The ad, first reported on the EndofWeb blog, is yet another Facebook promo for a dating website. The funny part is that the “hot single” featured in the ad is actually the user’s wife, who documented the story on her own blog. It’s worth pointing out that ads that utilize your friends aren’t new on Facebook, but it was only a matter of time until the site’s use of excess ad inventory on cheesy dating ads combined with this practice lead to such a bizarre combination.

As DownloadSquad points out, opting yourself out of appearing in these ads is a mere half dozen clicks away:

“All you have to do to prevent this is sign in to Facebook and click through to (get ready) -> Settings -> Privacy -> News Feed and Wall -> Facebook Ads -> Appearance in Facebook Ads and click “no one.”

http://mashable.com/2009/07/17/facebook-dating-ads-2/