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Has this always been here or is it new? Facebook Like/Share under Post Reply.
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Mr. Smiley
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Were these other buttons there all along?
Um... Yes?
I never once looked in that area.
How About No
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LOL I kinda forgot they were there too
Up and front the the top yet so missable
Sure. Why not.
The blue kind of stands out too much. Ideally grey icons would be the best so they blend with both the white and dark themes without standing out.
It feels like I'm reading some cheap buzzfeed website tho.
Having the option isn't a bad thing as long as this doesn't get too bad with links to twitter, pinterest, tumblr and whatnot.
The blue kind of stands out too much. Ideally grey icons would be the best so they blend with both the white and dark themes without standing out.
It feels like I'm reading some cheap buzzfeed website tho.
Having the option isn't a bad thing as long as this doesn't get too bad with links to twitter, pinterest, tumblr and whatnot.
Ultimadrago
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Also if you visit a website then that website has your IP address and pretty much knows who you are on the spot. And then when that website has registration requirements that involve providing personal information, they super ultra extra pretty much know who you are.
Which is why websites have clearly stated privacy policies. Just in case you're posting from a paranoid militia compound in Wyoming and didn't know that.
your smooth talking won't work on me, you will have to pry my farmville statistics from my cold, dead hands.
Nice try, EviLizard
JrBaconCheeseburger
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Man seeing that Facebook share/like stuff on GAF is weird.
I will stay away from it but i hope it is generating you guys good money.
I will stay away from it but i hope it is generating you guys good money.
Facebook is Toxic.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
I don't see them anymore. Why is that?
DeployThatPizza
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It's at the top bar, next to the "View First Unread" button.
I don't think it generates any money directly unless EviLore made a specific deal with Facebook.
The idea is that encouraging people to share things on Facebook should drive traffic to the site. Random ass less than technical people browsing Facebook are good people to drive to the site as well since Adblock is less likely to be used and ad networks pay well for views from random visitors.
Were these other buttons there all along?
I never realized until just now that you can search inside an individual thread. Neat!
Kyleripman
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Do something like this:
The pill shaped toggle on the left means those trackers are blocked on every webpage, but when you click the circular toggle button on the right it whitelists them for neogaf.com (the right side is site-specific settings that override the left side basically). Note how the FB stuff wasn't clicked so those are still blocked, only FB is blocked in this example pic.
This was really helpful, thanks!
CountAntonius
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Much better on the top bar. Was unsightly down below.
Mass Effect
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Yep, noticed it just a few minutes ago, though mine is in the title bar, not below the post reply button.
Oh, I guess they just moved it.
Personally, I'd prefer a Retweet widget rather than a Facebook one. Seems like it'd be more useful.
Oh, I guess they just moved it.
Personally, I'd prefer a Retweet widget rather than a Facebook one. Seems like it'd be more useful.
sunshine and gasoline
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M0nochromatic
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Yeah for real. Link it up for social media shenanigans sure, but I hope I never see those kind of posts on here.
I only want posts about pissing in the shower and shipping discussions. You know, a classy environment.
Yes, it's a feature...for the convenience of the enormous subset of people who use this sort of stuff...and not a nefarious scheme, a transaction with Uncle Zucky, or an invasion of privacy. It's just a button. You kinda want a community to continue to get organic traffic so that it doesn't become an insular echo chamber, and NeoGAF doesn't advertise, so this is a minimalist concession to the ubiquity and importance of organic discussion on social media.
The buttons clash really bad with the dark theme
and these giant buttons on nesbot are annoying
Seems like they've been integrating new Social Media features
and these giant buttons on nesbot are annoying
WaterAstro
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Can it be turned off? I assume not after looking at the control panel.
Yeah usually a fairly popular feature; not sure why people care that much if they don't plan to use it. There's a million and one ways to block the buttons from showing up and if they won't use them anyways it won't cost the site anything unlike full blown AdBlock.
For instance, if this really bothers people and they have no plan to use it, add this to your custom filters section in AdBlock options:
I am satisfied with this explanation.
Still maybe they should be togglable as a concession to those who see the buttons and are infuriated.
The idea of this is not something I have anything against. What I am against though is requiring it without the ability to disable.
Facebook loads in cookies and stores a cache even if you aren't logged in if you visit a page with one of these buttons. They use those cookies to track users across the web no and serve ads based on that data. That's not something I'm interested in having done just for visiting GAF.
SwiftDeath
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Took me a good 10 minutes before I had Ghostery setup properly to only block the buttons.
Really can't stand facebook and would rather not have a reminder of it on every page so I suppose this is an okay solution for me.
Really can't stand facebook and would rather not have a reminder of it on every page so I suppose this is an okay solution for me.
Thanks. I'll have to get this installed.
Princess Viola
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Oh thank God, I thought I was going insane when I saw these and thought something was wrong with my PC.
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