This is VERY IMPORTANT info… please share ASAP!
Here is the deal.
1. Facebook is a business Yes, it is free to you, me and the rest of the world… but in several parts of the US, there are large buildings holding 1000′s of computers, eating up megawatts of power (to run the computers AND the AC to keep them cool)… plus there are hard drives to replace, technicians to keep track of everything, software developers, etc… so it costs $$$ to run.
2. Facebook earns $$ by selling advertising All those ads you see are what supports Facebook. Recently, Facebook went public, selling stock to raise $$. Their stock price has dropped dramatically in recent days, (More on that later).
3. Accurate Facebook Data = more Ad Revenue Advertising is expensive. And businesses want to make sure their ads are seen by the right people. Just think about this… if you sold Quilting supplies, and paid $200 to have an ad put in the back of Quilter’s Digest (a magazine all your potential customers read), how would you feel if your ad mistakenly ended up in the back of Popular Science or a Sport Fishing magazine? People reading those magazines are NOT your customers and thus, your Ad dollars are wasted and you probably wouldn’t spend any more $$ with that Advertising firm. Facebook is the same way, people buy ads and “target” those ads to certain people with certain interests, based on data Facebook has collected.
4. Facebook stock has dropped Why? Many people feel that the data Facebook has given it’s advertisers are inflated, wrong, or just inaccurate. Facebook needs to change this to increase their advertising revenue.
5. Why should I care and what does this have to do with Animal Rescue? Facebook has rules, and many, MANY animal rescue groups have broken these rules. There are 3 ways to be on Facebook… The first is a group. The second is to setup a personal/friend account. The third is to setup a page. Read On…
A person can setup a Facebook PAGE for just about anything that is legal and not profane or pornographic. In other words… you can have a PAGE for “World Peace”… you can set up a PAGE for your Goldfish named Fred… you can setup a PAGE for XYZ Animal Rescue. You know if you have a PAGE by the simple fact that people can visit a PAGE, and simply click on “like”… in other words, a PAGE is something a fan can simply visit and “LIKE”.
PAGES are for groups, pets, organizations, ideas, places, etc… even public figures… you can basically setup a PAGE for anything. No problem there.
Personal/Friend accounts are for PEOPLE only… if you have a facebook page, where someone has to visit your page and submit a “friend request”… you have a Personal/Friend account.
This is perfectly fine, if this account is for YOU. If the name on that account is Mary Smith, Joe Wallace, Sara Parker, etc… you are fine.
However…. many, MANY people have signed up with Facebook Personal/Friend accounts… but are using them for their Rescue Groups… or their PETS… or as a Crossposting account… etc… and these are ALL against Facebook Rules and these accounts are going to be closed down soon!
If you have an account that says “XYZ Rescue” and people have to “friend request you”… your account violates Facebook’s term’s of service. If you have setup an account for “urgent pets of Caroline County” and people have to “friend request you” (instead of simply “like” the page), that page is in violation of Facebook’s terms.
If you have a secondary account that is “Sue’s Crossposting Page” and people have to “friend” you… that is in violation of Facebook’s terms… and if you setup an account for your Chawheenie named “Mr. Whiskers”, and he has people who “friend” his account, that too is in violation of Facebook terms.
Soon… Facebook will be closing accounts that are in violation of their terms!… and MAY not even give your group any notice?
Don’t think Facebook will do this? Just ask the folks at Eagle’s Den Rescue They had their “friend account” closed down in December of 2010… and had to rebuild their Facebook following all over again.
Does your group have a “friend” account? How many “friends” would be lost if your page was shut down tomorrow?
Understand, when Facebook shuts down an account, you no longer have access to those “friends” or any of the photos or info associated with that page!
WHY AM I SO URGENTLY SHARING THIS INFO?
Simple… I know this is STILL happening!
I have 100′s of groups signed up with my online t-shirt fundraising program. I keep their name, their t-shirt page link, and the link to their Facebook page in a database. I also have a little box that I check that says “Group, Page, or Friend” depending upon which type of account they have setup in their Rescue’s name.
