Facebook Purity

By steeev — Last update Nov 17, 2009 — Installed 198,012 times.

Script Summary:
Removes annoying quiz and application messages also "became friend with", "is attending event", "became a fan", "joined a group" messages from your facebook homepage
Version: 1.9 - 28th Oct 2009

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IMPORTANT INFO!

The latest version of the script ( v2.3c released 8th Feb 2010 ) is exclusively available from the script's home page at:
http://www.fbpurity.com
The script also now has a facebook fan page here: http://www.facebook.com/fbpurity If you like the script, join up for the latest news and information.

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This greasemonkey script removes all messages posted by applications to your homepage. It gets rid of messages about quizes etc, basically all messages from any applications created by external developers. Just leaving messages from the original facebook apps such as status updates, wall posts, links, notes, photos, etc behind.

*UPDATED* 28th October 2009 Changed the application filter to hopefully block all apps now, as a few seemed to be sneaking through, also addded a new filter to hide all those "became friends with", "became a fan of", "joined a group" and "attending an event" messages, the new filter works the same as the old one, you can still show the messages if you so desire, using the new "extras x [ Show ]" link.

*UPDATED* 26th October 2009 Added a new class of apps to the filter, so it should block a few more of those annoying application messages.

*UPDATED* 23rd October 2009 Facebook have updated the site once more (added live feed) so I've updated my script to work with the changes. N.B there seems to be some sort of weird caching issue, where fb is still displaying apps youve already blocked, am investigating whats causing this now. Have noticed that the blocked apps only show up in the news feed, not the live feed. very strange...

*UPDATED* 22nd October 2009 Ive added a "Block App" link that lets you block the applications, rather than just hiding them. Have also modified how the "Show/Hide" links work, the Show link now isolates the app messages and shows them on their own, and the Hide link restores your feed to normal, with the app messages hidden again. Have also added the Blackberry app to the default whitelist. N.B If you have edited the whitelist in the previous version of the script: Before updating, copy your whitelist IDs from the current script, and then after installing the new version, paste them into the correct place.

*UPDATED* 14th October 2009 Ive optimised the script, so it should run faster than before. also added a few apps to the whitelist (tumblr, tweetdeck, digsby + networked blogs) and removed livingsocial from the whitelist. N.B If you have edited the whitelist in the previous version of the script: Before updating, copy your whitelist IDs from the current script, and then after installing the new version, paste them into the correct place.

*UPDATED* 4th September 2009 Fixed script to allow FB Iphone app messages through, also Selective Twitter and Living Social. Script now has a whitelist variable, that lets you edit the list of applications you wish to allow on your fb homepage. You just need to edit the list of application IDs. More info here: How to edit the Facebook Purity Whitelist

*UPDATED* 27th April 2009 The script is now compatible with Google Chrome , Opera and Safari.

The latest version of the script lets you see how many app messages have been blocked, and to show or hide them again. It puts a little message in the top right hand corner of your page.

To install this script on Firefox, first you need to install the GreaseMonkey add on, then come to this page and click the install button at the top right hand of this page. For installing on other browsers, see the links above.

The latest version of this script will always be available at the following link http://www.fbpurity.com

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