Take Your Face Out of Facebook Ads
A little buzz has been stirring this past week originating from a post on consultant Cheryl Smith’s blog describing how her husband [Peter Smith] received a dating advertisement through Facebook displaying her photo along with the text, “Hey Peter, Hot singles are waiting for you!”
Facebook allows third-party advertisers to use your pictures and “relevant social actions” within advertisements targeted towards your friends.
“Facebook Ads make advertisements more interesting and more tailored to you and your friends.”
If you want to avoid dating your husband or force your friends to view boring generic advertisements then you can change this setting by navigating to…
Settings > Privacy Settings > News Feed and Wall > Facebook Ads
Change to…
Appearance in Facebook Ads [No one]
For now I’ve decided to keep my setting on [Only my friends] because I enjoy being a cheap poster boy for unscrupulous Facebook apps.
