lspencer534
09-26-2013, 4:39pm
We’ve trained ourselves not to see the ads on the right side of the Facebook page, but when they appear in your newsfeed, it’s much harder to ignore them. The bad news: Facebook has no built-in tools to completely remove them from the newsfeed. If you find one ad repetitive or offensive, there is a drop-down menu on the upper righthand corner of the post that lets you indicate “I don’t want to see this,” but in future newsfeeds, you’ll just get an ad from another company.
Social Fixer is a browser add-on (software that attaches to your browser and works with it) that gives you a ton of features to manage Facebook. It can strip out most “sponsored stories” or in-line newsfeed ads. It takes a while to ‘teach’ it what you don’t like by clicking ‘block’ on all the types of posts you don’t want to see. And a few sponsored posts do slip through, but it is a great and free tool. Facebook seems to be in a cat-and-mouse game with the software, so occasionally it will get glitchy, but it’s well worth your time and does help tame the ads.
And don’t become an accidental spokesperson. Facebook loves to use your “likes” to get your friends’ attention: “Becky likes Country Outfitter,” “Becky likes One King’s Lane,” so if you don’t want your name used in this way, go into “Account Settings," then “Ads,” then "Ads and Friends,” and where it says “Pair my social actions with ads for…” click "No One" to opt out of social ads completely. This prevents your name from showing up associated with ads in other people’s feeds.
Linky:
Social Fixer for Facebook fixes annoyances, adds features, and enhances existing functionality to make Facebook more fun and efficient (http://socialfixer.com/)
Social Fixer is a browser add-on (software that attaches to your browser and works with it) that gives you a ton of features to manage Facebook. It can strip out most “sponsored stories” or in-line newsfeed ads. It takes a while to ‘teach’ it what you don’t like by clicking ‘block’ on all the types of posts you don’t want to see. And a few sponsored posts do slip through, but it is a great and free tool. Facebook seems to be in a cat-and-mouse game with the software, so occasionally it will get glitchy, but it’s well worth your time and does help tame the ads.
And don’t become an accidental spokesperson. Facebook loves to use your “likes” to get your friends’ attention: “Becky likes Country Outfitter,” “Becky likes One King’s Lane,” so if you don’t want your name used in this way, go into “Account Settings," then “Ads,” then "Ads and Friends,” and where it says “Pair my social actions with ads for…” click "No One" to opt out of social ads completely. This prevents your name from showing up associated with ads in other people’s feeds.
Linky:
Social Fixer for Facebook fixes annoyances, adds features, and enhances existing functionality to make Facebook more fun and efficient (http://socialfixer.com/)