# What is it with gross FB Reels lately **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 30, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-gross-fb-reels-lately/1013624 "2025-01-30T16:45:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 16
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-gross-fb-reels-lately/1013624/16 "2025-01-30T21:35:29Z")
Somebody else was just asking about them recently: > [@Facebook Reels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-reels/1012576): > > For a long time, I never saw them. First I dutifully marked that I didn’t want to see those types of things, and Facebook briefly complied. Then the things started up again no matter what I marked, so I got the F.B. Purity extension, which made them go away again. Now that is not working (for me anyway, possibly due to my use of the Opera browser) so I get two sets of Reels offered to me every time I look at Facebook. I’m not asking for technical help here. I just wonder about these things. Eve… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-gross-fb-reels-lately/1013624)._