Mari Smith Unplugged

Mari Smith  //  Greetings!!! :) It's great to meet you here. Here's a wee bit about me: I'm "Passionate Social Media Leader, Globetrotting Speaker, and bubbly Scottish-Canadian." I'm also the author of the forthcoming book "The New Relationship Marketing" (Wiley: Aug 2011) and co-author with Chris Treadaway of the bestselling book, "Facebook Marketing: An Hour A Day." Let's connect on Twitter: @marismith and if I can be of support with your Facebook marketing, ask any questions on my fan page: http://facebook.com/marismith

 
Feb 2 / 11:09am

Block Facebook Apps Right From Your Wall Now

Over the Holidays, the Blingee Book Facebook app seemed to take over everyone's Facebook walls.

Our friends (mostly!) have good intentions and want to let us know they're thinking of us. However, I honestly MUCH prefer a nice personal, friendly greeting on my wall over an app. App postings are just so... well, impersonal!!!

In this video tutorial, I show how to block apps from being posted on your Facebook wall.

However, just recently, good news! Facebook have added a new link to app postings and now you have the option of blocking the app right from your wall per these screenshots:

Facebook | Mari Smith

Sweetened on Facebook

I've also begun removing such friends that post these frivolous type of apps where I really do not know personally know the person. I feel that if the only interaction we have is via apps, it's just so distant. It's not the type of relationships I'm striving for on my personal Facebook account.

What are your thoughts? I know a lot of people must be getting driven to distraction with the constant clutter too!! How do you deal with app postings when it's from people you know? Are you okay removing friends or would you rather just block the app and not let the friend know? Write your comments below: