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June 1, 2012 07:12 am GMT
If you hate accidental auto-sharing, you're in luck. Now you have to be watching or reading something for at least 10 seconds before Facebook apps can auto-share the activity to your Timeline. That should drastically reduce the amount of crappy click-bait articles and video clips you see in the news feed and ticker. Video apps must also now inform you that they auto-share and provide an option to opt out on the page where a video is watched.It also recently added more requirements to itscomprehensive checklistauto-sharing apps must follow.The debate rages on about whether "frictionless sharing" is the future of discovery or the death of curation, but at least Facebook is taking decisive steps to keep the worst content from spreading friend to friend.
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Facebook Finally Cracks Down On Auto-Sharing Spam With 10-Second Rule
If you hate accidental auto-sharing, you're in luck. Now you have to be watching or reading something for at least 10 seconds before Facebook apps can auto-share the activity to your Timeline. That should drastically reduce the amount of crappy click-bait articles and video clips you see in the news feed and ticker. Video apps must also now inform you that they auto-share and provide an option to opt out on the page where a video is watched.It also recently added more requirements to itscomprehensive checklistauto-sharing apps must follow.The debate rages on about whether "frictionless sharing" is the future of discovery or the death of curation, but at least Facebook is taking decisive steps to keep the worst content from spreading friend to friend.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/zxmotOplRJA/
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