Oh goodness, they really don't make it easy. I get requests from people, sometimes 3 or more times a day, to play various games, at least I was for a while, and it drove me up the wall to the point I nearly unfriended them. Thanx for sending this info though. On Jun 23, 2015, at 5:43 PM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Everyone, > > The following comes to us courtesy of SimpleHelp, as many of us are Facebook > subscribers, I thought I would post it on list. > > Please keep in mind that the steps listed below were written for sighted > users. > > Mark > > How to Block Facebook Game Requests > > You either love them or you. don't. If you don't, this quick overview will > explain how to Block requests for Facebook Games (and/or Apps). > > Facebook Games and Apps often entice users into inviting all of their > friends to "participate" as well, frequently by offering "rewards" within > the game/app itself. So even your most well-meaning friends may give into > temptation and send you a game request. This brief guide will take you step > by step through the ways to block those requests. > > 1. > There are two ways to block Facebook Game or App requests - wait until you > get one, or pro-actively add some of the most popular ones. We'll show you > how to do both. > When do you receive a request to play a game, click it (which seems like the > last thing you'd want to do, but trust us on this one). > > 2. > You'll be presented with a confirmation screen, which will vary in look > based on the game. Regardless, as soon as that screen appears, click the > Cancel button. > > 3. > After clicking Cancel, Facebook will redirect you to that games "Page". On > this Page, click the "3 dot button" ( . . . ) located on the far right side > of the "Cover photo" (see screenshot below). > > 4. > A 'drop-down' menu will appear. From that menu, click Block App > > 5. > Another confirmation window will appear. Review it and click Confirm > > 6. > That's it! No one will be able to send you "requests" to play that specific > Game or App ever again. > > The other way to block Facebook game requests is to manually add them. Click > here (opens in a new window/tab) to visit your Facebook Blocking Settings. > Scroll down the Blocking page until you locate the section titled Block apps > > > 7. > In the space provided, you can type in Game (and App) names that you want to > block. As you start typing, a list of Games/Apps will begin to appear. > Select the game you want to block from that list. > > 8. > As of May 2015, the following list contains the 10 most-played games on > Facebook (source). If you manually type in each game (or copy and paste) > you'll have a good start on pre-emptively blocking the most popular games. > Candy Crush Saga > Candy Crush Soda Saga > Clash of Clans > Farm Heroes Saga > 8 Ball Pool > Hay Day > Criminal Case > Trivia Crack > Pet Rescue Saga > Bubble Witch 2 Saga > > 9. > If you're reading this guide well after May 2015, you may want to run a > Google Search for the phrase most popular Facebook games and find a more > recent list of current popular games. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
