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Baitball Blogger

(46,736 posts) Thu Oct 2, 2014, 10:21 PM Oct 2014

Ugh. So a few Republican friends have "liked" Republican-leaning youtube videos on Facebook,

and now Facebook thinks I want to see pro-Republican ads. I didn't even "like" those particular videos.

I think I discovered what Facebook and viruses have in common.

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Ugh. So a few Republican friends have "liked" Republican-leaning youtube videos on Facebook, (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Oct 2014 OP

So Republicans are paying money to advertise at you and getting nothing from it. That's great. LeftyMom Oct 2014 #1

I think it's this new thing that Facebook is doing. Baitball Blogger Oct 2014 #2

I think you can drray23 Oct 2014 #3

I'll look for it. Baitball Blogger Oct 2014 #4

There is a little arrow like this > on the right side of their posts only pointing down thecrow Oct 2014 #5

Tremendously helpful. Baitball Blogger Oct 2014 #6

LeftyMom

(49,212 posts)

1. So Republicans are paying money to advertise at you and getting nothing from it. That's great.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 10:23 PM

Oct 2014

Baitball Blogger

(46,736 posts)

2. I think it's this new thing that Facebook is doing.

Reply to LeftyMom (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 10:27 PM

Oct 2014

They are obviously data mining because they know what I'm googling, since the same products show up on my Facebook site. But the pro-Republican ads can only come from one source. And that's from a friend who is new to Facebook who is including youtube videos that are crowd pleasers for her other Republican friends.

drray23

(7,633 posts)

3. I think you can

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 10:42 PM

Oct 2014

Tell facebook you do not want to see this kind of ad. Its a dropdown menu next to the ad.

Baitball Blogger

(46,736 posts)

4. I'll look for it.

Reply to drray23 (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 11:12 PM

Oct 2014

I'm always afraid I'll trigger the opposite response.

thecrow

(5,519 posts)

5. There is a little arrow like this > on the right side of their posts only pointing down

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Fri Oct 3, 2014, 03:06 AM

Oct 2014

Click it and choose "I don't want to see this"
Then it gives you the ability to block the offensive content but not block your friend.
I used to get all that RW stuff from my fundy family, but now I only get their news and
pics, not their politics.
Hope this helps you!

Baitball Blogger

(46,736 posts)

6. Tremendously helpful.

Reply to thecrow (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 3, 2014, 10:00 AM

Oct 2014

Thank you.

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