Facebook to fix farmville updates

[lartinos]

Enough 'Farmville'? Facebook revamps game updates
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK -- More than 200 million people play games on Facebook each month. This means about 300 million members of the world's largest online social network don't.

To ensure that those who love "Farmville" and those who can't stand the constant invitations to play can stay friends, Facebook is making some changes.

People who don't play a particular game won't get notices in their news feeds when friends send gifts of pigs or plum trees. Previously, they had to hide or block the game or the players to escape the steady stream of updates.

Facebook will make game updates even more prominent for those who do enjoy tending virtual pastures, taking down rival mob bosses in "Mafia Wars" or cleaning out the fish tank in "Happy Aquarium."

 

[the_alcatraz]

jeez what I would give to NOT see those damn updates

 

[lartinos]

I'm friends with Hayez on FB and he is famous for this.

 

[lartinos]

Virtual pasture games lol

 

[Lumberg]

it's just as easy to block those updates.

 

[nimbus]

blocked those a long time ago; i actually forgot they existed

what blows my mind is that the company behind farmville is making hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue

 

[redshirt27se]

i've decided i hate everyone who plays these stupid games. honorable mention to those who feel the need to send me a "virtual drink" or other trash.

 

[lartinos]

blocked those a long time ago; i actually forgot they existed

what blows my mind is that the company behind farmville is making hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue

Lol, good for them.

 

[hurricane]

i've decided i hate everyone who plays these stupid games. honorable mention to those who feel the need to send me a "virtual drink" or other trash.

w3rd.. being on facebook all day is bad enough... playing farmville all days takes being a loser to a new level

 

[bakemeacookie]

that and stupid "so and so are friends" "so and so likes" and "so and so got a new horoscope" bullshit and "top news" defaults.

Google's new social site is gonna give u full control of your news feed and that's gonna spell the deathknell of facebook. FB is getting stupid and theyh're gonna be in danger of becoming another myspace by continually annoying users.

c

 

[lartinos]

that and stupid "so and so are friends" "so and so likes" and "so and so got a new horoscope" bullshit and "top news" defaults.

Google's new social site is gonna give u full control of your news feed and that's gonna spell the deathknell of facebook. FB is getting stupid and theyh're gonna be in danger of becoming another myspace by continually annoying users.

c

Interested to check out this new site.

 

[bakemeacookie]

Interested to check out this new site.

Word.

Google's buying up social technology development companies left, right & center. They're on a warpath. Gonna be interesting to see what they come up with - fb is goign crazy coming up with new stuff everyday, cuz they're afraid of the g monster.

Gonna be fun - fb could win simply if they started listening to their members and just made the existing site better instead of annoying users every single update.

c

 

[javaguru]

LOL @ people on facebook with no life complaining about other people on facebook with no life.