Ads on Facebook Featuring YOU, Without You Knowing It…


 

 

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So I got a message on Facebook that made me a bit upset. Here is what  I posted on impulse:

WHAT?? Facebook snuck this in while most of us were just commenting on friend’s status(es) and pictures. The new Facebook ads now incorporate YOUR photos into the ads when they show on your friends’ Facebook pages. So your friends will think this is not an add, but something you posted. If this is not the most horrible case of SPAM, I don’t know what is. I guess the fact that they allow you to turn your photos off for this evil project but still if you do not know this is happening, having an option to turn it off, deep in your settings pages does not really help with this deceiving monetizing scheme.

I was really upsset when I found out about this. And Facebook of all places? That is too weird to beleive.

Ok, here is how you turn it off in your Facebook account:

  1. Log in to Facebook
  2. On the top right (in the blue bar) roll over “settings”
  3. The fly out menu, click “privacy settings”
  4. Click, “News Feed And Wall”
  5. Click the “Facebook Ads” tab
  6. There is a drop down menu next to “Appearance in Facebook Ads” -click “no one

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Then thanks to Anon’s comment below this turns out to be untrue so I wanted to appologise and provide the information that explains Facebook’s policy.

Debunking Rumors about Advertising and Photos

Please read this over to understand what’s going on so you don’t go off and continue spreading a crazy rumor like I did.

Sorry about that again.

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2 Responses to “Ads on Facebook Featuring YOU, Without You Knowing It…”

  1. Anon  on July 27th, 2009

    So…umm…you should check your facts before blogging about things.

    http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=110636457130

  2. valiik  on July 27th, 2009

    Thanks Anon. That’s what happens when you react on impulse. Sorry about that.


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