I STILL have many, many, MANY groups that ONLY have a “friend account”. These groups are ALL at risk for having their accounts closed and losing ALL their contact with their supporters.
WHY WOULD FACEBOOK DO THIS?
Simple… when you violate Facebook policy, you are “messing” with Facebook data. “Friend” accounts were NOT design for groups, or for pets, or for “causes”. If an advertiser is PAYING for advertising, and trusting that when Facebook says their ad is going to be displayed to Males, who live in Arkansas, and like Steak… that is what happens. Advertisers do NOT want Facebook to waste their Ad money by displaying their ad to a male Dog, in Arkansas, named Mr. Whiskers, who also likes Steak… and whose owner setup a bogus Facebook account for them and is using it online.
Bottom Line… if YOU have a “personal/friend” account that is not set up as “just a person… i.e. ONE human being with accurate information”… it may go away very quickly.
You really need to setup a PAGE for your Rescue, Shelter, Crossposting, Activism, or “Showing off Mr. Whiskers”.
Do it quickly… so you can still contact all your Friends and tell them you have a new PAGE.
We have more info regarding this, in our Facebook Marketing Tips.
If you want to verify that the info we are sharing is correct, it is also online here:
What you are doing it TOO IMPORTANT to have it stopped due to a Facebook Rule Violation.
If your group is still using a “Friend” account, have them start up a PAGE ASAP!
If you know of a group that still uses a “Friend” account, please share this info with them!
Info on how to CONVERT your “friend” account to a PAGE is here:
http://www.thesocialanimal.com/social-media/convert-facebook-profile-facebook-page
Are pages free to the groups?
Yes… pages are free.
isn’t it better to make a group than a page–if you do a page for your group–you have to hunt for all the posts
Nope… with a group, you have to “go there” to see the posts or have your email notifications enabled… with a PAGE, your fans will see your posts in their newsfeed… they don’t have to “do” anything.
I don’t think this is fair. It isn’t like they are making any money off the page, they are trying to save lives. The lives of animals. If you lost an animal wouldn’t you want a place to go to to post it that had a better chance of getting it posted and crossposted far and wide? No harm is being done and it will just make people dislike Facebook even more than they do now with all the changes. Please don’t close these pages.
All you need to do is reopen one but under a different “format” as required by FB policies. When you opened your page, it stipulated what sort of page you were required to have. Under pages come nonprofits, causes, community based. How you change? Directions are listed in the article above.
That’s the problem. They aren’t “pages”…they are set up as “people.” If they had been set up properly in the first place there would be no problem. It’s better just to do it properly now before there is an issue.
unfair doggs need to be heard
Check on snopes.com and this appears to be legitimate information.
So, how does one go about changing a page that is already already set up to be in compliance? I have two pages that were set up where people have to ask to “friend”, but I would like them to be where they can simply “like” my pages. How do I change this??
Instructiions are above in article.
There is no such thing as a page that has friends. A personal profile has friends…a page has likes. Period.
Question: If I share posts about dogs who need rescue that I receive from Friends or Pages, is that OK? Or will I lost my Facebook page? It is a personal page (I think, although I once had a page for my Chaplaincy work and checked the box to use it as my main ID on Facebook. Can someone please answer this ASAP?.
Facebook doesn’t care what you post… they just want your “frirnd” account to be in your name. If your Facebook account is under the name “Deanna Christian” you are fine.
yes but they are blocking you if you post too fast–now and not just animal rescue posts
But, something you have to consider, and that was not mentioned in the article, is that it is 100% completely against the Terms of Service to “friend” anyone that you do not know already in real life. You cannot meet someone and friend them because another friend knows them, etc. There is no restriction like this on pages.
How dare they????????????
They dare because it is their service, and their rules. It makes perfect sense, and the profiles being shut down are breaking the rules. There’s no need to be in a huff.
