With Facebook Live came more notifications. Whether or not you're tagged in a video—and whether or not you plan on tuning in—Facebook lets you know when friends go live. Good news: You can disable Facebook live notifications with a few clicks. Under Settings go to Notifications, scroll down to Video and click to expand the drop-down and choose "off. Scrolling through your newsfeed, there are some videos you just do not want to see, but that play without warning anyway.
To stop random videos from auto-playing in your Facebook News Feed, click the drop-down arrow button in the top right-hand corner, choose Settings and Privacy, then Setting again. Select Videos in the left sidebar you may have to scroll down a bit , then click on the drop-down menu to the right of "Auto-Play Videos" and select "off.
Facebook only recently launched a new feature, the Off-Facebook Activity tool, which lets you manage how the company sees and tracks your activity across the internet yep, it's been doing that. According to Facebook help center: "Off-Facebook activity is a summary of activity that businesses and organizations share with us about your interactions, such as visiting their apps or websites. Click the drop-down arrow button in the top right-hand corner, choose Settings and Privacy, then Settings again.
To clear you history, choose Clear History, Clear History. On the Facebook app, you have the option to turn on Location History to allow Facebook to know your precise whereabouts through the Location Services on your device. But if you're not interested in having FB keep tabs and records of your various locations within the app, you can turn off Location History at any time.
In the Facebook app, tap the Menu icon three horizontal lines in the bottom right corner; tap Settings, Privacy Shortcuts, and Manage your location settings, then switch the toggle icon off. Nearby Friends is a feature that lets you and your friends share your locations with each other, and turning on Nearby Friends in your app will automatically turn on Location History, too.
If you want Facebook to stop sharing your location with friends, head to the bottom-right menu icon, then tap Nearby Friends or maybe See More if it's not at the top. Hit your own name, hit settings, then switch the toggle icon to "off. If you're either feeling targeted by your Facebook ads or simply don't want to be shown content you're not interested in, you're not alone. The next time an ad you'd prefer not to see pops up in your Feed or webpage guardrail, click the ellipsis on the right and select "Hide Ad" to delete that one advertisement, or "Hide all ads from [brand]" to free yourself completely at least on Facebook.
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Recently, Facebook shared an explainer video about how the algorithm works. And because most people have more content in their News Feed than they could possibly browse in one session, we use an algorithm to determine the order of all of the posts you can see. The event started in as a developer hackathon and is now seen by many as an industry gathering at which Facebook announces new consumer products for the masses.
The biggest announcement was that Instagram messaging API is available to every developer from now on. The partnership includes hosting conversations on Facebook about how to create a more inclusive society for all people regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity while providing resources related to mental health care available in that area.
For those who are in charge of moderating conversations for a large number of groups or collections on social media sites like Facebook, it can be difficult to keep up with all the posts that are being made each day — let alone make sense of what is happening among content creators themselves. Facebook is rolling out Facebook Pay in select countries. Just tap and then type your message, or use an emoji.
And of course — for the most creative ones there are new Messenger themes available. Now you can apply your favorite one to your personal chats. The company wants advertisers to understand the policies surrounding advertising here so they are giving the information loud and clear. In the first place, they pointed out the importance of following their strict advertising policies.
Have in mind that your listings must meet the commerce policies, event policies, and even comply with branded content policies. Once they meet these standards, ads are typically approved within the hour range. Once the ad is submitted, they use machine learning methods to revise it. Sometimes the ad can be exposed to a human revision.
If your ad is rejected you can ask for a human review. But have in mind that Facebook keeps the right to edit and re-submit the rejected ad. Facebook reminds us that they can take measures against advertisers who are constantly violating their policies. This month Facebook celebrates the Asian Pacific Islander heritage and raising awareness about the problems that the community is facing for years.
A recent study showed that API-owned businesses were devastated by the pandemic. They will provide resources, tools, and training programs to offer more opportunities to these businesses. Many times there are concerns about how is Facebook using the private data of users. Also, the platform is trying to eliminate racism and hate speech as much as possible.
Recently, they informed the community that they keep taking action to protect the users. The good news is that those measures are getting a positive impact. More said:. This advanced audio creation tool will allow you to record high-quality and crystal clear audio without those noisy background sounds.
And the ever-growing collection of filters, voice, and sound effects will help you create such fun recordings. There will be a new short-video format you can play with — Soundbites. Additionally, there will be captions available for all these video and audio formats — so you can make your posts accessible to everyone.
Facebook cherishes all types and formats of content. Even though ephemerals took over the last years, yet millions of users are members in groups that include longer formats, like podcasts. Until now, you could find a great podcast on Facebook, but you had to leave the app to listen to the episode.
Based on your interests, Facebook will help you find and will recommend podcasts you might like. At the same time, it will help podcast creators find and connect to new listeners. So, get your headphones on and be ready — this feature is right behind the corner! The best thing is that all audio types are built to work together! You will be able to mix video, text, and audio and curate the content you make.
For example, you can record a live conversation and turn it into a podcast so people can listen to it later on. So, in the future, all these options will get their own upgrades.
Stay tuned. Live Audio Rooms are another feature that the company is currently testing. Audio Rooms are intended to enforce engagement by letting people open discussions, change experiences, or talk about any of their interests. Also, you will be able to hang out in an Audio Room with your friends.
Knowing that communities are not built just in private Groups, Facebook will also bring Audio Groups to famous figures.
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