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So I have this problem with Facebook in which "a few seconds ago" is displayed above every message that I send.
This used to not happen and I'm wondering if there is a way to disable that. Thanks.
2014-03-13 06:47:30
Hello Ben,I also agree with you that it is an in-built feature of Facebook.
2014-03-11 02:50:16
I'm pretty sure this is just a feature of Facebook.However, you have some options. First, there are extensions, which are a bit of an overkill solution but may work here.
Chat Undetected
for Firefox will remove those "Seen" messages. It may also remove the time stamp.For Chrome, try
this equivalent.
Alternatively, if you use AdBlock Plus, you can add a custom filter to it to block these "seen" messages. Type the following into a new filter:/ajax/mercury/change_read_status.php$domain=facebook.comHopefully one of these will help you revert Facebook's change. If not, I'd say it's unfortunately just another Facebook change we have to deal with.
2014-03-16 04:20:21
I think it actually may have to do with the time settings on my computer. Don't quote me on this, but evidence has led me to believe that my computer's CMOS battery is dying, which seems to have affected my time settings by making my time three hours slow. I first tried fixing this problem by simply changing the time, but after about an hour or so, the time would revert back to its aformentioned three hour delay. However, I recently tested Ubuntu Linux which seems to have corrected my time settings, even on Windows, interestingly enough. Speaking of Ubuntu, whenever I boot into Ubuntu instead of Windows, any browser I try (Chromium, Firefox, and Chrome) lets me send messages on Facebook without showing the "a few seconds ago" display every single time. Like I said, I don't mind Facebook putting this display in my chatboxes, but I do if it does so every time I send a message. So sometimes, just not all the time. I only like it when it's necessary, as in if I haven't sent the given recipient a message in a long time.