If you have a page but you also post about things related to the page on your personal profile is that against their rules too? I noticed the crossposting statement in what you wrote. I don’t have an animal rescue but I have a magazine that features many animal rescue articles and I make people on my profile aware of new articles that go up via my personal profile–but it is my personal profile in my own name and I post personal stuff too.
That’s fine. I have a profile and a page for my dog Buddy. A lot of things that I share on his page, I also share on mine.
as long as their stock keeps going down the toilet because of…in my opinon, they just dont give a damn what the user wants, they will do what ever they need to get zuckerberrrgers head above the 15 billion dollar mark…Time line is not what I wanted yet JAMMED down my virtual throat…hope markies sister finds a way to get goooooogle to be able to compete with fb…then maybe they will listen to the people again…i doubt it…but one can dream..and yes I know that it is a business and needs to make money…yet the changes they have made have cost them cash and customers…not gained them…perhaps advertisers need to look at new ways to try and sell products…this one dont seem to be working
I have a cat rescue under a page,it is free¬ a problem.My personal acctt(which stays that way) is under Katos Ohoyo(choctaw for cat woman,my nickname of course).Is that ok? Also,my collie is the photo on acct.
Could be a problem. According to facebook… you are supposed to have “one” friend account, in your own name. So they are expecting you to have a personal FB account under the name “Linda Aulthouse”
Even if that’s the only name on there? Have been careful.I deal with rescue so much,wanted personal very personal,lol!
Linda be careful.. I’ve done cat rescue for almost 30 years and any adopters MUST BE verified that they are adopting the cat to be part of their family forever. A lot of dog fighting rings are using cats as BAIT to rile up the dogs and get them all hyped up to fight. Use extreme caution when giving cats away for free. God bless you for what you do.
There is a adoption donation of course.I meant
the page is free to use& uncomplicated period.
FB is becoming more and more controlling of our lives telling us what we can and can’t do and infact they keep changing everything about our facebook pages without our permission, and oh lets not forget that if it wasn’t for all of us being on and using facebook they wouldn’t be making any damn money at all in other words FB is saying just send all the shelter and
rescue dogs to the gas chamber right.Because without Shelters and Rescues posting their lost and found dogs we would not be able to save or find the owners of these poor babies so I think we need to go to the papers radio stations set up some petitions and let face book know just how important this issue really is to all of us animal lovers hell lets get everyone to shut down there facebook and see how much money they lose then.SHAME ON YOU FACEBOOK HOW DO YOU LOOK IN THE MIRRIOR
But the rescue groups can continue, they aren’t being closed down, they just have to be using the correct format! They aren’t individual people, so they need to set up the proper page and everyone can like them and receive their posts just as always!!
Are you nuts? You are using Facebook’s program of your own free will. They are not controlling your lives. You don’t like it, leave.
That is not what Facebook is saying. Facebook is giving you a format to do what you are already doing. If it wasn’t for Facebook, you wouldn’t have the place to do your advocacy for the animals that you do. They are not asking you to stop doing what you’re doing, they are just asking you to follow the correct format in doing it. Don’t forget, they OWN the pages on which you write. I have a group for animals and I advocate for eliminating gas chambers and I am a member of the NO KILL ADVOCACY. I support NO KILL COALITION, NO KILL NATION and all the other NO KILL groups out there. Done properly, there is NO PROBLEM!! They are not against shelters and rescues posing, they simply want your account in the right place. There are right ways and wrong ways to do things. Simply do it he right way and you won’t have a problem. Calm down and do it the right way. THINK!!!
I agree with Your Carrie L Willnow, FB is getting way too controlling turning off Our notifications ect. now this FB needs to mind their business & stay out of OURS! IF WE DON’T SHARE THESE THINGS FOR ANIMAL RESCUE WHO WILL!
wonder where my post went ? someone must not have liked what I had to say about FB hum
We must stop them.This is redulules.We must try,and save as many as we can.Why Why would fbook.Do this?Its horrible Do they not care,about poor defencless animals.That have no voice?And no way,to help themselves.How cruel.
Really?
