So on facebook there is a feature where you can hide ad posts as spam

[jorno67]

then it asks for what reason you are hiding it with a list of 6 or so reasons.

I always hide Romney Campaign stuff with the reason of being Misleading.
I always hide the Christian Right stuff as being Offensive.
I always hide Fox News as being Sexual Explicit.

It makes me feel better.

[Bluzmann57]

1. Not a bad idea

Usually I just say it goes against my beliefs. But your idea is a good one. Think I'll copy it.

[karmaqueen]

2. I do the same!

I switch the reasons around.. Usually just offensive because they are extreemly offensive to me

[louis-t]

3. Where do I find the feature?

Looked all over.

[jorno67]

9. in an ad post at the top right. If you mouse over it there an arrow/drop box will appear

with the option of hide/report as spam. Then the list of 6 options plus "other" will come up.

[louis-t]

10. Got it, thanks.

[murray hill farm]

4. Me too!

Hide button getting a lot of use these days.

[barbtries]

5. lol

i like to hide and block rw trolls on my obama pages. it gives me pleasure somehow. i also alert on racism and bigotry.

[ebbie15644]

6. I've been responding too!

I mark it as either Misleading or Offensive and I never hide permanently because I want to keep letting them know!

[Horse with no Name]

7. I've been removing these posts this way for awhile

Funny thing though...it doesn't always ask me "why" anymore?

[marions ghost]

8. I don't do Facebook but today I got this email

--looked like spam but I looked at the subject --"Check out Obama's Criminal Past"--did not open it.

This is the FIRST such email I have gotten this whole election year (I have a pretty good firewall & spamblock).

THIS IS the FIRST. I can only imagine what you facebookers and bloggers who are more accessible are getting.

They are really spewing out the garbage now, folks....



I hate this.

[mercuryblues]

11. I keep doing that

but for some reason romney's shit keep coming back.

[RomneyLies]

12. I just use an ad blocker in Firefox

Works beautifully.

[jorno67]

13. no...these are ads shared by FB friends and are there as posts

So ad blocker wouldn't work on them.