Absolutely.

So far no matter what I do they keep showing up. I don't want to block someone for this, but if i wanted to see these things I'd belong to the group.

Missing? Nothing.

@hankster thanks. Might have to do that, but how many groups are there?

@hankster cool I'll try that, it should reduce the spam in my life by about a trillion percent. I'm glad I asked instead of just giving up.

@hankster I can actually see what other members are posting now. Thanks man.

@hankster Unfortunately, hiding groups isn't a real solution to this annoying problem.

@bingst I'm hoping things will work better tomorrow but right now I'm still seeing group posts from groups I "hid" as recommended by hank. I spent quite a bit of time scrolling through new posts and hand blocking the groups that seem to encourage the most xposts, or sharing, or whatever it's callled. I've logged out and back in, and no improvement. Im hoping its just an issue with my new settings not taking hold right away. And im glad that it seems like the majority of the annoying xposts come from only a few groups.

@MarkiusMahamius It does take a few days for the "Hide Groups" to take effect in alerts - I remember this from when I last did it.

As for getting alerts from groups you don't really care about? The only way to stop that is to block them - and I think we have near 600 groups on site.

I'd much rather be getting alerts for the groups I'm in. (And don't get).

@RavenCT yeah I blocked alerts for about 10 groups that I'm not in, that were generating most of th e unwanted garbage in my feed. I'm glad most of those remaining 600 groups are either inactive, or populated by people who are courteous enough not to share their posts. Going through those settings one by one, is an unpleasant chore.