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SpookDroid Try uninstalling/re-installing the app. It was a FB app bug that never really goes away, but at least in the Oreo version it seems to have stopped doing that now.
Thanks for the suggestion, but I can't uninstall Facebook. It's part of the stock build, and it can only be disabled, not uninstalled. There are also [hidden] applications on my Note 4 called Facebook App Installer and Facebook App Manager; they can only be disabled also.
I did wipe my phone (reset to factory defaults) a few weeks ago. That's the closest to "uninstalling" Facebook I could do. It also would have cleared any app cache or data that might have been mucking it up. No dice; Facebook continues to misbehave.
You mention Oreo. I'd need to root my phone in order to upgrade it to Oreo, which I'd rather not do. My previous rooting endeavors caused me to stop receiving OS updates from my carrier, and made me rely upon the rooted OS developer for updates.