Mafia this, Hot Pics that, She Searched For You the other, Hot Singles in Your Neighborhood something else — I got tired of nuking offensive ads on Facebook. More than that, why should I expose my mind to exploited (self- and otherwise) women exposing their superficial charms?
I looked for a way to adjust my Facebook settings so I could block certain categories of ads and fan pages.
No luck.
So, being a gung-ho Firefox user, I ended up with Adblock Plus and its filtering capabilities.
Here are the five custom filters I’m presently using:
- facebook.com#*(id^=highlights_ad)
- facebook.com#*(social_ad)
- facebook.com#*(social_ad_advert)
- facebook.com#*(sponsors)
- facebook.com#*(sidebar_ads)
I also have the EasyList (USA) Filter Subscription enabled.
Presto! Voila! Bingo! WooHoo!
No more Facebook ads!
HT: The Ausbury Blog and Earle’s Notebook
I tried to install Foxfire. My computer says it has an invalid digital signature. What do I do about this? I really want the add blocker for my zanga blog and weather.com and facebook.