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Have you tried telling Facebook to not show you these ads through the 3 dot menu in the top right? I don't go on Facebook much anymore, just curious

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Ironically, you are helping Facebook when you do this. Their algorithms get tuned by users saying they don't want certain ads.

This is why I stopped doing this on Instagram.

Of course they do. But if you don't want to see a certain type of ad, especially one that brings up painful memories needlessly, why would you care?

> Their algorithms get tuned by users saying they don't want certain ads.

Do they increase or decrease the targeting of ads towards the types of people who say that they don't want to see these ads?

I did this for ALL ads on FB over many months and am now relatively as free. It helps that I only visit FB from a browser that’s isolated from other web browsing.

No, but that's a great idea to try.

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