As usual, this change is a very gradual rollout, so most of you probably haven’t even seen the ads yet. Only a few people are privy to the new layout, and we’ll warn you: it isn’t pretty. The above image shows what the feed will probably look like, provided Facebook doesn’t make any changes before the end of the rollout. They seem to range from the large, but normal (Dominos Pizza) to the truly obnoxious (Punch Bin Laden!), so for most this will not be a welcome change.
If you have Adblock Plus for Chrome or Firefox, however, you’ll be able to block the ads with the default lists. They won’t disappear completely; you’ll instead see a few empty gaps in your news feed. It isn’t perfect, but at least we can keep Facebook from looking like MySpace for a little bit longer.
Ben
Friday, September 9, 2011 at 10:32 AMI’ve been blocking ads on facebook for a while now. Its safe to say that while I feel the need to support some sites (ie lifehacker.com or dvorak.org), I dont need to support facebook.
Dave Lord
Friday, September 9, 2011 at 11:38 AMFacebook has ads? Seriously? I’ve never seen them!
I’ve been a big fan of Adblock Plus for many years.
Gordon Pedersen
Friday, September 9, 2011 at 11:48 AMThis is the first I’ve heard about it. Sounds like a horrible idea. Hopefully once it gets to me the Better Facebook extension will be able to get rid of them.
Emma
Friday, September 9, 2011 at 7:08 PMNot actually ads:
http://lifehacker.com/5838550/how-to-hide-facebooks-new-in+feed-ads
You guys need to update this post.
effdee
Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 1:13 AMFacebook has ads! I didn’t know…