# I'm confused by the games on facebook. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 22, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confused-by-the-games-on-facebook/547638 "2010-07-22T20:43:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confused-by-the-games-on-facebook/547638/1 "2010-07-22T20:43:00Z")
I kept getting invites to Farmville and Zoo World. So, do I just click on the stuff it tells me to? Do I have to check in everyday? So far, I’m finding it very boring. And the gifts I’m getting from everybody are hogging my wall. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confused-by-the-games-on-facebook/547638/2 "2010-07-22T20:52:12Z")
If you’re finding it boring, you’re not alone – tons of people love the games, but even more hate them. Hell, I love FrontierVille, but _hate_ FarmVille. Anyway, it’s easy to hide that which you don’t want to see: Hover your mouse over a game update that someone posts. You should see the word “Hide” appear to the right. Click on that, and you’ll get a couple of options. The middle one is “Hide \”. Click on that, and you’ll never be bothered by that particular game again. You’ll have to do that for each game, but after a couple of hours/days (depending on how many gamers you know) you’ll be free of all game updates! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confused-by-the-games-on-facebook/547638/3 "2010-07-22T20:57:44Z")
You must be in your 40s then, like me! I stopped doing any games weeks after I set up my account, because it seemed that in order to complete the process I had to forward the same invitation to all, or at least a subset of my friends. No way was I going to continue to spam people that way, so no games for me. Even the most mundane task seems to result in having to spam people before you get the answer. ETA: Too much work **Hal.** Ignoring the fuckers is easier. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confused-by-the-games-on-facebook/547638/4 "2010-07-22T21:03:38Z")
Thanks! Some of the people on there, never talk about anything. They just play the games. If I had known, I wouldn’t have sent or accepted their friend requests. I want to reconnect with family and friends dammit! ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confused-by-the-games-on-facebook/547638/5 "2010-07-22T22:44:10Z")
I have a glorious Greasemonkey script (Greasemonkey’s a Firefox add-on and you can download scripts to do stuff with it) that filters out ALL CRAP-- application announcements, suggestions, event announcements, etc, called Facebook Purity (not “Fluffbusting Purity” to avoid trademark issues). Love love love. You can whitelist things so it’s not a complete nuclear option. Unless you want to to be. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confused-by-the-games-on-facebook/547638/6 "2010-07-22T23:07:08Z")
Moved Cafe Society --\> The Game Room. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confused-by-the-games-on-facebook/547638/7 "2010-07-23T01:03:23Z")
> [@capybara](#): > > I have a glorious Greasemonkey script (Greasemonkey’s a Firefox add-on and you can download scripts to do stuff with it) that filters out ALL CRAP-- application announcements, suggestions, event announcements, etc, called Facebook Purity (not “Fluffbusting Purity” to avoid trademark issues). Love love love. You can whitelist things so it’s not a complete nuclear option. Unless you want to to be. That sounds perfect!