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05.19.08

Don’t Mess With Facebook And Its Potential Advertisers
Social Media
Facebook deleted my account last Thursday and I assumed they would change their minds very quickly given the circumstances. I assumed wrong. The reason I was kicked off Facebook is both silly and kind of fucked-up. Maybe I’m just “one user,” a "statistic" Facebook could care less about given their current circumstances. But considering what I have done for the site, acting as a true evangelist -- and maybe their best monetization strategist -- the least I deserve is a response. Here's what happened. The day Facebook Pages launched, and to the knowledge of Facebook, I built five pages on behalf ...
05.15.08

Update: I Got Kicked Off Facebook
Brands and Marketing, Social Networking
Just an update for RSS readers becasue many have inquired what happened that resulted in my Facebook Account being deleted. Nick O'Neill has a post at AllFacebook explaining what happened. I have been in contact with both Ralph Lauren and Facebook and hope to be back soon. I will provide an update when/if that happens.
05.15.08

I Got Kicked Off Facebook
My Experiences, Social Networking
This past New Year’s I made Ten Predictions for 2008 on this blog, including a bonus, eleventh prediction… Well that eleventh prediction has come true: I have been kicked off Facebook for what is, in my opinion, a really big mistake/misunderstanding. Of course since I am the one who was kicked off I will leave it to someone else to cover the story (to avoid bias) and I will link to it when that happens Nick O'Neill has covered the reason at AllFacebook.com. Needless to say, I have really not done anything wrong and I am confident my account will reinstated after additional ...
11.26.07

Facebook Pages: The Myth, the Legend, the Lameness
Pop Culture, Social Networking
Still Puzzled… I still have not heard back from Facebook regarding what I allegedly did wrong. However Facebook did indicate that it removed one of my pages! I cannot figure out if this actually happened, but if it did, Facebook is on my shit list. All FB needed to do was politely inform me, take over the disputed Page (brand) and then give the Page to its ‘rightful’ owners. I use 'rightful' loosely. There is nothing indicating authentication is necessary to register a Page, so anyone should be able to do what I have done without consequence. Plus, why erase ...
11.24.07

I offended Facebook
Social Networking
Apparently I have gone and done something bad on Facebook... But what did I do? I have no idea, unless this has something to do with the brand pages I made a couple weeks ago. So I have emailed Facebook's Management (the warning does not even reference the disputed ‘Page’ in question) to figure out if this is a mistake. More to come…
11.13.07

The Facebook Pages Land Grab
Brands and Marketing, Social Networking
Facebook has gone and done something interesting: they are allowing anyone to register a Page on Facebook Pages. Pages are profiles for brands, businesses and celebrities. Could pages be big? It’s free marketing and as Stowe Boyd suggests, Pages could replace corporate blogs. Some companies, such as Union Square Ventures and Facebook itself have set up their own pages. They are the early adopters. However, ANYONE can sign up a Page for brand or company if that name is not already claimed. This is exactly what I have been doing. So far I have registered Harvard University, 24 and the ...

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