HOW TO: Block Event Invites From A Friend

Tired of event invites from friends you haven't talked to in three years who live across the country? There's a way to fix that, without having the awkward conversation asking them to stop inviting you. Facebook recently made it harder for event administrators to invite large swaths of friends -- a move that social media expert Mari Smith said might have been an attempt to combat the problem of unwanted event invites. But there's a way to block invites based on who is sending them.

Tired of event invites from friends you haven’t talked to in three years who live across the country? There’s a way to fix that, without having the awkward conversation asking them to stop inviting you. Facebook recently made it harder for event administrators to invite large swaths of friends — a move that social media expert Mari Smith said might have been an attempt to combat the problem of unwanted event invites. But there’s a way to block invites based on who is sending them.

Many people creating events on Facebook simply invite their entire friend lists.

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