# Facebook newsfeed sponsored links

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-newsfeed-sponsored-links/762917>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 15, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-newsfeed-sponsored-links/762917 "2016-08-15T15:02:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-newsfeed-sponsored-links/762917/1 "2016-08-15T15:02:38Z")

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Has anyone else noticed the amount of sponsored posts in their newsfeed increased greatly in the past week? I feel like every third item in my newsfeed right now is a sponsored post for some site or facebook page.

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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-newsfeed-sponsored-links/762917/2 "2016-08-15T15:35:37Z")

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I"m guessing you have AdBlock Plus or similar. AdBlock used to hide the “sponsored posts” on Facebook, but last week Facebook made a change so they are no longer blocked. [Updating the filter list](https://adblockplus.org/blog/fb-reblock-ad-blocking-community-finds-workaround-to-facebook) in AdBlocker should clean it up again, but it’s a [cat and mouse game](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/12/facebook_block_shock/).

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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-newsfeed-sponsored-links/762917/3 "2016-08-15T15:52:11Z")

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I’ve never used an ad blocker and I’ve noticed a surge in sponsored content very recently.