Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users

Re:Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users by joeblau on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @03:23PM (#14648465)

I think Facebook counts you as active even if you're logged in, never go to the site, but see any site with a like button. I've blocked Facebook using both Safari Content blockers and my `/etc/hosts` file, but I wonder if they have other ways of attempting to count me in.

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Re:Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users by mingfli on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @03:35PM (#14648599)

They do not: http://www.adweek.com/digital/monthly-active-users-definitio...

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Re:Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users by avarun on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @03:38PM (#14648630)

They don't need to fake count you as active. It would not be beneficial to misrepresent your own stats, because if your engagement numbers don't reflect that to advertisers then you're in trouble.

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Re:Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users by samstave on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @03:33PM (#14648583)

Please share all your FB entries to block

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Re:Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users by joeblau on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @04:13PM (#14648961)

This is what I get when I `cat /etc/hosts | grep facebook`. Not all are Facebook

  0.0.0.0 facebook.com
  0.0.0.0 www.facebook.com
  0.0.0.0 facebookinc.122.2o7.net
  0.0.0.0 ncaafacebook.com
  0.0.0.0 www.ncaafacebook.com
  0.0.0.0 wwwfacebook.com
  0.0.0.0 www.wwwfacebook.com
  0.0.0.0 facebook-proxy.hi5.com
  0.0.0.0 facebook-repto1040s2.ahlamountada.com
  0.0.0.0 facebook.cm
  0.0.0.0 www.facebook.cm
  0.0.0.0 www.facebook.realtorarcf.com
  0.0.0.0 facebookasciiart.com
  0.0.0.0 www.facebookasciiart.com
  0.0.0.0 facebookbox.com
  0.0.0.0 www.facebookbox.com
  0.0.0.0 facebookcrawl.co.cc
  0.0.0.0 www.facebookcrawl.co.cc
  0.0.0.0 facebookloginsignin.com
  0.0.0.0 www.facebookloginsignin.com
  0.0.0.0 facebookoxy.com
  0.0.0.0 www.facebookoxy.com
  0.0.0.0 facebooktbtoolbar.ourtoolbar.com
  0.0.0.0 facebookunblocking.com
  0.0.0.0 www.facebookunblocking.com
  0.0.0.0 hacking-facebook.com
  0.0.0.0 www.hacking-facebook.com
  0.0.0.0 needfacebook.com
  0.0.0.0 www.needfacebook.com
  0.0.0.0 unblockfacebook.co.uk
  0.0.0.0 www.unblockfacebook.co.uk
  0.0.0.0 facebook-zdjecia.bo.pl
  0.0.0.0 zdjecia-facebook.bo.pl
  0.0.0.0 facebook-color.5v.pl
  0.0.0.0 podgladfacebook.wirtualnie.pl
  0.0.0.0 facebook-uzaleznienie.wirtualnie.pl
  0.0.0.0 facebookpodglad.wirtualnie.pl
  0.0.0.0 facebookszpieg.glt.pl
  0.0.0.0 pl-facebook.com--contest.co
  0.0.0.0 facebookcolor.pl
  0.0.0.0 www.specials.facebook.netsa.pl
  0.0.0.0 ilenafacebooku.pl
  0.0.0.0 facebook-app.pl
  0.0.0.0 facebookred.pl
  0.0.0.0 facebookfriends.com.pl
  0.0.0.0 ktopodgladamnienafacebooku.wordpress.com
  0.0.0.0 5facebookfrienddel.blogspot.com
  0.0.0.0 facebookkoloruj.blogspot.com
  0.0.0.0 aktualizacjafacebooka.blogspot.com
  0.0.0.0 facebookaplikacje.blogspot.com
  0.0.0.0 facebook-kolor.blogspot.com
  0.0.0.0 facebookkviewer.blogspot.com
  0.0.0.0 creative.ak.facebook.com
  0.0.0.0 pixel.facebook.com
  0.0.0.0 ads.ak.facebook.com
  0.0.0.0 ads.ak.facebook.com.edgesuite.net

And my rule in 1Blocker is

  https?://([a-z\.]*)?facebook\.com.*

@netaddict list is better.

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Re:Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users by netaddict on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @03:55PM (#14648788)

  127.0.0.1 facebook.com
  127.0.0.1 www.facebook.com
  127.0.0.1 static.ak.fbcdn.net
  127.0.0.1 www.static.ak.fbcdn.net
  127.0.0.1 login.facebook.com
  127.0.0.1 www.login.facebook.com
  127.0.0.1 fbcdn.net
  127.0.0.1 www.fbcdn.net
  127.0.0.1 fbcdn.com
  127.0.0.1 www.fbcdn.com
  127.0.0.1 static.ak.connect.facebook.com
  127.0.0.1 www.static.ak.connect.facebook.com

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Re:Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users by TazeTSchnitzel on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @07:10PM (#14650408)

0.0.0.0 is a better target than localhost, because it means the connection fails immediately rather than possibly timing out, and it won't accidentally succeed if you're running a local server.

The IPv6 variant (two colons, ::) is shorter still.

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Re:Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users by avianbc on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @03:44PM (#14648699)

I use FanBoy's filters w/uBlock origin. Check them here: https://www.fanboy.co.nz

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Re:Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users by joeblau on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @04:18PM (#14648992)

The reason I go with Safari Content blockers and /etc/hosts is because both of those solutions stop network requests before they even attempt to make a network request. uBlock is a good backup solution, but I want my computer to think Facebook doesn't even exist as a url, regardless of context.

For example uBlock won't stop iMessage from trying to load Facebook's inline media content when someone messages me a Facebook link.

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Re:Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users by omnifischer on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @04:48PM (#14649283)

for OSX blocking at DNS level: Posted a year ago in hn https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11793855

for linux use: https://github.com/tbds/FreeContributor/tree/master/data

https://www.perpetual-beta.org/weblog/blocking-facebook-on-o...

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Re:Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users by frickinLasers on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @11:09PM (#14651435)

> for linux use: https://github.com/tbds/FreeContributor/tree/master/data

This appears to be broken.

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Re:Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users by Borating on Thursday June 29, 2017 @03:49AM (#14661504)

https://github.com/evilneuro/FreeContributor

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Re:Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users by omnifischer on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @10:14AM (#14654279)

https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists

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Re:Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users by joeblau on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @05:06PM (#14649446)

This is also a great solution.

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