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gailees
Facebook is testing out ads on timeline...this IPO is affecting them.
polkunus
This has to be some sort of A/B testing. It would be disastrous if they ever rolled out something like that.
gailees
I honestly don't know. I thought it was something messed up at first, but this could be rolling out as we speak.
eggbrain
Why would you link to a picture that not only has your name, it has many of your friends names, and your location?

Also, as per Facebook's FAQ: https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=151337961603332

gailees
Is it against the rules to post a picture with that info?....it's public on my Facebook.
eggbrain
The problem is, you might not mind your name being linked, but your friends might.

Let's say this story blows up, and it's right, this image might get posted to many different websites, and suddenly your friends names are plastered over several websites that they don't want to be on. They might also get random people trying to look up these people and messaging them.

Also, if the story blows up, but it ends up being the case that its an add-on for Chrome that's doing it, or some adware on your computer, their now linked with your mistake.

nbm
Whoever took the screenshot has installed a browser plugin that is inserting those ads, or has some other form of malware doing so. It should be easy to test - just disable them all and they should disappear, and then turn them on one by one until the ads appear.
gailees
I just downloaded paint.net

I'd be really pissed if they added this in somehow.

gailees
After disabling all my chrome extensions, they are still there.
gailees
and it's happening on firefox...going to try out another computer.
nbm
Try another browser, and a malware/virus detector. Whatever is putting those ads in there could be doing a lot worse things.