First, a facebook confession: I am, or at least was, a facebook page squatter (see A VC's post about the subject). Curious about facebook's new (but poorly executed) offering, I decided to experiment and squat on numerous facebook pages that were close to my heart.
A little viral growth later (and with the help of some press), my Starbucks page (my then pride and joy) had amassed several hundred Facebook "fans". But before my pages reached compelling scale, I received warning after warning (three warnings, all told) and was stripped of my Starbucks, Amazon and eBay pages. I then quickly closed down my Coca-Cola, Stoli, Diet Dr. Pepper, Dell, JetBlue, Ikea and a bunch of other pages for fear of losing my Facebook profile.
Unfortunately, today, a close friend of mine who was also experimenting suffered exactly that fate.
Now, I really don't want to lose my facebook profile, but I'm left with one page: The Economist. With 1,761 fans, I'm adding about 60 per day. If you're curious, here's what my Insights page looks like:So now, do I close it down? Strangely, Facebook just wipes these pages out of existence, leaving the fans in a lurch. Wish there was a way to transfer the ownership, but no one from the Economist has posted on the discussion board...
[Okay - last facebook post for a while. Promise!]
Monday, February 4, 2008
Facebook: Please don't ban me!
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