i remember you used to be able to pick what events would pop up in your news feed...but i can't find those settings. can somebody point me in the right direction, or is it not possible anymore?

1/5/2010 1:51:33 PM

i don't think it is possible anymore i tried to do this yesterday...if you are talking about when it says when you like someone's status or write on someone's wall and it shows on your wall. this is what FB says about that:

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"Information about Recent Activity Whether we display a story on your profile is now controlled by the privacy of the content itself, rather than an additional setting. For example, only people who can see both your Wall, and the Wall to which you posted would be able to see a story about you writing on a friend’s Wall. You cannot completely turn off recent activity stories anymore. However, if you want to remove a particular story that currently shows up, simply click the “Remove” button that appears to the right of the story after you move your mouse over it. Learn more about privacy here."

[Edited on January 5, 2010 at 1:52 PM. Reason : .]

1/5/2010 1:51:55 PM

yeah i tried to edit my settings within my profile. i used to have to set so that people couldnt see my activity (who's walls i was writing on and who i was now friends with) and they took away that feature so now all my friends can see my activity. lamez.

1/5/2010 1:52:43 PM

if you are trying to get rid of the farmville and mafia wars shit, when one pops up just click hide and select hide all for that application

1/5/2010 1:54:50 PM

my chat and notifications icons, normally in the bottom right corner, won't show up

the only way I can tell if somebody messages me is to check my email.

any advice?

1/5/2010 1:54:58 PM

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"yeah i tried to edit my settings within my profile. i used to have to set so that people couldnt see my activity (who's walls i was writing on and who i was now friends with) and they took away that feature so now all my friends can see my activity. lamez."

I didn't know that. I'm a little pissed

1/5/2010 1:57:14 PM

and i tried to write to the fb gods to see if there was a setting for it and it just was somewhere else and you can't message any of them anymore. i kept getting some "oh shit" error.

1/5/2010 1:58:20 PM

i like seeing everything :-/

1/5/2010 1:59:13 PM

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"yeah i tried to edit my settings within my profile. i used to have to set so that people couldnt see my activity (who's walls i was writing on and who i was now friends with) and they took away that feature so now all my friends can see my activity. lamez."

I used to have that set up as well, and was just bitching about that in my status last night. I miss that--a lot.

^^I was able to write them to complain, but got a "we don't read every e-mail or suggestion" response

but to answer the OP's ?, I don't think that's possible anymore. When you read their updated privacy setting memo, it basically says they've realized that the majority of fb users like to share info...so they took that option away. The minority of us that like to keep some anonymity (or reduce crazy news feed/wall clutter) lose in their new policy.

[Edited on January 5, 2010 at 2:04 PM. Reason : ]

[Edited on January 5, 2010 at 2:10 PM. Reason : OP?]

1/5/2010 2:03:23 PM

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"if you are trying to get rid of the farmville and mafia wars shit, when one pops up just click hide and select hide all for that application"

not that, i want to get rid of the "so and so is friends with so and so" type stories, for one

1/5/2010 2:13:24 PM

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"I used to have that set up as well, and was just bitching about that in my status last night. I miss that--a lot."

i do too. i don't want everyone see who i'm giving e-love to on fb.

1/5/2010 2:24:14 PM

You can delete the "you commented on __'s status" or whatever things individually. Sure it sucks, but it takes like 3 seconds if you want to keep people from seeing that.

1/5/2010 2:32:57 PM

i have too much activity and too little time to sit there and go through it individually.

1/5/2010 2:33:35 PM

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"my chat and notifications icons, normally in the bottom right corner, won't show up the only way I can tell if somebody messages me is to check my email. any advice?"

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"my chat and notifications icons, normally in the bottom right corner, won't show up the only way I can tell if somebody messages me is to check my email. any advice?"

1/5/2010 2:35:36 PM

how do i change the settings so that when i post on someones wall, or like someone's picture, or like someone's status etc..etc....it won't show up on my wall??

1/7/2010 8:18:08 PM

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"how do i change the settings so that when i post on someones wall, or like someone's picture, or like someone's status etc..etc....it won't show up on my wall??"

1/11/2010 6:06:44 PM

^^ & ^ they eliminated that option in a settings feature w/ their new privacy settings policy...all you can do is go to your wall after and click "remove" next to the item

1/11/2010 6:40:33 PM

after i read the thread i realized my question was answered

1/11/2010 9:46:04 PM