16. A method comprising: receiving a sponsored story request, the sponsored story request identifying a first action and a second action associated with an acting user of a social networking system associated with a client device and stored by the social networking system; generating a sponsored story unit including descriptions of the first action and the second action associated with the acting user for presentation to one or more users of the social networking system connected to the acting user based on the sponsored story request describing the identified story; providing the sponsored story unit to one or more client devices for initial presentation to one or more users of the social networking system connected to the acting user; providing to the client device for the initial presentation to the acting user a notification, the notification including information describing the presented sponsored story unit including the descriptions of the first action and the second action associated with the acting user and including one or more settings for preventing inclusion of the first action associated with the acting user in one or more sponsored story units, wherein the one or more settings at least identify an action prevented from inclusion in the one or more sponsored story units based on the identity of a promoting user that provided the one or more sponsored story units; receiving one or more selected settings included in the notification from the acting user; and storing the one or more selected settings in a user profile associated with the acting user and maintained by the social networking system.
16. A method comprising: receiving a sponsored story request, the sponsored story request identifying a first action and a second action associated with an acting user of a social networking system associated with a client device and stored by the social networking system; generating a sponsored story unit including descriptions of the first action and the second action associated with the acting user for presentation to one or more users of the social networking system connected to the acting user based on the sponsored story request describing the identified story; providing the sponsored story unit to one or more client devices for initial presentation to one or more users of the social networking system connected to the acting user; providing to the client device for the initial presentation to the acting user a notification, the notification including information describing the presented sponsored story unit including the descriptions of the first action and the second action associated with the acting user and including one or more settings for preventing inclusion of the first action associated with the acting user in one or more sponsored story units, wherein the one or more settings at least identify an action prevented from inclusion in the one or more sponsored story units based on the identity of a promoting user that provided the one or more sponsored story units; receiving one or more selected settings included in the notification from the acting user; and storing the one or more selected settings in a user profile associated with the acting user and maintained by the social networking system. 17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising: modifying the sponsored story unit for presentation based on the one or more selected settings.