7 Ways To Kill That Annoying News Ticker On Facebook

Facebook needs to make the ticker optional. But until that happens, here are some creative ways to avoid looking at that scrolling thing.

This homepage ticker is going to give me a migraine. It shows if you have chat open, and if you close chat, it takes residence above the ads and everything else. Seriously, that’s too distracting.

The eye is naturally drawn to movement, and Facebook has already given me attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Facebook needs to make the ticker optional.

Until that happens, here are some MacGyver solutions, none of which Facebook is going to like.

1. Make your browser window smaller

Then you couldn’t see anything on the right side of the screen.

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