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[Rant] THis is why Facebook needs to go away!

I don't see any of those - my guess it is based on things you have 'Liked'. Don't like the things that cause this type of advertising.
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Brian

"It drops into your stomach like a Abrams's tank.... driven by Rosanne Barr..." A. Bourdain

reply to ropeguru

NSFW Tag.

reply to cowboyro
I have not LIKED anything from these folks. They just started showing up one day and trying to keep ahead of Facebook's auto opt in and the maze to get rid of the stuff has become ridiculous.

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reply to ropeguru
So to be fair, I just went in and looked into where the Videos are coming from. They are from the spam that showed up one day known as Socialcam of which I have NEVER clicked on or viewed any Socialcam video or link.

Just another case of Facebook forcing everyone to be opted in and having to try and stay ahead of all the crap it is spewing to keep it off the user's page.

reply to ropeguru
You saw a video shared by someone and inadvertently clicked "allow" to all requests in order to see the video.
Go under apps. I would be *extremely surprised* if SocialCam wasn't in your allowed list.

If you are talking about the apps list, Socialcam is NOT in my apps list.

In fact, I just cleaned out all the apps that have NOT been used in the last 6 months and the ONLY app I have left is FamilyTree.

i have zero apps authorizeed for me and i still see that garbage too, its not something the user chose to see, its something facebook chose us to see.
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Happiness is like peeing your pants... Everyone can see it, but only you can feel its Warmth!!

That's weird. I have no apps authorized and I see none of this.

reply to ropeguru
Is the second pic one of the squatters?

reply to ropeguru

My wall.

reply to ropeguru
It is exactly what FB has it labeled as, a "trending article". I rarely ever see them. I suspect it may be something FB is testing so some will see it, some won't, etc, etc.

As I recall, there's no "x" available to hide, block, report, etc either. More reason I suspect it's something FB is pushing.

reply to ropeguru
»socialfixer.com/ and ABP on firefox makes facebook look like it did when it first came out

reply to ropeguru
My significant other is very active in community theater, and I've met a lot of people she hangs out with so they've friended me on facebook. It's funny, every time I check out one of their pages I get a lot of what I would call 'gay friendly' ads on my facebook. I guess in whatever ad algorhythm fb uses, interest in community theater = gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I just find it amusing.

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Some more stuff FB is doing that is similar to the O.P.

»www.zdnet.com/is-facebook-damagi···0000828/

Is Facebook damaging your reputation with sneaky political posts?

Summary: Most of us have a Facebook profile, and most of us take a haphazard approach to segregating our business and personal lives. That can cause serious headaches, thanks to a troublesome new Facebook feature.
Ed Bott

By Ed Bott for The Ed Bott Report | July 12, 2012
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So you might be shocked to learn that Facebook is automatically publishing posts under your name and placing them at the top of the News feed for your friends. In some cases, these posts can include controversial political content that you would never voluntarily post.