Do the police in your town not care about animals, just because they ask you to obey the speed limit when going out to rescue pets?
Does the health department not care about animals, simply because they require shelters to abide by certain sanitation and zoning laws?
Facebook has a simple rule… certain accounts are for PEOPLE… and PAGES are for everything else… (causes, events, places, etc…). Facebook, asking groups to follow the rules, is not anti-animals.
Then why do animal activists on FB have their personal pages taken down temporarily when they cross post ‘too many’ dogs or cats in shelters needing saved? Why does FB stop animal advocates from sending out more friend requests even if they have far fewer than 5,000 friends? Along the same lines is politics. It seems as though conservatives, never liberals, constantly get put into ‘Facebook jail’ when they post too many political things. It doesn’t seem to me we’re allowed to post whatever we want as long as it’s not vulgar; it seems as though if FB administrators don’t like our posts, they ‘punish’ us. Watch my page be taken down now!!
How about human rescues? I.e. Lost/missing/dead people……those pages also going to be shut down? Fair is fair!
I think really it is us the people that is who makes up facebook and makes them billions of dollars I think it’s high time we the people shut it down even if for one day do you have any idea how much money they would loose I bet they would listen to us then
This isn’t elementary school…life isn’t “fair”. It’s their business…just do it correctly and it won’t be a problem. That’s the whole thing wrong with the world today in a nutshell EVERYBODY thinks they are “special”
Guess who doesn’t have any pets your loss it should be up to us what is and isn’t posted on our FB pages it should not be up to FB what should be posted.But thanks for your response
Wow people – they aren’t saying your pet or the rescues can’t be on Facebook, you just have to make them a page instead of a “person” account. And as for FB “controlling our lives” last I looked, as long as it isn’t illegal, businesses can run their business the way they want. When you start paying for Facebook maybe you should have more of a say, until then, enjoy this FREE service.
Well it does make sense on some level. However we all know that Mr. Wiskers the dog is not actually the one typing and posting updates on Facebook. There is in fact a person living in Arkansas that setup the “bogus” account who must buy steak otherwise how would Mr. Whiskers know he likes steak. Facebook is splitting hairs in this case animal hairs in effort to improve their advertising credibility and their bottom line.
So I guess FB is not really the evil overseer of our lives after all since they allow Mr. Whiskers site to continue. In fact, they encourage you to have pet pages in dog book for example: https://apps.facebook.com/dogbook/profile/view/6157126. If you don’t like Facebook policies, don’t use it. Try posting for free in the Yellow Pages or your local newspaper and see how far you get. Geez people, Facebook is not an entitlement. FB owes you nothing. The least you can do for your animals is make an effort to comply with the rules they set up for you to use their free service.
I had my account shut down about a year ago for crossposting animal rescue information. A LOT of animals were saved, as I was part of a larger “network” that covered almost all 50 states. I was on probation for quite a while. I have a new account now, but try to keep the account small and limit crossposting on my own wall, selecting the friends I know in rescue to send it to. It is so limiting. I waited over 8 months before setting up the new account–we’ll see how long I get to keep it……
Claudia, I just wrote the same thing up in this thread about animal rescuers being put in ‘Facebook jail.’
They will gain a bad reputation..I don’t thing is a good decision…It is against Humanity it is against a good cause….Hope they will think over it…..
The only thing I hate about pages is that you can’t comment on other threads under them….only personal account ones.
Pages can post and comment on other “pages”. Pages cannot comment on “friends”.
This is exactly what happened recently to a cat rescue group I belong to (Kitty Devore Rescue Network). It happened without warning, and we lost ALL the photos and threads that were tied to shelter case #s, documents, everything. Fortunately most of the documents were backed up, but it’s been a nightmare trying to figure out which cat was pulled by who and when, which is important because the shelter requires proof of spay/neuter faxed to them within a certain period of time. Back up all your stuff now get in compliance! FB is being seriously mean about this!
I think FB can at least warn people that their page is going to be taken down and give them time to back everything up. I had an account for my dog and friends loved his page–it was all to do with his food antics–and it was taken down without warning. At least my dog’s page was all in fun whereas your page, Niko, was very important.
