How to remove virus posts on Facebook, such as “OMG!” Or “I can’t believe”

March 18, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
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Did you get stuck with one of those “OMG!” Or “I can’t believe” virus posts? here’s how to remove it from your Facebook wall and protect your friends:

  1. To remove it from your wall, hover your mouse over the virus post and click the “X” that will appear in the upper right corner of the post. This way, your friends won’t see it so they won’t get infected
  2. Click “Profile” in the upper right corner of your Facebook page.
  3. Click the “Info” link that appears in the left column
  4. Scroll down to activities and interests section and click the “Edit” link for that section.
  5. Click the “Show Other Pages” link below the [Save Changes] button
  6. Scroll down to the page(s) you want to unlike, and click the [Remove Page] button.
  7. Click the [Close] button
  8. You may want to run the free “Combofix” program on your computer to remove any viruses that may have infected your hard drive.

How to add a line to a Facebook Comment. How to Edit a Facebook Comment

March 16, 2011 by · 2 Comments
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Summary:  How to add a line to a Facebook Comment.  How to EDIT a Facebook Comment.  How to add a Paragraph to a Facebook comment.

Yes, I agree the Facebook changes are stupid. My commentary is at the end. First, here’s help:

1) The Facebook [Post] button is gone from comments! Now your Facebook comment is saved automatically when press the [Enter] key. Fortunately, here’s how to EDIT your Facebook comment if you make a mistake…

2) How to EDIT your Facebook comment: If you’ve just recently saved your comment — within the last minute or so  – you can hover your mouse over your comment then click the [X] that appears in the top right corner to EDIT your comment.   The edit option only exists for a minute or so after you type your comment.  After a minute, if you click on the  [X] it will remove your post, but not edit it.

3) New Line / Paragraph: Press <SHIFT+ENTER> to start a new line in your Facebook comment. While you’re typing a Facebook comment, you now must  press <Shift+Enter>  to start a new paragraph or insert a blank line.  ChuckEgg Commentary: Yes, it’s stupid, because most people don’t intuitively use <Shift+Enter> to insert a blank line when they type. <Shift+Enter>  is also stupid because it’s not consistent with how the FB text editor works elsewhere on Facebook — for example it’s now how the Facebook text editor works when you post your status.

Take a look at the length of most FB posts. An overwhelming majority of FB comments don’t contain blank lines, so eliminating the “Enter” key allows typists to submit a post without using a mouse (or secondary tap). I’ll be FB engineers probably calculated that removing the [POST] button would save time or keystrokes.