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Facebook starts displaying ads in the News Feed

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What is the difference between this new feature and the site you've liked making a wall post? You still see it either way. I'm confused.

If it's anything like Twitter, it will appear in your stream out-of-sync with when it was posted, so it's guaranteed to appear near the top of your stream whether you're viewing it days after.

Ahhh, yes, I can see how that might work...

Why in gods name would I want to pay to market to people who like my fb page? Those guys are super fans already, and I almost certainly have their email address. As much as I appreciate fbs intentions in making advertising unobtrusive, this holds no interest for me as a marketer. I want people who have not bought my app to see my ads; that's how I get paid.

Seriously? You can't think of the possibilities for a business to utilize this?

Think about a company you would "Like". Imagine they offer a new product or have a sale. This ad would appear, and their already-fans would flock to it.

Because they are the people most likely to buy additional products from you?

I mean, you are a fan of Nikon, perhaps you want a nice new lens to go with that?

A fan of B&J? You should come in a little bit more often.

Because you will reach their friends too? This is what I take from the article.

Well I think we all saw this coming... but at least the ads be relevant and targeted. Facebook has no shortage of data to work with :)

OH: "I, for one, welcome ads in the news feed. At least the ads will be more interesting than my friends' status updates."

Fortunately Adblock should remove them.

It is funny, but I actually use it to block things that technically isn't ads almost as much as I block ads -- stackoverflows 'notification' bar, bitbuckets 'you have not validated your email', G+ stupid 'interesting stories that you properly care more about than your friends', etc.

So I can see ads because my friends have "Liked" stuff? I can see my number of friends shrinking rapidly.

Wonder how soon FB-specific ad blockers will be available as extensions for the major browsers?

I'm guessing AdBlock will take care of it. It already does for other Facebook ads.

This needed to happen so they could monetize all their app / mobile website usage.

"First, you must have already Liked Ben & Jerry’s Facebook Page, or one of your friends must have interacted with Ben & Jerry’s Page."

So if I remember all friend who "like" things, I won't be served ads? I am okay with this.

> or one of your friends must have interacted with

This is where I stop clicking "like" on anything (I already block facebook's scripts outside of facebook itself, so don't see their "like" buttons on external sites).

I'm not giving fb's advertisers permission to plonk adverts where my contacts will see them - if I think something is worth mentioning to my contacts I'll mention it myself. If someone places an advert on my news stream because I interacted with their page, then fair enough (I can just hit unlike should I choose to terminate that "relationship"). If fb want to advertise something to my contacts "just because" then they probably have the right to do so (no doubt this is covered in the Ts & Cs we agree to by creating an account and logging in), but I don't want to be a source of (an excuse for) advertising opportunities and won't be used as one.

Did I say "remember"? I meant "remove". My fingers just do their own thing sometimes.

Did facebook just become like an ad-supported forum with google ads in the thread?

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