What about EVENT page? What if you are trying to do a rescue to raise funds on there vs a “page”?
You can set up an event as a page owner.
I think people go berserk and blame facebook a lot without much reason. Yeah, facebook is not perfect but people in general fail to understand how huge facebook has become.
If there are no rules it will become a huge mess.
It’s no big deal to set up a page for a rescue. Pages work even better with all the features available to them than a profile.
I have a business page where I sell crocheted items. I post the pics of what I make on my profile but no prices. All the details go into my page such as price, shipping, policies, so forth.
Now my question is, I didn’t use my real last name to set up my profile. Two reasons: one people will connect me (profile) with my business (page) easier; sec reason is, there are ppl from my past that I really don’t wanna finding me (relatives mostly)…..
Will that be a problem????
thanks for the article
Why doesn’t someone set up a social media network JUST for animal rescue and networking?
Because that would be “Preaching to the Choir”…
The whole reason to use facebook is to reach people who are NOT involved in animal rescue. There are millions of people on facebook, many who may be thinking about getting their “first” pet… and have no idea there are rescues out there with animals for adoption.
If we segregate ourselves to our own network… we will only give exposure to these pets to “ourselves”.
Simply follow facebook’s rules and use the world’s largest social network site to further our causes. Don’t try to reinvent the wheel!
That’s a great idea
There are such networks, like Care2: the more you’ll get involved the more you’ll be introduced to links and post that will lead to this. Sure this is also not only for animals, but for anything that can concern you (people matter). Its not supposed to be for you own selling page, a freedom that FB did offer.
I read useless stuff on FB like ” got up today”. And FB wants to cancel rescue groups!!??
Networkers seem to fail to understand that having a Page will save MORE lives. People simply do no understand the difference between a Page and a Profile on facebook as displayed in this thread.
Facebook provides a very helpful tool called the Help link with many, many answers available. It’s found in the same location that a facebook users go to to Log Out.
THANK YOU La Croix for attempting to give a heads up to those who need to hear it. Hopefully your efforts will not go wasted and lives will be saved which is your whole purpose in existing.
Animal Rescue example page: https://www.facebook.com/FOJAjax?ref=ts
Black Cat Appreciation Page and Death Row Cats both SAVE LIVES. I share everything They post. I also share Rescued is My Favorite Breed’s ,California Siamese Rescue’s and any other Shelter’s pages.in the hopes that some will be Adopted and given FOREVER Homes/
What a great post, thanks for making it!
I like and appreciate that you guys are helping people understand this… Most folks don’t understand. And it’s not against dogs. There are people selling friends and likes for $100′s of dollars — people can get 1000′s of likes on their page. So FB is trying to cut back on that also, bc those are all fake accounts, that then inflate numbers of fans that aren’t real people. My main concern personally, and I only have one personal acct w my real name, is that your non-rescue friends can get really upset constantly looking at desperate dogs in need. It is hard to handle… So it’s technically easier to have two accts for those purposes, but I can see where FB is coming from. Maybe they can make a special account for folks like rescuers…
kristie, you dont need a separate account just a separate page, click on ‘create a page’ in the upper right corner and name it your “urgents at ______”, then you can post and share posts from other pages and people can like your page and share your urgent posts without involving the friends and threads on your personal profile…
Hi this is what I did for the rescue posts and also my animal petitions, started two pages and every few days I just post (or rather re-share an old one) with the links in to both and also an animal group I’m in. — This is the post I also use occasionally on friends personal profiles and also in groups for a game I play on FB. — Gets the message out without upsetting anyone, myself included.
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Thank you so much for this information. While I have a personal page, many of my FB friends have the mentioned pages that need to convert.
