1. A computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining one or more photo ad templates for a user, each photo ad template of the one or more photo ad templates comprising one or more photo wells; generating a photo advertisement based on one of the one or more photo ad templates such that a filler image of a different one of one or more participants identified for the photo advertisement is inserted into each of the one or more photo wells in the one of the one or more photo ad templates; and using the photo advertisement as a status update for the user.