# Annoying Facebook behavior, re: sharing links from the same source

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-facebook-behavior-re-sharing-links-from-the-same-source/707783>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 21, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-facebook-behavior-re-sharing-links-from-the-same-source/707783 "2014-12-21T00:26:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annoying-facebook-behavior-re-sharing-links-from-the-same-source/707783/1 "2014-12-21T00:26:02Z")

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This is starting to drive me nuts to the point that, when I sign a petition on [Change.org](http://Change.org), I uncheck the box for posting a notification on Facebook.

Here’s the problem:

When I share a petition on Facebook, or when I share a YouTube video on Facebook, or when I share _anything_ from _any_ site that was the source of something I’ve shared previously, Facebook wants to dredge up _other_, previous links I’ve shared from that source, sometimes from many months ago, and repost those links, often grouping them together with my “new” share in a special box containing multiple links I’ve shared from that source.

I don’t want this.

In the case of [Change.org](http://Change.org), the old, reposted links are often to petitions that have already been resolved. In the case of YouTube, when I share a nice classical music video, I don’t need Facebook to supplement it with that AC/DC video I shared six months ago.

WTF is going on here? Facebook didn’t used to do this. Can I make it stop? I’ve found that it happens most often when I share multiple links from the same site within a few hours of each other (which often happens when I’m cruising YouTube while drinking).