You can convert a Facebook personal account to a Facebook “page” to be in accordance with the rules, and although you will lose your past posts, you won’t lose your fans and followers, which is the most important thing. Details are here: http://www.facebook.com/help/175644189234902/
I am lost here. I have a personal account. not a rescue .. but I see that dogs or cats need rescued or is lost and I share them. Are you saying I need a seperate account or page to share information that has been posted about an animal in need,
The problem is if the “name” of your account is the name of a rescue group, or not your real name, then they might close you down. If it is in your own name, you can post the rescue animals. If the page is just for rescue only, and in the name of a rescue group, then you must convert it over to a “Page” using the link above. – Jeff
It’s very simple… if you have an account where someone must “friend” you… it must be in YOUR name… not the name of a group, name of a dog, etc… So… Cathy Smith is fine for a friend account… cross posting Cathy is not… nor is XZY Rescue… these must be setup as pages. In other words, friend accounts are just for “people”.
This fits perfectly for a move to G+ communities , you can do exactly what Facebook does not want you to do ! + more
Facebook policies frankly getting old!
There are also other Social networks.
Uh I think you need to re-read Facebook ToS, community guidelines and Page Guidelines. Animal Rescue pages are not in violation of Facebook’s ToS, in fact they encourage pages like those. And as far as snopes.com is concern they are not a legitimate resource for proving things wrong.
However what is violating the ToS on Facebook is the hate pages. Yet you are correct about one thing here, personal account must be about you, yourself.
Clear things up a bit, You can use your personal account to share Cross Posts, that is not a Violation, People do it all the time with George Takei’s posts and pictures.
As long as nothing is illegal or against their ToS it’s fine.
https://www.facebook.com/page_guidelines.php
https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards
https://www.facebook.com/ad_guidelines.php
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
It is all about PAGES versus FRIEND ACCOUNTS… Friend accounts are for actual PEOPLE… pages are for everything else. If you set up an account for your group, and you have to spread your group’s name across a “last name, first name” box and enter a date of birth… you are setting that page up in violation of Facebooks TOS.
personal account with your information with your real name is what I meant as a friend account… Yet people have been getting blocked even on “Pages” because of the new Spam Filter. well, not really blocked, more like their posts are getting blocked because Facebutt’s spam filter can’t tell the difference.
What a bummer. Mark hasn’t made enough money? What a piece of shit. So pretty much Facebook sells my information to ad company’s to target specific things according to my profile. Heaven for bid people are out helping defenseless animals. Hey mark go fuck yourself. I hope your private plane crashes and burns. Scumbag
This is against animals animal lovers and humanity….Does not make a good reputation for Facebook………
So if its PamSavingLives.. the name of my FB page, do I need change the name or set up a new Page?
As long as it is a PAGE and not a “friend account”, you can name it anything you want.
If you put your real name in the first name/last name, you can leave it as-is. If the page is just for rescue information, then convert it to a page. I think there is a link further up in these comments explaining how to do that. Then instead of having “friends” you will have “likes” that act in almost the same fashion.
I contemplate the reason why you labeled this article, “Facebook may CLOSE
DOWN your Animal Rescue account! | rescuedismyfavoritebreed”.
In either case I personally enjoyed the blog!Thanks,Willie
Yes we have a page. What isn’t addressed in this article is the fact that every page has to have an admin. What happens when the admin account is set up like we are – our “friend” account WarmFuzzy’s Rescue Sanctuary is the admin for our page which is WarmFuzzy’s Rescue & Sanctuary which is here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/WarmFuzzys-Rescue-Sanctuary/204183957447
Maybe this was covered above but I want to bring up something anyways. I have a FB account I started with my personal name for contact with friends. I then added/created a page to network with other crossposters and rescues. I believe this is what you are saying FB wants us to do?
If so, may I bring up a complication I’ve run into with the rescue page. I am not able to initiate a PM or like others unless they do this first. SO, if all animal rescue groups shift to this type of page we will no longer be able to PM each other. Have you found a solution for this?
Thx
Not sure I understand.
A “person” can contact a Page… if the page has that setup.
A “page” cannot contact a person… however, facebook makes it easy to switch from you using facebook as a “page” and you using facebook as a “person”… so communicating has not been an issue. Just need to know who and when you can communicate as a Page… and when you need to communicate as “a person”.
