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Mashable - The Social Media Guide: Status Plug: Should Facebook Page Admins Sell Their Status Updates?

  • Freddy Gipson · 7 months ago
    This has to be the worst thing to ever happen to Facebook.
  • mashable · 7 months ago
    I posted my thoughts over at our Facebook Page: http://facebook.com/mashable
  • salvationisapopsong · 7 months ago
    Yes. Ads that are embedded in Twitter or FB status updates should be denoted as such. However, I think that if I as a user of a product enjoy that product I will want to share this legitimately with my followers/friends. Having both sounds like the best solution to me.
  • Carrie Kerpen · 7 months ago
    We actually blogged about this yesterday: http://www.buzzmarketingdaily.com/2009/04/statu.... The problem is not just disclosure, though that's a problem too. The problem is that these pages are not owned by the entities. In other words, some kid sets up Denver Colorado, and then sells ads on it. Denver Colorado is not a product or service of the Page Owner, and is therefore in violation of TOS. These pages that Status Plug is selling are totally in violation of Facebook-- it's bad for Facebook in general. You will not only see a mass influx of SPAM, you'll see a mass number of "stupid" pages like "I love my cat", set up by people looking to build huge followings to sell them to the highest bidder. It's not ethical word of mouth, and Facebook will take it down. Remember, public profiles now have a security question-- Are you authorized to set up this page? Groups are designed for "I love my cat" and other such things-- Public Profiles are for brands, celebrities, politicians and other public figures. Status Plug must go.
  • Zack Nielsen · 7 months ago
    as long as the Ads are curated by the Admins (which they are), then I think it will be fine... If they choose to list bad Ads, people will remove them from their feed.
  • cjw · 7 months ago
    Facebook admins shouldn't do that - It'll open up a whole new door. Not necessarily a good one. I actually used facebook primarily for e-mailing. Now I use Outlook, with Outlook Track-It, a plugin I found for followup e-mail reminders. I'd rather not get lost in facebook, this works perfectly.
  • Bertil · 7 months ago
    What's the point in filtering relevant content if you get ads back in?