On Facebook, ‘Likes’ Become Ads

Re:On Facebook, ‘Likes’ Become Ads by Karunamon on Saturday June 02, 2012 @02:40PM (#4058775)

Meanwhile I've never had any of these problems. I block games that I feel my friends are spamming me with, or are just annoying and that I won't ever play. Mafia Wars is a good one, I blocked that at least 4 years ago, and it's still gone as of today.

So one of two things is true. First is that I am somehow special and Facebook works differently for me than anyone else. Short answer: No.

Secondly is that Facebook's privacy settings is a mess and confusing to the public at large. You could make a very, very good case for that.

Also, just because your friends are trying to get you to re-sign-up doesn't somehow indicate that Facebook is doing something untoward.

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Re:On Facebook, ‘Likes’ Become Ads by tobtoh on Saturday June 02, 2012 @02:59PM (#4058822)

Sorry Karunamon, you are wrong - you are special (or at least lucky).

I concur with the original post that Facebook sets and unsets options, or in my case ignores them as it sees fit. In one example, I have a friend who no matter how many times I 'unsubscribed from her game feeds', or blocked her game apps, still appeared in my news feed. I had to unfriend her to stop the spam appearing.

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Re:On Facebook, ‘Likes’ Become Ads by taligent on Saturday June 02, 2012 @08:05PM (#4059612)

Add me to the special list.

Have never had problems with Facebook privacy settings.

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