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Facebook has problems and they are becoming bigger and bigger each day. In the last decade the Internet has become an integral part of life and that life without the internet has become unimaginable. In the last few years we are witness to big influence of social networks, with Facebook as most popular among them, which now became integral part of our lives.
As the most popular social networking site Facebook brings many advantages with it, otherwise it wouldn't be so popular, but on the other hand, there are more and more negative sides of the mentioned site that are becoming obvious. People are becoming addicted to facebook and that starts to affect their work, love life, personality.... Number of groups related to facebook addiction is increasing day by day, which would only mean that number of people who are dependent on the facebook is also increasing. More and more children are creating their profiles every day and there are more children facebook addicts every day.
Some studies suggest that facebook has negative impact on children's concentration and that this directly reflects on their grades. There are more and more children who spend too much time at the computer but only at the aforementioned network. We are also familiar with the situations of false facebook profiles which can hide pedophiles and other law violators which your kid is not protected from. All the above is the reason why parents ask themselves often of whether to ban or restrict access to Facebook for their children or not.
However, there is a problem in the fact that it could cause a revolt in children. The situation when they cannot access facebook and thus their online friends may cause dissatisfaction among children. Many parents insist on being online friends with their children and monitor their activities that way but this can seem as violation of child privacy.
As a solution which some parents are already using is somewhere in between, where facebook is not blocked completely but only limited to specific times during the week. This will give freedom to children to access facebook but will control the time how much they spend on it. The answer to that big question can be found here: How to block facebook
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Your Facebook Business Account Might be Banned
Author: Jerry Nihen
Facebook just released a new feature that helps with privacy and spam, but also could get you in trouble if you're using a personal profile to market your business. I'm very excited about this new feature, and you'll find out why in a second.
On the big FB, I always recommend against using personal profiles for business reasons. mainly, because it is against their terms and conditions. Secondly, Facebook pages offer a lot more viral options and useful connect-ability for a business. People argued against me, and didn't like the fact that one couldn't directly go out and add people to your list.
I never paid much attention to this (as I saw what REALLY happened with this kind of feature when I was using MySpace for marketing). I figured people who were dead-set against using content to attract people would learn the hard way how social networking really worked.
However, it looks like Facebook is going to teach that lesson much quicker. The company has added a new feature to the Friend Request popping up a statement that says, "If you send a friend request to a stranger, it will be considered spam, and your friend request will be blocked temporarily."
The person you sent the request to then has the option to approve or deny you. If the person you send a friend request to denies you, then you will be placed on a temporary block of friend requests. If you get a certain amount of these, you will be banned on Facebook (which includes your email address).
So, not to say I told you so, but if you're using a personal profile to promote your business it's really time to get on a Fan Page. Pages offer so much more opportunity than Profiles and you don't want to run the risk of your business getting banned from the website all together.
Think about it. If you send so much as one friend request from a personal profile (that you're using for business) to someone, who then denies you and marks you as "spam," your account will be flagged, reviewed, and probably banned for violation of terms of service (using a personal profile for business). Do you want your business to be banned on Facebook?
I'm really glad that Facebook is stepping up to the plate and taking these privacy issues very seriously. If you used MySpace at all for internet marketing, you already know how bad it can get.
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About the Author
Interested in learning the TRUTH about social networking for business? Take a look at http://jayninelessons.com/12-page-report/ for your FREE 12 page report that can save you THOUSANDS of dollars, and a lot of frustrated time.Jerry Nihen is a Social Networking Consultant that has worked a wide variety of businesses in the launching of successful social media strategies and campaigns.