How to block Be Like Bill

Be Like Bill, or don’t – we show you how to make a Be Like Bill Facebook post or how to kill Bill once and for all. How to make Be Like Bill posts and how to block Be Like Bill posts. (Like PC Advisor on Facebook.)

Bill is a bit of a pain in the behind. He started out funny and full of good advice, but quickly became an opinionated, holier-than-thou annoyance that’s plastered all over our Facebook News Feeds. If you have yet to have fallen out of love with Bill, below we will show you how you can join the current Facebook trend and make a Be Like Bill post. If you want to kill Bill, scroll down the page for advice on how to block Be Like Bill posts on Facebook.

How to make Be Like Bill posts on Facebook

You can make a Be Like Bill Facebook post by visitingBlobla’s siteor clicking on the link in a friend’s Be Like Bill post. Then you simply enter your name and gender, and click Show my story.

If you like the Be Like Bill post that’s returned you can click Share on Facebook. But don’t do so blindly – for example, don’t tell off people for posting that they’re going on holiday and leaving their house vacant if you too are guilty of this everytime you leave the country. And don’t post that you’re always five minutes early when you’re notorious for being late.

You can try for a more apt post by clicking Try again. Like so: the post below seems pretty apt to us – read our advice onHow to block app requests on Facebook.

How to block Be Like Bill posts on Facebook

Thankfully, blocking Be Like Bill is even easier than is adding Be Like Bill. Find an offending Be Like Bill post in your News Feed, then click on the downward triangle at the top right of the post. Choose ‘Hide all from Blobla app’.

Having successfully killed Bill, the post will be replaced with a message stating that you will no longer see posts from Blobla in News Feed, with a link to Undo the change if you wish.

Read next:More of our best Facebook tips and tricks

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Author: Marie Black, Editorial Director, International

Marie is Editorial Director at Foundry. A Journalism graduate from the London College of Printing, she’s worked in tech media for almost 20 years, covering all types of consumer tech from smartphones and their accessories to smart home gear. These days she manages our international editorial teams and leads on content strategy, having witnessed first-hand Foundry’s transition from print, to digital, to online - and beyond.

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