WTE??!!! FB now puts trending articles on my feed?

[Deleted]

WHY? FB I was almost starting to like you, then you force me into "timeline" and now it suddenly for no reason starts putting "trending articles" on my news feed thingee?

why??

[Catseye]

I haven't seen this on my FB timeline, did this just start today? I'm not logged on to FB right now, it's a big no-no on the job.

[thyme4change]

I think I hid the 'trending articles' because if one actually looked interesting and you clicked on it, you had to log in again, and then it posted it on all your friend's feeds - so I decided to not even tempt myself.

[chiver78]

thyme, how did you hide it?? I haven't been able to figure out where that little check box is.

[Deleted]

what chiver said.....and today is the first day I saw this.....

[thyme4change]

I can't remember - I think you hover over the top right of the post, and you get some options or a drop down or something? I remember finding it and being super excited!

[Deleted]

ah thanks.....just hover over the right corner of the article and the "x" for close window appears.....

hopefully that worked

[reader79]

I'm not clicking on anything anymore. There was a 20% off lunch special for Olive Garden a few weeks ago. I clicked through to print out the coupon. Next day my friend asked me when I thought would be a good time to go??? It added to my feed that I had chosen that coupon. Not cool. And it did not ask me if I would like to share that information.

I also avoid all articles from social reader apps. If I want to read one, I copy the title and google it to go directly through the news site.

[chiver78]

hmm....I'll have to look again if I see one pop up. I definitely tried that, and didn't get an arrow for a drop-down menu at all.

[Deleted]

Good to know I can suppress these- I've been getting them the last few days.

I'm very wary of clicking on anything in FB other than friends' posts and pictures, because I've seen too many updates that tell me what my friends are reading or listening to. Like reader79, if I'm interested in a story, I'll find it through a separate search.

[Deleted]

it's not an arrow, it's an "x" and its a bit below the corner, more like the corner of the actual article if that makes sense?

[chiver78]

it does, but it only removes that particular story. I still get the stupid trending thing. if that's what you did, just wait. you'll get more trending articles posted.

[Deleted]

but before I clicked it it had like 3 choices- hide this story, hide everything from yahoo (or something like that), and something else

i clicked the hide everything from yahoo

wish me luck.....

[ken a.k.a OMK]

Aug 14, 2012 13:58:08 GMT -5 chiver78 said:

it does, but it only removes that particular story. I still get the stupid trending thing. if that's what you did, just wait. you'll get more trending articles posted.

I get what friends are reading and where they are eating. I think it's sent automatically from their phones. Please take it away!!! At least I can stop all new games when I click on the upper right x.

[movingforward]

I am so sick of FB. I rarely go there anymore. The people I really care about I talk to on a regular basis and know what is going on in their lives.

[reader79]

I can't stand when it keeps reverting back to Top Stories, instead of Most Recent. Who the @#&* made you king of what I find important?!?

[Bluerobin]

Is "My Space" still around? Maybe it's time to leave FB.

[Deleted]

My wife and I never went to timeline format... So don't have that issue.

But we both just "unfriended" about 5 friends/family members because they kept on sending us invite to stupid stuff and since both our Facebook accounts are linked to our iPhone, it got annoying when you are at work and beeping 3-5 times and from the same person.

We were in Boston 2 weeks ago, and all 3 iPhones beeped at the same time (MIL was with us) and all 3 of us unfriended that same person because it was the second time for that day from that same person and it is a everyday occurrence.

[Deleted]

One of my friends just posted that people are threatening to unfriend each other because of the political views posted.

[BeenThere...DoneThat...]

Aug 15, 2012 10:27:26 GMT -5 @anne81 said:

One of my friends just posted that people are threatening to unfriend each other because of the political views posted.

...I've seen them say the same thing... imo, they're wimps...


...having said that, I can't deny that I find it tempting to click the ignore button on a few posters over on P&tM... ;D

[ken a.k.a OMK]

Aug 15, 2012 7:02:49 GMT -5 TheHaitian said:

My wife and I never went to timeline format... So don't have that issue.

But we both just "unfriended" about 5 friends/family members because they kept on sending us invite to stupid stuff and since both our Facebook accounts are linked to our iPhone, it got annoying when you are at work and beeping 3-5 times and from the same person.

We were in Boston 2 weeks ago, and all 3 iPhones beeped at the same time (MIL was with us) and all 3 of us unfriended that same person because it was the second time for that day from that same person and it is a everyday occurrence.

You will automatically be forced into timeline format soon. I was last week.

[Deleted]

Aug 15, 2012 11:26:14 GMT -5 ken a.k.a OMK said:

Aug 15, 2012 7:02:49 GMT -5 TheHaitian said:

My wife and I never went to timeline format... So don't have that issue.

But we both just "unfriended" about 5 friends/family members because they kept on sending us invite to stupid stuff and since both our Facebook accounts are linked to our iPhone, it got annoying when you are at work and beeping 3-5 times and from the same person.

We were in Boston 2 weeks ago, and all 3 iPhones beeped at the same time (MIL was with us) and all 3 of us unfriended that same person because it was the second time for that day from that same person and it is a everyday occurrence.

You will automatically be forced into timeline format soon. I was last week.

[reader79]

I was switched over to Timeline on 8/5. Make sure you have a nice cover photo...

I have a 'friend' from middle school who's about to get the ax. He keeps sending out stuff for his business, and every message reads as if it's a form letter. It's annoying.