Sick fed up of trailing through post upon post of utter garbage on Facebook I have taken it upon myself to rid my newsfeed of un-interesting, click-baiting, like-whoring posts.

I know this technically isn't game related but given the prevalence of Facebook in everything these days I thought it may be of interest none the less.

Current spam levels: Unrecoverable

I've gave up!

The amount of complete rubbish on the platform is too much. That, coupled with the fact that the company appears to be more and more focused on just keeping you 'doom scrolling' than it does adding actual interesting and helpful features, means that I can no longer justify staying on the platform.

Hence, in December of 2021 I deactivated my account.

I still use it for Messenger, because that at least is still a handy tool for keeping in touch with friends and family, but I no longer use the main site or apps. It's such a shame, it could have been amazing but it has let itself become a cesspool of ads, click bait and complete bollocks.

I was using Facebook more and more for keeping in touch with friends and family but the amount of spammy posts on it had reached ridiculous levels. And not just paid advertising (which is a necessary evil to keep Facebook free) but rather the 'Share to win' pictures, the 'This is hilarious' videos and the 'Number 6 is amazing' lists that people insist on liking and sharing.

My goal was to block all of these pages so that all I saw in my feed was the actual content my friends and family makes, i.e. statuses they post or photos they upload.

Sadly my attempts were in vain and I eventually deactivated my account.

Before I had, here is a list of pages I had blocked so far:

1. BuzzFeed UK
2. Purple Clover
3. O2
4. TheLuxurySpot.com
5. iRadio
6. Land Rover
7. Against the Ropes - Boxing Writer & Tipster
8. The Crochet Crowd
9. Dropbox
10. The Sun
11. Mashable
12. Like To Discover
13. Boredom Therapy
14. Trinikid
15. Erica Ehm's YummyMummyClub

Here is the list of apps I have blocked so far:

1. My Friend Secrets
2. Truths About You
3. Café World
4. Answers™ About Me
5. Causes
6. CityVille
7. FarmVille
8. PetVille
9. Backyard Monsters
10. City of Wonder
11. FrontierVille
12. Mafia Wars
13. Monster World
14. Dragon Age Legends
15. Fun for Friends
16. friend.ly
17. Gardens of Time
18. Friend Questions 1
19. Zombie Lane
20. the cool quiz
21. Which Profile Picture Is Your Best?
22. 21 questions
23. MeetMe
24. Birthdays
25. HotShot
26. Indiana Jones Adventure World
27. CastleVille
28. BranchOut
29. Pass the Parcel
30. Slotomania Slot Machines
31. schoolFeed
32. Slingo
33. Hidden Chronicles
34. Superball
35. Bubble Safari
36. Botkin's Hidden Cove
37. The Ville
38. I want to add your birthday
39. Candy Crush Saga
40. Pet Rescue Saga
41. Bubble Witch Saga
42. Warmageddon
43. Picture IQ: Guess the Word

If you want to know more about this project you can email me using the details in the About page.