DISQUS

jeff · 2 years ago

how do you control this after the fact. What if I decide I don't want to see any newsfeed stories about gifts being given, after a while they should stop showing up. If in the future I decide I do want to see them, how do I control that?

Nick O'Neill · 2 years ago

Jeff, stop being so indecisive ;) You need to stick with your gut instinct :)

You make a very good point though. Perhaps they'll set up a page where you can view past stories that you've removed and unmark them.

gtracy · 2 years ago

jeff... you can click the icon a second time to change your mind.

nick... i like this feature a lot! assuming it translates into better feed content. i can now get rid of all the application noise and see more of the interesting content my friends are adding. some applications add good content, but many don't. presumably, facebook will decipher the apps i like to hear from.

L.A. King · 2 years ago

Too bad I can't 'thumbs down' the ad for Spider-man 3 on DVD.

Dan Lester · 2 years ago

Moreover, what am I registering a dislike towards? I have a friend who continually joins inane groups such as '10 reasons boys smell' that I really don't need to know about.

So, if I click 'remove' whenever I see such an announcement, will Facebook be smart enough to realise that it's just her groups I don't want to know about, or will it think I don't want to know about groups for anyone?

Mark · 2 years ago

It seems to be a cool feature that, you are right, will get better.

Flavio Rump · 2 years ago

It's a great feature that people will use. It will also dramatically limit news about people adding applications or giving hugs etc. this means application will yet again lose some of their virality because almost nobody is going to want to see that.

do you know if the news feed system also values the object or just the object type eg:

i don't want to see eric adding "ghosts" --> is application adds gonna show up less and / or eric doing adding applications and / or eric doing anything?

MariSmith · 2 years ago

At first I wasn't sure I'd be able to decide which to x and which to check, as I tend to skim everything.

But, as I went through my Feed, I found a bunch of stuff I've no interest in (like who's giving whom a gift, or news related to apps I don't have and don't care to add). So, we'll see - hopefully this nifty new instant feature will clean up the "visual noise" a bit.