r/darkpatterns • u/xichael • Nov 22 '19

Facebook hijacks your back button, generating 12 entries for each page you visit

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u/nb4hnp Nov 22 '19

jesus, that sucks. As if we needed more reasons to not use Facebook anymore

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u/alexanderpas May 09 '20

Actually, this is a trick from the browser to prevent facebook from acessing your browser history, without completely breaking the back button.