{"id":2546,"date":"2022-06-07T12:14:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T12:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/?p=2546"},"modified":"2022-06-17T11:34:58","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T11:34:58","slug":"f-b-purity-v34-2-1-is-out-now-fixes-hiding-sponsored-posts-and-also-fixes-newsfeed-filtering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/f-b-purity-v34-2-1-is-out-now-fixes-hiding-sponsored-posts-and-also-fixes-newsfeed-filtering\/","title":{"rendered":"F.B. Purity v34.2.4 is out now! Fixes hiding sponsored posts, and also fixes newsfeed filtering"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 536px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"How to Block all Facebook ads including sponsored posts\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/LefeRvl.png\" alt=\"F.B. Purity the dream solution for hundreds of Facebook problems!\" width=\"526\" height=\"526\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">F.B. Purity lets you clean up and Customize Facebook. It hides all the Sponsored posts in the Facebook Newsfeed amongst many other useful features<\/p><\/div>\r\n<h2>Changes in F.B. Purity v34.2.4<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Fixed<\/strong> hiding <strong>Sponsored Posts<\/strong> (Please Note: due to the way facebook deploys new code to random groups of people, this option may still not work now f0r some people, though it seems to be working ok for the majority,) This option should hide the Sponsored posts (ads) in the Newsfeed and those in the right hand column.<\/li>\r\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Fixed\u00a0<\/b>Newsfeed filtering in general (including the Text Filter and Auto Hide filter and most of the built in Newsfeed filters such as the Reels filter for example.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Fixed<\/strong> the Hide <strong>Reels<\/strong> filter option (located under the &#8220;<strong>Video Posts<\/strong>&#8221; heading on the FBP options screen, also fixed hiding the &#8220;<strong>Stories \/ Reels \/ Rooms<\/strong>&#8221; box at top of feed if all relevant hide options (Stories, Reels &amp; Rooms) are ticked<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Fixed<\/strong> the bug where the whole Watch feed would get hidden if an ad was detected<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Fixed<\/strong> the <strong>hide Group Conversations<\/strong> option (located under the Chat options heading)<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Fixed<\/strong> the &#8220;<strong>Show more friends<\/strong>&#8221; (in chat) option (it makes the profile icons smaller in the chat list, so more names will fit in the right column)<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Fixed<\/strong> the <strong>Hide &#8220;Offline friends in chat&#8221;<\/strong> option.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Fixed<\/strong> the hide &#8220;<strong>Friend requests<\/strong>&#8221; in the Right Column\u00a0 option<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Fixed<\/strong> the <strong>Show Deactivated Friends<\/strong> function ( To try it click the &#8220;Show deactivated friends&#8221; link on <a href=\"http:\/\/fb.com\/me\/friends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fb.com\/me\/friends<\/a> )<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Fixed<\/strong> a bug in the &#8220;<strong>Hide profile hovercards<\/strong>&#8221; option that was causing the contact list in chat box in the right column to disappear<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>New<\/strong> Added buttons for clearing the <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/adpreferences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook ad preferences\u00a0 page<\/a> (Advertisers and Ad topics)<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Known Issue<\/strong>: The &#8220;<strong>Move Nav Bar to the Top<\/strong>&#8221; option is broken due to a facebook code change.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>If you are using Chrome (or chrome clone),\u00a0 Firefox or Opera and have FBP installed already it should update itself to the latest version automatically. If you are using the GM Script version of FBP you can go to the script install page on <a href=\"http:\/\/install.fbpurity.com\">install.fbpurity.com<\/a> and click the install script link, then follow the on screen instructions to update the script.<br \/><br \/>If you have Microsoft Edge and are using the Edge extension version of FBP you wlil need to wait a few days before they review and approve the latest extension update. Alternatively you can switch to using the Chrome extension version of FBP, as Edge can also run Chrome extensions.<br \/><strong><br \/>Get FB Purity here:\u00a0<a class=\"ot-anchor aaTEdf\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/fbpurity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/fbpurity.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>If you have any problems with or questions about FBP, please\u00a0use the available help resources on this website, including the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/user-guide.fbpurity.com\/\">FBP User Guide<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/faq.fbpurity.com\/\">FBP FAQ page<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0which includes a comprehensive\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/faq.htm#troubleshooting\">Troubleshooting Guide<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0that you should follow if you have any problems.<\/p>\r\n<p>If you wish to support\u00a0<strong>FB Purity<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Donate to support the FB Purity project.\" href=\"https:\/\/donate.fbpurity.com\/\">please Donate<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to ensure the continuation of this project. Many heartfelt thanks to those people who have generously donated! :)<\/p>\r\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"emkhp-0-0\">Please tell all your friends about F.B. Purity too, as I\u2019m sure they will appreciate it. One way you can help spread the word about FBP, is to go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fb.com\/fluffbustingpurity\">https:\/\/fb.com\/fluffbustingpurity<\/a> and click the red \u201c<strong>Invite Friends<\/strong>\u201d link that appears near the top of the Page, then invite all your friends.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>Cheers,<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Steve FBP<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Facebook driving you crazy?\u00a0Don\u2019t get mad,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/install.fbpurity.com\/\">Get FB Purity<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>FB Purity Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>For those who don\u2019t already know,\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Install FB Purity and enjoy a cleaner and user customisable Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/\">FB<\/a><a title=\"Install FB Purity and enjoy a cleaner and user customisable Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/\">\u00a0Purity<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is a safe, free and top rated web browser extension for\u00a0<strong>Google Chrome<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Firefox<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Edge<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Safari,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Opera\u00a0<\/strong>&amp;<strong>\u00a0Brave<\/strong>. It lets you<strong>\u00a0clean up the junk\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>customize Facebook\u00a0<\/strong>the way you want it to be. It has many cool\u00a0features,\u00a0such as\u00a0<strong>hiding all the ads including Sponsored Posts<\/strong>, alerting you when friends\u00a0<strong>un-friend\u00a0<\/strong>you, letting you\u00a0change the site\u2019s colours, fonts and background image, \u00a0it lets you stay on the \u201c<strong>Most Recent\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0feed permanently and lots more.\u00a0<strong>FB Purity<\/strong>\u00a0has been reviewed and highly recommended in many places including\u00a0the\u00a0<strong>Washington Post, CNET, PCWorld, MacWorld, GetConnected etc\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>has over 478,000 users worldwide.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changes in F.B. 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