Help keep from driving your non gaming Facebook friends crazy with game posts..

My bit of Facebook Netiquette..

Tuesday, February 23, 2010 by HG_Eliminator | Discussion: Personal Computing

If you are tired of getting tons of FB game invites and postings pass this tip on to your gamer friends, or if you want to be cool to your non gaming friends on FB use this tip yourself...

 

Create a new list in friends naming it Farmville for example or {what ever your games name is}, add all your farmville neighbors and save.. now when one of those windows popup asking you to publish say finding a golden egg, look next to the publish button for a lock looking symbol clik it and select custom, then in the new window that pops up select " specific people" in the" make this visible to these people" menu. In the text box below it, Type in Farmville ( it will automatically show the Friends group in a drop down as you start typing it) then hit save and publish, this will send that announcement and only publish to those in that group of people.... as a side note you can also use this to select specific people to send things too by just doing as above by typing the individual names instead of typing in the friends list. do the same with each game making a friends list and using the custom send features to send them to just those for each game or specific people.. remember you will need to use the same group name in the custom send feature as you created in the friends list.. Also it will not auto add new members to the friends list as you add them to a game.. you will have to add them to that games friends list for them to see the game postings you send..

I hope this tip helps you not drive your non gaming pals crazy as well as not flood thier walls with stuff they really dont want to see.
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DethAdder
Reply #1 Tuesday, February 23, 2010 8:11 PM

You mean people use Facebook for something other than Mafia Wars or Farmville?

 

Good tip though


HG_Eliminator
Reply #2 Tuesday, February 23, 2010 8:14 PM

yeh amazing int it? hehe 

 

well I have friends who play and many who dont.. I figured a way to keep both sides happy, those who want to see the game posts get them and those who dont.. dont.. I figured I would share the tip with everyone.


DrJBHL
Reply #3 Tuesday, February 23, 2010 8:19 PM

OK...you're on the Pizzaville list. And Smedley's List. as well.


HG_Eliminator
Reply #4 Tuesday, February 23, 2010 8:24 PM

lol 


Sinperium
Reply #5 Tuesday, February 23, 2010 8:38 PM

I keep hoping the Mafia Wars people will kill all the farmers at Farmville and then starve to death themselves from lack of food--a win-win situation.


HG_Eliminator
Reply #6 Tuesday, February 23, 2010 8:47 PM

LOL sad part is in real life the farmers would win as most farmers I know... were taught how to properly fire a weapon and hit what they aim at.. not spray and pray.. 


elvee
Reply #7 Tuesday, February 23, 2010 9:20 PM

...Or they could do what I do and just hide game posts so I see only what matters to me...


Neoshadow1105
Reply #8 Tuesday, February 23, 2010 9:34 PM

My brother created a very specific group called: I don't care about your fish, or your farm, or your freakin war


WebGizmos
Reply #9 Wednesday, February 24, 2010 1:27 AM

My brother created a very specific group called: I don't care about your fish, or your farm, or your freakin war

Where can I sign up!  

On a side note: For anyone sending me a facebook "friends" invite...If I don't know your real life name or alternate name used on facebook your invite will just be deleted/ignored. And no...sorry...no time for virtual vegetable growing or mafia wars (I can't believe I said that! Virtual farming! What will they think of next!)


PoSmedley
Reply #10 Wednesday, February 24, 2010 1:49 AM

And Smedley's List.

I have an app????


Lokthar
Reply #11 Wednesday, February 24, 2010 1:54 AM

Neoshadow1104
reply 8
My brother created a very specific group called: I don't care about your fish, or your farm, or your freakin war

well quite obviously he will have to be the first eliminated when my war results in me controlling the majority of the world


Lantec
Reply #12 Wednesday, February 24, 2010 8:32 AM

I hope this tip helps you not drive your non gaming pals crazy as well as not flood thier walls with stuff they really dont want to see.

Yes...I can think of 2 moderators who could I would love to see implement this.....well maybe just one now....

 

...Or they could do what I do and just hide game posts so I see only what matters to me...

that doesn't work with aggregators like tweetdeck.....not sure why


c242
Reply #13 Wednesday, February 24, 2010 8:48 AM

I am member of the group 'If you don't care about my farm, fish, park or mafia....LEARN HOW TO IGNORE'

 


teddybearcholla
Reply #14 Wednesday, February 24, 2010 10:12 AM

My brother created a very specific group called: I don't care about your fish, or your farm, or your freakin war
And no...sorry...no time for virtual vegetable growing or mafia wars (I can't believe I said that! Virtual farming! What will they think of next!)
Me neither or quizzes,tests and things like that.  I just like to see and hear how my friends and family are doing!!!   Unfortunately my children do not want to be friends with me....


Neoshadow1105
Reply #15 Wednesday, February 24, 2010 8:07 PM

God bless the creator of the block button


Snowman
Reply #16 Wednesday, February 24, 2010 8:46 PM

elvee
reply 7
...Or they could do what I do and just hide game posts so I see only what matters to me...

(Well... at least hide posts from games I don't play myself)


Jafo
Reply #17 Wednesday, February 24, 2010 9:07 PM


Snowman
Reply #18 Wednesday, February 24, 2010 9:24 PM

Snowman searches for the 'Like'....


Savyg
Reply #19 Wednesday, February 24, 2010 11:53 PM

Yeah, it's not like the Hide button is really well hidden or anything.    I already hid FarmVille, Mafia Wars, Vampire Wars, and whatever the hell else was spamming the crap out of me.

 

I almost like Castle Age.  It's still crap, but it's got half decent art at least.


PoSmedley
Reply #20 Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:28 PM


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