Facebook - how do I stop getting pages

14 years ago

a friend "Likes" to quit appearing on my news feed? It's worse on my phone. When I get to Facebook, the front page is filled with

So and so "Likes" Kohls, Target, Samsung, etc., etc. I don't need to see every page every friend "Likes"

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wildchild
14 years ago
Remember, Facebook is "free". Peoples "likes" are exactly what has value to Facebook. It's what is supposed to help in targeting advertisements.

But that said you can disable like and comments by going to your friends lists. Click on your friends name, go to settings and uncheck the "comments and likes" button. You have to do this for each individual friend. Of course that sort of defeats the purpose of Facebook since it is about social networking. A lot of people view FB as a way to keep in touch with family (sort of an enhanced email service without having to actually go email someone) but that really wasn't it's purpose. So it defaults to it's real purpose which is a constant news feed of all activity.

Your choice is to cull your friends, Opt out of comments and likes or use the hide button as the feed comes in.

If you do disable likes and comments the only way you will see your friends activity is to visit their page. So it's a double edged sword to cut their feed.
alisande
14 years ago
Good luck with that, Angel. I individually disabled "Comments and Likes" for many of my FB friends, but it did no good. Neither did specifying that I didn't want my WWF moves posted to my wall.

I also disabled "Games" for a few of my friends, so I wouldn't keep seeing their scores, etc., and that seemed to take.
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emma
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How did they get your phone number. You need to go to your profile and disable or change it to a phony number. I gave mine out and got 4 texts message (spam) immediately. Someone told me how to stop them and I never give out my phone number now.
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Emma I think she means on her smart phone. Most of us have the FB app on our phones.
angelaid
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Yeah, it's on Facebook, not on my phone itself. I can "hide" them on my PC, but can't find that option on my phone.

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