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by mdoerneman 5165 days ago
I figured out this was happening when I saw a few videos in my feed from friends that wouldn't normally be posting them. My first thought was that they were spam or that someone hacked their Facebook account. I did some asking around and these friend's had no idea this was happening. (It's kind of embarrassing when everyone see's that you watched a video of a chick in a bikini) I think it is a really shady practice by both companies but I guess they don't have much choice in the battle for #1. Either way, be very careful the videos you click on in your news feed.
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The secret is that when you accept the app you tell it to automatically share with "yourself". (And you can do that with the social reader apps, too.) This stops you from spamming your friends, although you still may want to clean up your timeline so you don't have to see the noise.