Comments on: Facebook Group Limits, Do You Agree?

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:54:08 +0000

Facebook booted me from their service days after creating a group which was intended to be a watchdog against antisemitic facebook groups. Does Facebook support antisemitism & racism? They would not give me any reason for booting me, and have not yet responded to my requests to be reinstated. I have noticed quite a lot of racist, antisemitic and pro terrorist groups posted on Facebook, it seems odd that Facebook would boot me shortly after creating a group to defend civil liberties and safeguard a public service. Can anyone give me advice on what I can do to get them to reinstate me?

By: Uno de Waal » Facebook groups: A low engagement model

Uno de Waal » Facebook groups: A low engagement model — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:44:39 +0000

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By: On federated and niche social networks at Uno de Waal

On federated and niche social networks at Uno de Waal — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:30:36 +0000

[...] The community is what matters most. If you rally enough people around a niche then you’ll have a sustainable model that will keep itself running, policing itself and going forward. That’s why Ning has found itself in such a prime position, check out some of their featured networks here - from a place for Readers and writers of crime fiction, to AdRants (which I covered here as well) and a Wakeboarding site. As well as a ridiculous amount more. These sites typically don’t have more than a few thousand (if that) subscribers, but they are small passionate communities that won’t be able to survive on a Facebook group (as these groups are way too limiting). [...]

By: Brody Ruckus

Brody Ruckus — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:30:52 +0000

Nice Brody Ruckus shout-out.

Thanks!

Any messaging allowance on FB’s part above 1,000 users will be blatantly spammed and used for commercial gain.

Keep complaining people, call yourself a WAHHHbulance, but from a FB perspective this is the smartest thing they could do — less they (re)open their world to a spamming-pa-looza.

By: Justin Thorp

Justin Thorp — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 17:18:58 +0000

As I’ve written the past, I’m completely unhappy with Facebook Groups. I think they should be re-done completely. There should be some way to view what’s going on in your groups in your news feed. This way groups become more hubs of activity and not badges of interest or ways to blast messages.

By: Justin Thorp

Justin Thorp — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 17:18:58 +0000

By: Nathan Ketsdever

Nathan Ketsdever — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 09:38:38 +0000

I can 100% identify with Baratunde. The limit is absurd.
I know of at least 2 non-profits havinging their profiles entirely deleted. Not only is 100s hour of work, data, and relationships are down the digital drain.

I worked from an arts organization in DC and had my identity and data killed. No warning. No you have 24 hours to rectify this. Or this is a warning. Gone. Deleted period. Its like having your blog erased or your thesis entirely wiped out.

Beth Kanter also details the same problem here with the National Wildlife Foundation. http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2007/09/more-facebook-a.html

By: Nathan Ketsdever

Nathan Ketsdever — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 09:38:38 +0000

Beth Kanter also details the same problem here with the National Wildlife Foundation. http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/2007/09/more...

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 01:40:25 +0000

I totally agree…I am getting involved with the web strategy of a presidential campaign (to remain nameless as of now)…and we have a rather large facebook group and we are looking to create a college-focused website to build a brand off of the facebook group. However, most people are not active on their groups so when we launch the site, we expect a slow trickle of movement to the site, rather than the mass expansion we could get if we were allowed to send a message informing people of the new site.

It is certainly undermining the use of a group as a valid tool for ‘group’ based communications.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 01:40:25 +0000

It is certainly undermining the use of a group as a valid tool for ‘group’ based communications.