Block links to third party sites on Facebook

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Maffu
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Block links to third party sites on Facebook

Post by Maffu »

Hi,
I'm trying to tame my newsfeed soit shows me actual statuses instead of the same faux news links twenty times over.
i want to block statuses that link to (or images from) sites like Newsthump, The Daily Mash, etc.
I have tried

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||thedailymash.co.uk^$third-party
but it doesn't work.
Specifically, using that site as an example, I want to e able to visit that site should the mood ever take me, but I don't want to see it when I'm on Facebook.
Am i asking the impossible?
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mapx
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Re: Block links to third party sites on Facebook

Post by mapx »

you should use something like this:

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||thedailymash.co.uk^$domain=facebook.com
if what you are asking is blocking all the sponsored posts in the newsfeed, just use this:
forum/viewtopic.php?p=157237#p157237
Maffu
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Re: Block links to third party sites on Facebook

Post by Maffu »

Thanks Mapx.
Unfortunately that didn't work.
Obviously facebook is doing something with the links to convert them to local content to display in the newsfeed or something as that filter had no effect. :(
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