AuntieM Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Lately I have noticed a couple of items in my news feed, "so and so just read such-n-such article," with a link to the article. This is not a link intentionally linked by the reader, it is apparently an automatic link that pops up in the news feed just because the article was read. Well, I think....yikes! I don't want my reading list published! I mean, I am not into anything terrible, I just don't want all my facebook friends to see that I'm researching the Wheat Belly Diet or checking out the red carpet runway fashions. It's unnecessary, kwim? Heh heh, my teenagers get embarrassed enough as it is, they don't need this kind of stuff showing up in the news feeds of their friends who have befriended me. Gah! So, can anyone tell me how/when/why this happens and how to prevent myself from inadvertently posting links to frivolous news items? FWIW, the latest incident was a yahoo article, I can't remember sources for other articles, perhaps they have all been from the yahoo site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abreakfromlife Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 You have to click a box, and physically 'ok' that you want to join Yahoo Read, or whatever it's called. I don't know why people do that. I don't want people knowing what I read. For the Yahoo ones, at least you can click on the article and actually read it. The Washington Post has the same thing, but if you click on the link, you're required to install the reader app before you can read the article, which is so annoying. Sometimes I've really wanted to read the article, so I just go to the WP website and search for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 You have to click a box, and physically 'ok' that you want to join Yahoo Read, or whatever it's called. I don't know why people do that. I don't want people knowing what I read. For the Yahoo ones, at least you can click on the article and actually read it. The Washington Post has the same thing, but if you click on the link, you're required to install the reader app before you can read the article, which is so annoying. Sometimes I've really wanted to read the article, so I just go to the WP website and search for it. Do you know if there's any way to check my status on that (just in case I carelessly clicked something I should not have?).:001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abreakfromlife Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I'll link to one my friend had posted earlier. Duggars story At the top, for me, it says "Discover Yahoo with your friends, to get started first login with Facebook" and it has a login button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abreakfromlife Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I think if you have accidentally clicked it, it will have a box showing what you've read and what your friends have read, and I think there is an undo button? I think I installed it once to see and then undid it right away, so I don't remember exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 Thank you, Sally, I see what you are talking about. I think I'm good. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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