How To Make Facebook Better (or at least, less annoying)

Hide those pesky apps

Anytime I see an update from an app, it’s an opportunity for me to hide it. Once you hide an app once, you will never see it again no matter who it is posted by.

how to hide all apps and people on facebook — Click the top-right arrow and choose "Hide all by The Sims Social" (or Mafia Wars, FarmVille, etc!)

Update: The menu has changed so choose “Unsubscribe from…” to hide them.

Hide the idiots from your newsfeed

Next, you need to cut out all the morons out of your life. I’ve cut out all the people who have a constant pattern of bitching or being emo or just straight up being a moron.

Hiding people is very stealthy: Nobody knows you’ve hidden them and you never have to read their crap ever again. Surely you can “unfriend” them, but I don’t like to do that personally as it can stir up drama and that’s the last thing I want to do. To hide people, click on the arrow on the top right corner and choose “Hide All Posts by Said Person.”

you're an idiot and that's why you're hidden or unfriended on facebook — FYI: You're an idiot and I don't ever want to read anything you ever have to say again.

I’ve hidden (unsubscribed) about 30 friends and a dozen apps right now and my news feed is a lot less annoying. If you ever need to un-hide somebody, go to your newsfeed, scroll to the very bottom, click on “Edit Options” and you’ll see the list of people and apps you’ve hidden. Hope that helps!