How to Report to Facebook | Update

Facebook can be a source of amusement-- and inconvenience. Spam. Obnoxious faux-inspirational quotes. Ill-informed political opinions. Personalized advertisements that are totally irrelevant to you. The good news is for you, Facebook makes it simple to obstruct blog posts that pest you as well as report them if necessary.

The technique for obstructing a post varies a little depending upon where on Facebook you see it, but it's mainly an issue of wording.



 

To block a blog post that appears in your newsfeed, click the downward-pointing arrowhead in the top right corner, then choose I don't intend to see this from the menu. Facebook will certainly hide that article. If you do not want to have anything from a specific person or web page show up on your newsfeed, choose Hide All From instead.

When you hide an article, ask you if you wish to hide all messages from that individual or web page, as well as gives some choices to report a blog post to Facebook. Facebook supplies the complying with alternatives: "Its not relevant to me," "I maintain seeing this," "Its offensive or inappropriate," and also "It's spam." Select the suitable option, and also Facebook will take it from there. You can also reverse your action, in case you obstructed something by mistake or altered your mind.

If you wand to block something that you see on an account or brand page, mouse over the post concerned, click on the downward-pointing arrowhead, then pick Report/Mark as Spam ... from the menu. Facebook will after that obstruct the article in question and give you the alternative to unblock it (if you blocked it inadvertently) or report it if violent.

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