Who would've thought that you could be too social on a social network? Turns out, according to an article in the Washington Post, a girl named Elizabeth Coe was taken off Facebook after sending a message to 100 of her friends. Apparently, she was informing them of where she works now and sending them a link. Facebook took this as spam and decided to take her off of the site.
I thought this was interesting because over the summer when I was interning at the Georgia Aquarium, the same thing happened to us. I was helping them launch their social media campaign. We decided to create a Facebook page for them, replacing their profile that they had already created. We were trying to bring all of their friends they had already made on Facebook and move them to being "fans" on their Facebook "page." So, we had to message all 500 of their friends. In result, the Georgia Aquarium was taken off Facebook as well. Now, you can e-mail Facebook and once you explain what you were doing they will return your page to you. For us, it didn't take long to get it fixed but for Elizabeth, apparently it took her three months to get her profile restored.
I don't know what I think about this. I like that they are trying so hard to keep spammers out of Facebook. But at the same time, Facebook is primarily for socializing, and it is frustrating when something like that can cause you to be taken off the site completely. I will eventually be planning my high school reunion and we were definitely planning on using Facebook. Now, I am going to be nervous about getting my whole profile deleted. I guess we will see...
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