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Limit Facebook notifications

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  • 12-04-2016 4:13pm
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    runswithascript
    Registered Users Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭


    In the past I think Facebook on Android used to only alert me when someone directly contacts me on Facebook, that is if I receive a message, friend request, someone posts on my wall, or I am tagged in a photo.

    Now I am receiving all kinds of annoying notifications, I receive push notifications for things like asking if I know certain people and would like to add them, friend attending events near me etc.

    I have looked through the settings but not found how to limit notifications to how I would like.

    Is this still possible?


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    #2
    smilerf
    Registered Users Posts: 2,585 ✭✭✭smilerf


    dusf wrote: »
    In the past I think Facebook on Android used to only alert me when someone directly contacts me on Facebook, that is if I receive a message, friend request, someone posts on my wall, or I am tagged in a photo.

    Now I am receiving all kinds of annoying notifications, I receive push notifications for things like asking if I know certain people and would like to add them, friend attending events near me etc.

    I have looked through the settings but not found how to limit notifications to how I would like.

    Is this still possible?
    ye me too like so and so is attending an event or there a mile from you. Who bloody cares


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    Mr E
    Registered Users Posts: 55,474 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Hold your finger on the notification (in facebook) and you'll get a prompt to see less notifications of this kind. After a while you'll find that they die down.


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    #4
    runswithascript
    Registered Users Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭runswithascript


    smilerf wrote: »
    ye me too like so and so is attending an event or there a mile from you. Who bloody cares

    Exactly, and I seem to get them for events based around Dublin, rather than something literally 'near me'.
    Mr E wrote: »
    Hold your finger on the notification (in facebook) and you'll get a prompt to see less notifications of this kind. After a while you'll find that they die down.

    Some of these notifications like 'Do you know x' only give an option for 'hide this notification', others have that and 'See less'. Will this method still stop me being prompted do I know people?


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    Mr E
    Registered Users Posts: 55,474 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    I don't get any "Do you know" notifications on Android, so I guess it must work.... :)

    You can also go here in your desktop browser and fine tune your notifications ("Desktop and Mobile" section).


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    #6
    runswithascript
    Registered Users Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭runswithascript


    Mr E wrote: »
    I don't get any "Do you know" notifications on Android, so I guess it must work.... :)

    These in the mobile section are actually all prompting me to turn them on, so I must already have turned them off. Turning on tagged in photos now though as I would like to be aware of that.

    I noticed in the 'On Facebook' section 'Close Friends activity' was enabled, so I have turned it off, perhaps it will somehow help things on Android.
    Mr E wrote: »
    You can also go here in your desktop browser and fine tune your notifications ("Desktop and Mobile" section).

    Great, thanks, let anti-socialism and sanity reign! :)


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