Do your ads on Facebook ever seem a little off?

Have you ever asked yourself why is there an ad in my newsfeed suggesting a product that I would never buy?  I started getting ads for things I really wasn't interested in without knowing the cause.  You may not know this, but liking certain things on Facebook can cause the ads that display in your news feed to change. 

What would be ideal is an option to turn off ads altogether.  However, Facebook's business is based on providing marketers with detailed information on its users' interests.  Facebook primarily bases this information on what users’ follow. However, if you "like" something on Facebook that's a little out of your normal interests, you may start seeing unwanted ads. 

You do have the ability to alter your ad experience by following several steps.  First, go to Settings > Ads > click "Your Interests." You can delete an interest by hitting delete on the right of each interest. Also, under the "Advertisers you've interacted with" tab, you'll see all the advertisers whose ads you've clicked on and/or provided your information.  Here you'll also have the ability to delete entries from your ad-interaction information. Under the "whose ads you've clicked" sub-tab, you can even choose to stop seeing ads from a particular advertiser altogether. Hope this helps to make your Facebook ad experience more pleasant.