It’s very simple… if you, contacted my page, I would respond as “RESCUED”… If I saw you post something on my page, and I wanted to contact you, I would do so as “myself” and you would receive a message from “Brett”.
Easy!
My father was in advertising as he was the art production manager for 30+ years @ Seventeen Magazine, till he passed in ’88. He also did side work for TV Guide, at the time they were owned by the same co. I grew up around advertising. This all makes perfect sense, and what’s even better is it is at no cost to the “organization” to set up a “page”. The advertising expense goes to the company who hopes you’ll see their ad and buy something. For these organizations that save animals, I don’t see what the problem is. If some company like Friskies, Purina, IAM’s .. is having a sale … well glory be, someone may like to know that. If there is an online company that sells food cheaper, I’d like to know that .. etc. as “Brett” stated above, if a cat is “rescued”, w/a specific organization and I made a pledge for that cat .. I can find out easily rather than wonder if a cat has been rescued and I have to honor my pledge.
There was a recent posting on NY’s ACC under a specific cat where they said people are not honoring their pledges, they also said that it is up to the person who made the pledge to find out if the cat was rescued or not. I wonder if they know how difficult it is (at least for me) to find out if the “organization” who rescued “that” cat only posts on “their ‘friend’ page” that the cat has been rescued. The only organization who’s postings goes on my “home” page that says “safe” is “Feral Paws” in California. If I posted that I was pledging for that animal .. I can honor my pledge.
(does that sound confusing??)
The other way, I need to make a list of which cat I made a pledge for so I can go back and search to see if the animal was rescued … that’s a lot of work!!
I understand the rules and using pages or personal accounts for the appropriate thing. I do not have a pet rescue page , but do cross post for them in hope of saving an animals life. I have had quite a few of them say that they were being blocked from FB because of posting “too fast” from what they understand. These are all groups or pages, The one and only one who is a friend, has not had any issues. Any insights into that….why is posting fast a FB crime? Thanks
It is very simple… Facebook is used upon millions, upon millions of people.
Facebook cannot “police” facebook by looking at content… there are just way too many posts.
So… to keep people from spamming other pages. (and yes… you can create software that will post on other pages)… facebook has built in software that looks at what “normal” posting looks like… my a majority of users… who primarily share photos, write comments occasionally on other people’s walls… etc… and compares it to every user.
If someone is posting post, after post, after post, after post on other people’s walls… facebook has no idea whether you are trying to sell Viagra… or posting pets in need.
Facebook is a free service… supported by ads… and there is no way that “real people” can look at every post and decide if it is spam.
PLUS… what some people don’t realize is that often, page owners will mark “urgent pet posts” as “spam” on their wall… and thus, facebook sees this too!
By doing this,they will make a bad reputation for themselves……
Thank you for a lucid and well written explanation of this subject. Do you know if there is a way to request an audit of some sort from FB? I am a member of Justice Rescue, a proactive animal welfare organization that rescues abused and mistreated animals directly from the hands of abusers. While we do have an official “Justice Rescue” page, the members also have a personal profile. We do not use our real names because of the multiple death threats we have received from people who are on the other end of what we do. I want to keep my Crash Justice Rescue personal page as such, but not if it means it may be deleted without warning. I could convert it to a “public figure” page, but that seems a little pretentious as I don’t see myself as a public figure, plus, I would loose my level 35 status in Farmville
Fb not free you pay for web access they get some cash from this! This is my 2nd personal a/c in my name alan allen was 1st version I cud not reopen this a/c or reuse the same name hence alan x2. I am NOT alan allen 666fb ! I was cancelled the 1st time for ??? (hacked or lack of use)? I’ve been barred twice so far on new a/c both times for having too many rescue/rights within my contacts! Also PAGES can swamp your personal space I’ve had to unlike a few big (human) charitys and I even had to BLOCK one! ZbYUK
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user of internet thus from now I am using net for articles, thanks to
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