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[cjsmith]

How do I get the auto-refreshed view in the new interface? I think they called it Live Feed.

Is there a way to tell the site, or to tell my "view of what is going on" (there must be a name for that), that I do not want to hear about any more eggs (or SuperPokes or what-have-you) ever again? I think "blocking" the app just makes it not know about me. I want something that says I don't want to know about it.

[edit: OMG I FOUND THE FAQ. I will now act much more intelligent about all this. I promise. But I still want to know how to shut up an app.]

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[evelynne.livejournal.com]

I've been trying off and on to find an answer to that question and everything I've seen so far suggests there's no way to do it. It might be possible for me to tell Facebook not to broadcast MY app activity, but I can't turn off other people's.

I'm astonished at how dreadful Facebook is. It took a good idea -- superficial content for people who don't want to get too in-depth with online social interaction -- and totally wrecked it. Twitter is similar (all that one-sided communication!). Ugh.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

In a way, LiveJournal is similar. I would not mind NEVER EVER EVER seeing another batch of Twits or another quiz saying which nostril someone is. Unless the writer chooses to do the work of setting up filters, though, all I can do about it is stop reading anything that person chooses to post.

[evelynne.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, you're right. For some reason that bothers me less. Maybe because the person CHOOSES to post twits and quizzes on LJ, as opposed to it being the default broadcast of an app where it's not easy to figure out how to turn it off.

The other thing about LJ is that I've more carefully chosen the people on it based on liking their writing, whereas on Facebook it's just family and people I hardly knew in high school who found me, so maybe I wouldn't've added them if they were strangers and I'd had a chance to read back in their LJ first and find out how often they like to post quizzes. :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Yes, both of those are definitely factors for me as well. I suspect what I'll do for Facebook is simply hide the people who use apps and find some other way to keep in touch with those folks. After all, two days ago I didn't have the option of keeping in touch through Facebook. I won't miss it.