Haven't seen them but you can control what you see in your feed - Fb learns what you want to see. Hide the posts or report them if they are offensive. There's also an extension called Facebook Purity which allows far more control than Fb does - even lets you eliminate posts that contain a word or subject you don't want to see.

Snowflakes is a FB user with a lot of followers and sharers-- either friends of your are "liking" Snowflakes' posts or you liked the page somewhere along the way and now you are a follower.

The name Snowflakes comes from the right's sneer about liberals as "special snowflakes".

"Liking" things can be tricky. I agree with Funky, that you liked a friend's post which was linked to that person.

Liking a post doesn't make you a follower-- you have to like the page to become a follower.

I don't understand funky. What is the difference between liking a post ot a page.

If you like a page, like a restaurant or a newspaper or a celebrity, everything they post will show up on your feed. If you like a post, depending on the privacy settings, it may show up on your friend's feeds.

Someone you are friends with is liking snowflake's posts which is why they are showing up in your feed. To stop seeing content from snowflake, click the drop down arrow in the upper right of the post and you can chose what to see from snowflake.

I have friends with all sorts of beliefs and I am very careful about what I like on Facebook because of what may show up in their feeds.

You can block Snowflake so that you don't see any of their posts, even if one of your friends "likes" the post.

There is a tab in the upper right, rather hidden until you mouse over it, that allows you to hide posts, unfollow or has additional options. I would unfollow this 'snowflake' if you don't wish to see their posts.

Also, check your privacy settings periodically, especially after FB does updates. Usually mine are correct but some say theirs get changed inadvertently. Just make sure 'friends' not 'friends of friends' have access to what you want them to see on your posts.

Hope this makes sense.

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but where do I click to like a post rather than a page?

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thanks for that info. I just blocked all of snowflakes posts. I just wish I knew exactly how I got them. I am not sure what I liked to have done that because I really do not like too many things. I pretty much just look at posts and once in a blue comment or like.

Underneath the post there is a thumbs up icon. Just click that. Then your friend gets a notice that you liked their post and others can see on your friend's post that you liked it. If you comment, your friend and others can see the comment.

Liking a business page comes in handy if you want to ,for instance, see the specials from you favorite restaurant in your feed. Or, you can like a newspaper Facebook and see their news posts in your feed.

Your friends can see the pages that you like but you can change your privacy settings It's very complicated at first. Until you get the hang of it, keep in mind that your posts, likes and comments may be completely public and be seen by others.

The top right thumbs up is for "liking" the page. The bottom left one is for the post.

Part of the charm (or not) of FB is that you can see how friends are interacting on it even if they aren't including you directly . A friend is interacting with flake and you see it because your friend's activity shows in your feed.

Also, it is entirely possible to accidentally like something as you finger scroll through your feed.

Wow! So much to learn. I am getting better now thanks to all of you. I never realized their were two kinds of likes. I am on privacy that says only my friends can see my posts. I also may block some other friends that are just posting way too often and for me useless Info. But if I do that, will they know I blocked them or hide them. I do not want to start a fight with friends.

You can unfollow friends without unfriending them. I'm not sure if they would know if you aren't following them anymore though. I certainly don't think that they get an alert that someone has stopped following them. There is a little V arrow to the right of their name with different options, including unfollow, and hide that and similar posts.

"Snowfakes" privacy has to be set to public (globe) which really means no privacy!

If a friend likes or comments on anything with the "globe" icon on it (which means it's "public") then it will appear in your newsfeed.

If you do the same thing above, then all of your friends will see what you like or comment on in their newsfeed because it's "public" (has "globe" icon).

Instead, if you or your friend like or comment on something with the "two heads" icon on it which means "friends" then it will NOT appear on your friend's feed (or your feed).

You will see the "globe" or "friends" icon right after the date and time of the post.

**To avoid clogging up my friends' newsfeeds with stuff, I just avoid liking or commenting on anything with the "globe" (public) icon.

When friends clog up my feed, I unfollow them. We remain friends, but they never appear in my feed. I place them in the "acquaintance" category already set up in your account and go to that list if I want to see their newsfeeds. This is the only way I can easily see them since I unfollowed them.

Hope this helps. Can be very confusing! Some people like or comment on too much "public" stuff so I just have to unfollow them and place them on the "acquaintance" list.