Thank the Zuckerberg! Facebook Photos has finally stopped showing you pictures of your ex like a sadistic virtual friend. Until recently, the Facebook Photo Memories box had a tendency to throw up pictures of ex-girlfriends/ex-boyfriends with unpleasant regularity. Facebook’s algorithm picks photos to slap in the Facebook Photo Memories box by figuring out whose updates you’re most interested in but that can be a double-edged sword…


Facebook Photos tends to show people you fancy pretty frequently. That’s because you’re likely to click most on their photos, exchange wall messages or reply to status updates. But when you break up with someone, it’s really not that fun to see their face popping up in the Facebook Photo Memories box all the time.

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Now Facebook Photos boss, Sam Odio, has revealed that Facebook has tweaked the algorithm to stop that awful parade of exes. He told Inside Facebook: “Photo Memories no longer shows tagged photos of your friends if you were previously in a relationship with them…”

Hurrah! Now solve those Facebook privacy issues and that Facebook iPhone app problem and we’ll be happy. We don’t want much do we?

Out now | £free | Facebook (via Inside Facebook)

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