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Is HIF Missing From Your Facebook?

Posted on Jul 11, 2016 at 5:38 pm

You know how the old saying goes. Nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes, and Facebook arbitrarily changing their newsfeed algorithm.

Facebook recently announced they're going to yet again change their magic recipes, thus making it harder for people to see updates from pages they like. I understand the reasoning, as some people like hundreds upon hundreds of pages. Daily updates from that many sources would feel like Spam City.

BUT what if you have 5-10 pages whose updates you definitely want to see? I know some Hiffers only keep up with HIF via our Facebook page. If you're one such person, here's how you set HIF (or any other page for that matter) to always show up in your feed.

The first step is to make sure you've actually liked HIF's Freebie Facebook page, then to click on the blue RSS icon. This should give you a dropdown list.

Facebook See Page Updates

For step two:

  • Click “See First” under IN YOUR NEWS FEED
  • Click “On (All Posts) under NOTIFICATIONS

View All Facebook Page Posts

That should do the trick! Let me know if you have any trouble in the comments and I'll see what I can do.

I guess now would be a good time to mention to new Hiffers our different social media links. Combined we have over 100,000 fans, so you know it's good stuff! Well, there was once more than 100,000 people who thought Earth was flat at one point too, so basing something's value on sheer numbers alone might not be too smart…

Seriously though, if you use Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or Google+, please become a fan. I'm active on all four and love talking to Hiffers directly!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Updated: Oct 3, 2018 · Posted on Nov 27, 2014 at 3:51 pm
Why are there so many pumpkins?
Why are there so many pumpkins?

Wherever you are, whoever you're with, and whatever y'all are doing, I hope it's lead to a Happy Thanksgiving!

And thank you. I think I say it every year, but HIF wouldn't exist without each and every one of you and I never forget that. So seriously, thank you!

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Batch of Freebies & Site News

Updated: Oct 3, 2018 · Posted on Jun 25, 2014 at 7:43 pm

Veteran Hiffers know I take a yearly vacation to go with friends to a music festival every summer. If you're reading this, that means I didn't get stranded in an airport and am on my way to Electric Forest! Seeing as how it's out in the middle of nowhere and surrounded by a forest, I don't think my internet will quite reach πŸ™‚

I should be home and posting freebies on Tuesday, July 1. In the meantime, here are some new ones I just found. No jokes since I'm running out the door in a few.

  • Free Huggies Little Snugglers diapers and wipes
  • Free Optim-3 Joint Formula XI
  • Free Lipton K-Cup tea is active again.

Have a great rest of the week, everyone!

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Recalled: Marlboro 3-in-1 Tool

Updated: Oct 4, 2018 · Posted on May 03, 2014 at 4:17 pm

Altria sent me a cease and desist letter for including a picture here, so it's gone now, lol. First their freebie catches fire, then they spend a bunch of money trying to pretend it never happened!

Well here's a first for me. The Marlboro 3-in-1 tool from January is being recalled due to safety concerns. Apparently it had a hidden feature which caused the matches inside to spontaneously spark and catch fire. Turns out people don't like the idea of their pockets randomly erupting into flames, even if it's timed perfectly to get out of a boring work meeting or semester exam.

If you received the 3-in-1 Flashlight in any other way, please call us at 888-597-5387 and we can arrange for a return kit with instructions to be sent to you. After we receive the compass cap, we will send you another premium item of equal or greater value in return.

I'm interested to see what this premium item might be! I'm guessing a hand-held fan that secretly turns on at night and slices your hair.

Please share this with anybody you know signed up for this freebie!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on Nov 28, 2013 at 11:32 am

As I head out the door to my first of multiple food comas today, I wanted to stop and wish every Hiffer a Happy Thanksgiving and/or Hanukkah! I hope everyone out there has a fantastic day with friends, family, and football.

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Chat With Goob This Thursday

Updated: Oct 2, 2018 · Posted on Aug 21, 2013 at 10:00 am

Hi There!
Hi There!

EDIT: Over for now! Thanks to everybody who came out, we broke 20 active viewers this time! Next chat will be soon!

These live video chats are about to become a regular thing!

I had such a blast talking with people last week that I want to do it all the time. A lot of people who tuned in said they had fun as well, so it wasn't just me!

The next chat will be this Thursday at 4:00pm EST. Like before, we can talk about whatever. This doesn't have to be a Freebie Chat only because freebies are boring. Though if you have any specific questions pertaining to HIF or freebies, these chats are as good a time as any to ask!

So if you're free, please join us! I'll be hosting it on Justin.tv again, so you can enter the chat room after making a free account, which takes no longer than 15 seconds. You don't even have to verify your email. It's nice and easy.

