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Do you really want to be used in Facebook ads?

Do you want your Facebook actions to control what ads show up on your friends Facebook wall? Well that may just happen if you are not aware of the Facebook privacy setting that allows for this.

The Facebook News Feed and Wall setting states:

"Facebook occasionally pairs advertisements with relevant social actions from a user's friends to create Facebook Ads. Facebook Ads make advertisements more interesting and more tailored to you and your friends. These respect all privacy rules. You may opt out of appearing in your friends' Facebook Ads below."

So how can you disable this?

When logged into Facebook navigate to "Settings"

Choose "News Feed and Wall" from the privacy settings page

Choose "Facebook Ads" from the News Feed and Wall page and set "Appearance in Facebook Ads" to No one

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Posted by Real Estate Advertising - Misty Lackie on 07/26/2009 10:50 AM

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11 Comments on Do you really want to be used in Facebook ads?

JUL

Thanks for sharing. Some of us need to change settings on Facebook.

Thanks for bringing this setting to our attention. Privacy is an important consideration.

im off to change my settings now!

Great tip on Facebook settings, Misty! I can see how Facebook views these ads as a way to promote interactivity, but I'm glad that we have the option to disable them.

I'm a little confused as to what I have to do with ads showing up on my friends' facebook page, but I don't like the sound of it. I will go check it out, thanks!

Thanks for this very timely post. It's so important to be in control of the information we send out.

Wow! I never knew they could be disabled! Thanks for sharing the tidbit...

Thanks for sharing in an easy to follow format. I'm going to subscribe to your Technology Tips now.

JUL

Thanks for the tip, Misty. Now I know. Looking forward for more tidbit.

just changed my settings. thanks misty!

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JUL

Wow this is great information! Thanks.

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