Interestingly, Facebook recently restricted the number of application
invites you can send to 10 per person per day (precisely to avoid this
kind of spamming, I guess).
Frankie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of David Salmon
> Sent: 02 July 2007 16:30
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Facebook
>
> Matthew,
>
> I agree, and that is one of the reasons why I no longer use
> MySpace. Do you think that one of the benefits of Facebook
> groups is that you can choose to leave or join a group
> depending on your own personal preferences? This surely goes
> someway in avoiding being sold stuff or being spammed on your
> own homepage/profile.
>
> However, I am going to contradict myself yet again (as I seem
> to have done in every reply so far!) and say that I am
> already beginning to get annoyed with the amount of new
> 'application invites' on Facebook, so perhaps you are right
> and this proves your point.
>
> >From: Matthew Cock <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: Museums Computer Group <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Facebook
> >Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 16:21:44 +0100
> >
> > All,
> >
> >To play devil's advocate here, surely Facebook is about 'faces', i.e.
> >people, and once they start allowing organisations, however nice and
> >personable we may think we are, to act as 'faces', then it
> starts the
> >downward slide towards another place where people are sold stuff,
> >rather than where people interact with other people, and the early
> >adopters will leave for the next 'unspoilt' site, and it
> will cease to
> >be fashionable...
> >
> >Matthew
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of
> >David Salmon
> >Sent: 02 July 2007 16:13
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Facebook
> >
> >Kurt,
> >
> >Thats extremely useful! It seems a shame that non-profit
> organisations
> >cannot setup accounts as it would be extremely beneficial to the
> >cultural sector, but of huge interest to people already on
> sites such
> >as Facebook etc.
> >
> >Do you think sites such as Facebook would be coming round to
> the idea
> >of letting non-profits use the sites? I think Flikr is one
> such example.
> >
> > >From: hvd2 <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Reply-To: Museums Computer Group <[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: Re: Facebook
> > >Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 10:50:37 -0400
> > >
> > >Hello David,
> > >I will pass on some information about FaceBook based on my recent
> > >experiences.
> > >Facebook is not intended for use by organizations. If
> they find you
> > >have made and account for an organization they will delete your
> > >account. I speak from experience because Facebook deleted an
> > >organization account I setup about a month ago and about 30 other
> > >museum related accounts thereafter. I talked with someone at
> > >FaceBook and they explained it is not intended for use by
> organizations.
> > >Just thought you would like to know.
> > >Regards,
> > >Kurt
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message ----- From: "David Salmon"
> > ><[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 10:38 AM
> > >Subject: Facebook
> > >
> > >
> > >>Dear all,
> > >>
> > >>This morning I was asked to set up a Facebook account for our
> > >>organisation, the Public Catalgoue Foundation. I have a personal
> > >>account with Facebook, but I would like to know if anyone
> has setup
> > >>or
> >
> > >>thought about creating a similar account for their
> organisation and
> > >>what your own experiences/concerns/problems/successes etc. were.
> > >>
> > >>In case you are unaware of the project, we are publishing
> a series
> > >>of county-by-county catalogues that feature reproductions of oil
> > >>paintings in publicly-owned collections across the UK. In the
> > >>not-too-distant future we will be publishing all the catalogue
> > >>paintings on a free website
> > >>
> > >>I believe that my superiors wish to use Facebook to attract a
> > >>younger audience and raise our profile with more
> web-savvy people as
> > >>a step towards the online PCF in a few years time.
> > >>
> > >>There are obviously hundreds of issues that this raises,
> but I would
> > >>like to know if anyone has setup or thought about
> creating a similar
> > >>account for their organisation and what your own
> > >>experiences/concerns/problems/successes etc. were before
> I create an
> > >>Facebook account for our organisation.
> > >>
> > >>Please feel free to email me off-list, or at
> > >>[log in to unmask]
> > >>
> > >>Thanks,
> > >>
> > >>David.
> > >>
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