{"id":2582,"date":"2022-07-06T23:05:13","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T23:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/?p=2582"},"modified":"2022-07-13T16:22:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T16:22:04","slug":"fbp-v34-4-1-is-out-now-featuring-a-new-method-for-hiding-the-sponsored-posts-on-facebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/fbp-v34-4-1-is-out-now-featuring-a-new-method-for-hiding-the-sponsored-posts-on-facebook\/","title":{"rendered":"FBP v34.4.4 is out now! Featuring a new method for hiding the Sponsored Posts on Facebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 641px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Block all Facebook Sponsored Posts with F.B. Purity\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/DfVedet.png\" alt=\"How to hide all Facebook Sponsored Posts with F.B. Purity\" width=\"631\" height=\"506\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">FBP v34.4 has a new method for blocking the Sponsored Posts. Use the Zap the Ads menu item in the 3 dot &#8220;&#8230;&#8221; menu at the top right of any Sponsored Post.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Changes in F.B. Purity v34.4.4<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fixed<\/strong> hiding <strong>Sponsored Posts\u00a0 (Though there is a new process you need to follow in order to block them. See below for full details)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>F.B. Purity V34.4.4 has a new method for blocking the ads, as shown in the screenshot image.\u00a0 To access the Zap function, click the 3 dot menu at the top right of a Sponsored Post, then select &#8220;Zap the ads with F.B. Purity&#8221;. <span data-offset-key=\"bhko4-0-0\">(If the &#8220;Zap&#8221; <\/span><span data-offset-key=\"bhko4-1-0\">button<\/span><span data-offset-key=\"bhko4-2-0\"> doesnt show up, try clicking the 3 dots button again) <\/span>It will explain that when you see any ads in future, you will need to follow the same process again.\u00a0 When you click &#8220;OK&#8221; FBP will hide the ad and any subsequent sponsored posts that are loaded. When the ads do show up again at some point after you have used the Zap process, that means Facebook have changed the obfuscated codeword that they are using to identify the Sponsored Posts.<\/p>\n<p>This method is required because Facebook obfuscates the word Sponsored, so its not easy for FBP&#8217;s code to determine which posts are ads and which aren&#8217;t, and they also change the obfuscation code on a regular basis, which means you will need to &#8220;Zap the ads&#8221; each time they change the obfuscation code.<\/p>\n<p>Please Note: In Firefox when the ok\/cancel dialog box is shown, firefox adds a line of text asking if you want to stop &#8220;Prompts&#8221; being shown from this site in future, do not click on that or tick the box, as that will disable the Zap function from working properly.<\/p>\n<p>If you are using Microsoft Edge, or using a User Agent switcher extension to spoof the Edge browser, you will most likely not need to use this method as FBP should still be hiding the ads for you automatically as Facebook has not yet updated there new ad code to display in the Edge browser. Also due to a bug in the Edge extensions directory server, this release is not yet available for Edge anyway.<\/p>\n<p>For anyone who was using the previously mentioned method of using the Text Filter to filter out domain name endings such as \\.com etc or &#8220;Shared with public&#8221; you may want to remove those filters now, as this new method should more accurately hide just the ads.<\/p>\n<p>There has been a big change in the way the Newsfeed now works. Facebook are now restricting the number of posts that can show at any one time in the Newsfeed to around 36-40, what this means is, once the Newsfeed has loaded roughly that many posts, any new post added to the end of the feed will knock off one of the first loaded posts in the feed. This will cause strange effects such as the page &#8220;jumping&#8221; around from time to time, and also posts may disappear before your very eyes. This may look like a bug in FBP, but I assure you it isn&#8217;t. You can test it out by disabling FBP, and trying to load over 40 posts in the newsfeed and you will see the posts at the start of the feed will start to disappear.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to all those who support FBP, by donating and spreading the word, I couldn&#8217;t do this without you! <span class=\"pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t4c\/1\/16\/1f642.png\" alt=\"&#x1f642;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>P.S I am aware the version number listed on the FBP website has not been updated, I am waiting for all versions to be available before I do that.<\/p>\n<p>If you are using the Chrome, Firefox, Edge or Opera extension versions of FBP, your extension should have autoupdated to the fixed version by now, if it hasn&#8217;t you should be able to update it via your browser&#8217;s extensions management page.<\/p>\n<p>If you are using the GM Script version of FBP and it hasn&#8217;t yet autoupdated you can update it by clicking the install fbp script link at <a class=\"oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl gpro0wi8 py34i1dx\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/install.fbpurity.com\/?fbclid=IwAR0tchXwi7QSRVGuCqSVfGqcxjdqAbK9eozvxjbUvmroogdZfJ9-nJFX54I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">install.fbpurity.com<\/a>\u00a0then follow the instructions to update the script.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nGet 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>\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>\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>\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>\n<p>Cheers,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steve FBP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook driving you crazy?\u00a0Don\u2019t get mad,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/install.fbpurity.com\/\">Get FB Purity<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>FB Purity Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\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>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changes in F.B. Purity v34.4.4 Fixed hiding Sponsored Posts\u00a0 (Though there is a new process you need to follow in order to block them. See below for full details) F.B. Purity V34.4.4 has a new method for blocking the ads, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/fbp-v34-4-1-is-out-now-featuring-a-new-method-for-hiding-the-sponsored-posts-on-facebook\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[52,280,40,429,16,428,62,47,459,122,902,901,866,900],"class_list":["post-2582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facebook","category-fbpurity","tag-block-facebook-ads","tag-block-sponsored-posts","tag-clean-up-facebook","tag-facebook","tag-facebook-purity","tag-fbpurity","tag-fbp-update","tag-fluff-busting-purity","tag-hide-all-facebook-ads","tag-hide-sponsored-posts","tag-how-to-block-all-facebook-ads","tag-how-to-hide-all-facebook-ads","tag-tidy-up-facebook","tag-zap-facebook-ads"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2582"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2594,"href":"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582\/revisions\/2594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fbpurity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}