You really don’t care which Arrested Development character or classic car your friends and other Facebook acquaintaces come up with, or how well they did in five-question quizzes, but the “Hide” function is temporary relief, at best. One intrepid scripter rewrote a Facebook-purging Greasemonkey script to specialize in quiz blocking, leaving things you might actually care about behind. Works wherever Firefox and Greasemonkey does. Thanks Harrison!
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Been using this for a week or two now - highly recommended.
Or just move the News Feed item down in the List and push the Status Updates to the top of the list. Instant clean facebook!