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Facebook is taking another shot at wiping spam and other nonsense from its news feeds. The House of Zuck says it will put new filters in place that seek out commonly used phrases in clickbait headlines – such as "You won't believe" or "What happens next will shock you" – and remove them from users' timelines. Facebook said …

  1. Sebastian A

    But... spam is already canned.

  2. AlexS
    Pint

    "You won't believe" "What happens next will shock you" .. filtered?

    Good no more Trump on my wall.

  3. Dadmin
    Coffee/keyboard

    Don't worry, Yahoo! will fill in those blanks...

    With the all-time Yahoo! front page super hits! Like, Sponsored Link, "Check out these 10 cool iPhone apps that are free only today", "Looking for a credit card with low rates?", "Now you can track your car from your smartphone", "69 coolest gadgets that will blow your mind", "837 worst movies of 2016 so far", "1247 secrets of the producers of Cop Rock", "400 NBA stars who are broke", "900 hilarious things you can do with your smartphone charging cable and a bag of uneaten potato crisps" AND MANY MANY MORE!

    Hurry now and you'll get links that expand to weird shit like this one right here:

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    2BfNX80G9WcLh0_OPffDv27rKV7YFusriY2RD7qTC.1tdjy6ukgP0kjySTF1AyDjfzTSVegZ

    1H2UezJKOffffffCZUq4DYoLjO7638y6x0JoSHRBvT2G9mF_0UZRpkraJXODUhC

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    iqVZEsWmAKzLjmFhy0u.tROCYP3PvWfffYCpRRVCHL8QaY_FAP_XsqHrs3.Kpo

    48jBN.H5G8Imc2J_MPyLXTqtlfffffffpCc4hWgktzBgurPS612.ZOrohF5opwxZflyBx

    %26lp=BARKBARKBARK2Fe7dfff2-1875-ff2-ffd9-21affffa0482%3Fad%3DG13

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    They never should have let it get this far

    Though I am amused that if you see one of those stories and actually do kind of want to see what it is about, just read the comments. More and more often some kind person has taken one for the team, clicked all those 'next' links, and provides a quick summary in their comment of what it. Usually in a very sarcastic fashion. Those comments will be near the top since they get a lot of likes - if you find one, give 'em a like for taking money out of the pocket of the spammer! :)

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