It’s Official. Facebook Is Running A Protection Racket On App Developers

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It’s Official. Facebook Is Running A Protection Racket On App Developers

I personally think this is a great idea!  The reason most adults kept away from Facebook was for fear that it was like MySpace filled with 10 year olds saying they were 16, sending you spammy posts and ridiculous applications.  Facebook started out clear of that nonsence but then came the slap me, stamp me, poster me, etc etc etc.   Making developers uphold a certain standard of reliability, security and pay a fee to have people use your application is a great move by facebook.

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Are you Fan of a Facebook Product? It could affect your personal branding you are working so hard to obtain.

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Are you a Fan of a product or a group or a political activist on Facebook?

It’s important to know that when you become a fan, your profile could be used by any brand for their advertisement. This includes fan sites you might join that you wouldn’t really want getting out in the “press”. Everything you say and do on Facebook is potentially open to everyone in the world. Most young executives are realizing it can impact their job opportunities when the employer goes online to check out this new wonderboy and see’s numerous pictures of “Mr Frat Boy” in various stages of undress and drunkenness you know that’s going to affect his impression of you. Be careful with anything you say and do anywhere online because it most likely WILL come back to haunt you.  For example just yesterday Mari Smith came up as a fan of “Dances with the Stars”.  Now that affilation is fine… but what if it was the SEO of a major company.. He just might not want the world to know that!

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Mari Smith the Facebook Guru

Mary was interviewed by John Lawlor here.

Mari Smith’s Radio Interview

She talks about how you can use Facebook for your business.  Take a listen and let me know what you think by clicking on the link above.

The first thing you should do if you want to grown your business is friend Mari on Facebook and follow her at @marismith on Twitter!  She does podcasts and radio interviews all the time and her accent is a joy to listen to, plus she’s just fun and informative!