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Looks like the new Facebook iPhone app now appears as an external application when you update your status with it, so FB Purity then blocks it. So many changes recently!

Also, now all those damn quizzes show up on the new fb iPhone app. Wish I could get a Greasemonkey script for that.

I noticed this too. Adding a whitelist feature to this script would be a nice addition, but I made this quick fix for now:

if( (footernodes[i].innerHTML.match('facebook\.com\/apps\/')) && !(footernodes[i].innerHTML.match('Facebook for iPhone')) ) {

I too would like to have a whitelist feature. I do have a handful of apps I would actually like to see in the feed. Hey Ben, where in the script did you insert that line? Thx :)

horstp, this is the original line in the script:

if (footernodes[i].innerHTML.match('facebook\.com\/apps\/') {

Replace it with :
if( (footernodes[i].innerHTML.match('facebook\.com\/apps\/')) && !(footernodes[i].innerHTML.match('Facebook for iPhone')) ) {

Basically, this 'if' statement will have the form:

if ( (facebook.com/apps) && !(allowed application) && !(2nd allowed application) && !(etc etc) )

If your whitelist is short and doesn't change much, making your own 'if' statement might be a good solution. Let me know if you need help. -Ben

Sorry Ben. I saw where you added the bit to the script. I added a couple of others to ignore and it's working perfectly. Thanks for the hint. Just means we need to add it every time the script gets updated.

It would be nice to list which apps got blocked and the number of times. For example:

FB purity blocked: 10 app msgs
- Facebook for iPhone: 3 app msgs [whitelist App]
- Stupid, useless quiz: 7 app msgs [whitelist App]

Clicking whitelist app would permanently show the Applications stories in the Newsfeed.

Hope that makes sense. Maybe a little to complicated for this simple script though. Just an idea.

Thanks for all the hard work.

Thanks Ben! Works great :)

Thanks Steeev!! All working as expected. I added an additional application ID (NetworkedBlogs-9953271133) and tested it.

Same problem with status updates posted from the new Facebook app for Android phones. I don't know how to fix it.

Yes, but then I realized that that only lets me see my own posts from my phone. Several of my friends who I've recommended FB Purity to are not savvy enough to do the whitelist, and they will be missing my status updates. I hope this can be added to the whitelist in a future update.

I must be missing something... the iphone app is already on the whitelist (I confirmed the app IDs match), yet those updates are still being blocked. Can someone clue me in, please? Many thanks.

Nevermind... it mysteriously works now. :)