselect the available to chat option.</p>
<p>Don’t read into it…not everyone sees everything on their wall it seems and not everyone gets all postings from all their friends to their wall. Aunty may have entirely missed the grad photos even if she was on and posted about something else. Such is FB.</p>
<p>abasket - Try clicking on the side bar to make it darker (initially it appears in a faint ghostlike appearance.) You should then see the tool option in the lower right hand corner.</p>
<p>another question…why is it that sometimes i cant post…i’m logged in…i click to write a post, hit enter and nothing happens, also wont let me like when this happens. only happens on home computer which is a mac, not of my office one which is a pc</p>