Taming FaceBook

[Fogdude]

My wife & I virtually live in FaceBook. We have really enjoyed & depended on it for connecting with old friends, schoolmates & family.

The bad thing about FB is it's determined stance on blasting us all with ads, trending topics & games.

Then came FB Purity, originally called FaceBook Purity, but now called Fluff Busting Purity or FB Purity, for short.

It's an add-on for all the popular browsers (which naturally excludes IE & Edge) which is highly parameterized to let you turn on/off the vast majority of FB 'features' that get in your way of having a nice, quiet, stress-less session with those you want to hear from.

I won't go into a lot of details, except to say you can virtually eliminate that nasty right hand column completely & make your timeline newsfeed expand across that area, so you never see it.

You can remove most of the categories & topics in the left column, so you don't have to scroll to get to the ones you want & use.

It' can be installed as a direct add-on, or it can be installed as a script under GreaseMonkey. The advantage of GreasMonkey is that on those occasions when FB makes a major change that can cause FB Purity to stop working, or work oddly, when installed as an add-on, it won't be affected as much when it's a GreaseMonkey script.

So, enough of that. The main point is, if it weren't for FB Purity, my wife & I would probably have abandoned trying to stay on FB, in it's natural state.

It's easy enough to try out & see if you like it. It's FREE. You can find it by just searching for 'FB Purity".

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[chouette]

Although I rarely go on FB, it's an interesting post Fog, thanks!

[Pip]

Just like you chewy, I very rarely go on facebook. I find it mindnumbing in as far as the cr*p that people post on there.

Nevertheless, good post for those that do use it.

[VincentLupo]

Never been and never will.

[Fogdude]

I know most of you guys (& gals) seem to be put off by FB, but I've tried several places & like Windows as an OS, FB is pretty much the most pervasive for social networking. I started out on MySpace, but it was a total drag.

I just like being able to hear from old classmates & even childhood (pre-teen) friends & even family I've never met. I'm not one of those social butterflies who friends everybody & anybody who asks. My block list is longer than my friend list. I don't friend anyone I don't personally know, unless a close personal friend strongly recommends them & they are essentially an extended part of my friends & family. So, my FB stays relatively quiet & stress free, but mainly because I tame it with FB Purity & ad blockers.

I can't disagree with those of you who have no use for it, but I really enjoy interacting with people who, back in the old days, would still live down the block, because we all didn't move all over the country several times in our lives.

[bankska22]

Not a Facebook either. My kids love it. It does have it's use though.

[chouette]

Tell me Banks, are you reading all the old forum's messages tonight? Nothing on TV?

[bankska22]

Just catching up from being absent.

[chouette]

Ahhhh ok, well good luck with that!

[bankska22]

Thank you my friend.