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Chat With Goob at 5:00pm EST

Updated: Nov 13, 2018 · Posted on Aug 16, 2013 at 4:22 pm

Hi There!
Hi There!

EDIT: Thanks to everybody who came out and chatted today! We had a blast, I'll definitely host another early next week.

One of the nice perks of working for yourself is not having to screw around with a car or public transportation. You get to roll out of bed and immediately step into your “office.” However the total lack of human interaction can start to mess with you. I get out of my apartment at least once a day, but with the way technology is now there's no reason why I can't hang out with Hiffers!

So today around 5:00 est I'm going to host a live video chat on Justin.tv. You should be able to join the chat room after making a free account, which takes no longer than 15 seconds. You don't even have to verify your email. It's nice and easy.

Who knows, maybe nobody is interested in this and I just sit in a chat room talking to myself. Wouldn't be the first time! πŸ˜€ We can talk about whatever though! Freebies, sports, the meaning of life. I don't really care, let's just hang out and chat!

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HIF: Saving Fingers Since 2006

Updated: Oct 2, 2018 · Posted on Jul 15, 2013 at 2:23 pm

I love getting emails from readers. I might not respond to them in a timely fashion, but I read each and every one that comes across my screen and sometimes they are just too good not to share. Hiffer Carrie sent in this tale that I thought you all would enjoy.

On Tuesday, my 4 kids and I took a ride on the local ferry. We're from New Orleans, and it crosses back and forth on the Mississippi River. It's not something we normally do, but it was a cool adventure – and it's FREE!!! Anyway, just as we were docking, my 6 year old announces, “MY FINGER'S STUCK!!!” The chairs onboard are all those molded fiberglass 60's style, bolted-in-a-row things, with one small hole in the center of each seat. And yes, he really had it good and stuck in one. We tried and tried to wiggle it out to no avail. He was scared and crying and the ship was unloading and getting ready to head back across. I was about to panic when I remembered that in my purse was a FREE SAMPLE OF SHAMPOO AND CONDITIONER. I whipped it out, thought for a moment which side to choose, then coated his finger above and below in shampoo. Out it popped! So basically, you can consider your website a LIFESAVING RESOURCE!!! Thanks a bunch!!!

Sounds like something I would do! No, not thinking of using the shampoo to get a kid's finger unstuck, but getting my own finger stuck.

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New HIF RSS Address

Updated: Oct 2, 2018 · Posted on Jul 01, 2013 at 11:09 am

RSS Freebies

Hey Hiffers, just a little housecleaning news to go over as I begin shifting some things around and upgrading stuff on the backend. Today's notice is about our RSS feed. If you have no idea what that is, then give yourself a high five and feel free to let your eyes glaze over. For anybody using Google Reader or Feedly or any other old reader, then you may need to update HIF's address as I'm moving from Feedburner to Feedblitz.

Old RSS Address: http://feeds.feedburner.com/heyitsfree/rss2

Old RSS Address: https://feeds.feedblitz.com/heyitsfree

New RSS Address: https://www.heyitsfree.net/feed/

You should be able to just add https://www.heyitsfree.net/ to your RSS reader of choice and go from there.

Okay, Nerd Alert over. Back to freebies for now.

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Goob Is Gone Giveaway

Updated: Oct 2, 2018 · Posted on May 29, 2013 at 12:00 pm

Not forever! Just for a few days! From today until Monday, I'll be with my friends at Wakarusa, a music festival in Arkansas.

As opposed to other vacations, I have some posts queued to autopublish over the next few days. But I thought a few free prizes would make people more happy. Hopefully as happy as I plan to be this weekend! I included a few non-social media entry methods as well.

Be well until I return and play nice!

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Is HIF Updating For You?

Updated: Feb 27, 2013 · Posted on Feb 25, 2013 at 2:24 pm

This is important, so thanks for reading it.

Alert the media! Stop the presses! Goob broke HIF last week! Dog bites man!

As some of you have alerted me, HIF is stuck showing nothing new past Monday, February 11. That's a slight problem since today is February 25 and I've made plenty of posts over the last 14 days.

In order to kick HIF's rear into gear, please do the following:

  • Go to HeyItsFree.net
  • Press Ctrl and R at the same time (mac users can hit Command and R) to force a manual refresh of the page.

That should be all it takes. However if HIF still refuses to update or updates only to today and then stops updating again tomorrow, please let me know. It would be much appreciated.

Veteran Hiffers may remember I broke the browser cache in September 2009 as well. I'm getting pretty good at this.

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Haha, I Love My Family

Posted on Feb 07, 2013 at 4:26 pm

So this isn't a freebie, whatever, but I had a series of stupid, annoying things happen today and then out of the blue my sister sent me this video.

Hahahahaha. Oh man. As you can see, there are multiple apples that didn't fall far from the Goob Family Tree.

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