Cloaking FB Pixel: Quick Tips for BH Ads?

Using both Pixel and CAPI together usually gives the best tracking accuracy; cloaking the Pixel on the thank you page is often the safest approach.
 
Hi all, I'm diving into BH advertising on FB, using Voluum and GTM for tracking and a cloaker.
I have two questions about cloaking the FB Pixel:
  1. Is it mandatory to use the FB Pixel, or can I rely solely on the CAPI API?
  2. What's the best method to cloak the pixel—cropping the pixel, proxying it, setting it on a thank you page?or something else?
Any insights or tips would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Not required.
You can just use Facebook CAPI (server-side) – more secure, less detectable.
 
Facebook Pixel is easier to implement compared to CAPI. Pixel allows for quick deployment and faster testing
 
Bro, sometimes Pixel will be limited to linked accounts, CAPI seems to save text better
 
No need to use Pixel, just CAPI and filter events from clean traffic is the safest and most effective way of cloaking.
 
Thanks to everyone who responded — this thread received a lot of valuable input.
 
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No, such a ratio is not normal.

If you share your settings on cloaking.house, I can probably help. Without it, it's almost impossible to understand what could be the issue.
Here you go, I do not think there is anything special here.
 

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fb pixel not mandatory if u run capi right but pixel still helps train algo faster. for cloaking best is fire pixel only on safe page or delay it till after click validation. proxy setup works too but adds weight. whatever u do don’t fire it on money page direct or u toast ur bm fastt.
 
Here you go, I do not think there is anything special here.
'Block transitions from IPv6'. That's gonna block A LOT of traffic as many people are now using IPv6 (unknowingly).

If your FB ads are not 'Desktop' only, then choosing only Desktop in the cloaker is filtering out all mobile traffic(which would be 80-90%).
 
'Block transitions from IPv6'. That's gonna block A LOT of traffic as many people are now using IPv6 (unknowingly).

If your FB ads are not 'Desktop' only, then choosing only Desktop in the cloaker is filtering out all mobile traffic(which would be 80-90%).
Right now, I’m running Desktop only, mainly because I afraid mobile traffic tends to trigger bans faster, especially since it runs through Facebook’s in-app browser.

Regarding the IPv6 block, I could remove that – though to be honest, it’s only filtering a small part of my total traffic.

But I’m starting to wonder if this spike in bad traffic might be linked to something deeper – like my Ad Account (AM) or Business Manager (BM) being flagged by Facebook. If that's the case, maybe that's why I’m getting hit with so much bot or low-quality traffic from FB.
 
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