Friday Fun: 10e20 Facebook Ads

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Recently it has been revealed that Facebook is using its members’ profile pictures in their 3rd party advertisements. One member discovered this after recognizing his wife’s profile picture in a dating ad that was being displayed to him, and other folks have noticed their profile pics popping up in ads as well. After hearing about this shocking revelation, I logged into my Facebook account and was appalled to see that my 10e20 coworkers’ pictures were indeed being used in various advertisements. I’ve taken screenshots of these ads and displayed them below:

mustache-becca-facebook-ad

greg-and-dog-facebook-ad

jake-and-bigfoot-facebook-a

patrick-facebook-ad

chris-and-baldies-facebook-

pregnant-danielle-facebook-

winfields-and-raptor-facebo

wrinkly-charlie-facebook-ad

Thankfully, you can opt to disallow Facebook from using your profile pics:

Click through to  -> Settings -> Privacy -> News Feed and Wall -> Facebook Ads -> Appearance in Facebook Ads – > click “no one.”

Hopefully my coworkers will take the necessary precaution so that their pics won’t end up in any more unflattering Facebook ads. :P

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Comments

  1. Markus says:

    Hahahahahaha. Awesome ads. Love the llama hair one

  2. Tony Spencer says:

    Hahhahah! Best post of the week. Hilarious

  3. That is more than naughty Of Facebook – and you. I like it!!

  4. purposeinc says:

    I had ordered the llama hair wig two weeks earlier, but had lost it at the roulette table.
    dk

  5. Seriously sketchy behavior on the part of Facebook.

    As far as your ads, well done. Very fun!

  6. David Mihm says:

    Fantastic use of the word hirsute. I am blown away.

  7. Daniel Rios says:

    Catchy ads! They are like an ad which I spotted the other day about shoes: A sexy woman wearing a bikini, and a text description: "Where shoes are not seen".

  8. That llama hair sure does work….

  9. Paul says:

    The llama hair is quite funny! The jokes on you.

  10. rick says:

    well when Facebook announced that it will use the members information anytime without prior information… it striked me at that time… however its awkward to see your profile pics…. in the advertisement without your permission is surely not a good thing to see.

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