Comments on: Facebook: Fan Page or Group?

By: Howard

Howard — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:18:42 +0000

For those interested I’ve added my follow-up post: Creating & Promoting a Remarkable Facebook Fan Page

By: Howard

Howard — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:49:28 +0000

@Andy – I agree. Hopefully they will allow a lot of flexibility for the applications. There are differing opinions (I know some people who LOVE the boxes tab), but I am with you on my disdain for the boxes tab.

By: Howard

Howard — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:10:55 +0000

@Dave – Thanks for your kind words! I actually didn’t know who Edward Tufte was…

@Matt – Hopefully facebook won’t move to that. They have shown that they listen to users after their Terms of Service fiasco, so if that happens I think there should be enough of a reaction for something to change. 56% of people or so said they disagreed and they changed it back promptly within a few days. The Auburn page looks great!

@isaacson – That was a good article, especially for a more specific comparison.

@DW – Glad to hear that the content could help out!

By: DW

DW — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:15:38 +0000

We were just having the whole “group vs. page” debate on Tuesday, so this is something I’m going to be sharing with a lot of others at our U.

By: isaacson

isaacson — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:51:05 +0000

Howard, nice article. Here’s another similar comparison with pros and cons that I looked at when consulting our student affairs office on which to create.

http://www.thesablog.org/myspacefacebook_best_practices/

By: Andy Shaindlin

Andy Shaindlin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:36:59 +0000

Great discussion. Matt, you will at least be able to specify the dreaded Boxes tab as the landing tab for visitors to the page, even if FBML is not allowed….still less than perfect, but more flexible on one way.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:29:04 +0000

We chose a Facebook page for Auburn University ( http://www.auburn.edu/facebook ), which turned out to be a great investment. One of the things I liked most about pages are the custom FBML boxes. That allowed us to put any kind of custom content like links to our auburn.edu site, and a custom page profile image that links to http://www.auburn.edu. With the changes to facebook pages, I’m afraid most of that content either won’t be allowed, like FBML, or will be moved to the dreaded “boxes” tab (which I never use on my own profile).

By: Dave Van de Walle

Dave Van de Walle — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:20:55 +0000

Great post. Two things, neither self-serving.

1 – Brad, I had you pegged (ahem) as a Hoosier. UI Springfield? Cool! Thus explaining mold-breaking…I’ve had too many people tell me “why do kids always need to go to the same 50 schools?”

2 – Howard, you have a bright future ahead. These insights are great – they’re granular but not painful to read. I assume you’re an Edward Tufte fan?

Peace out to both ya.

By: Howard

Howard — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:06:22 +0000

Thanks for posting this, Brad!

I’m hoping that a great conversation develops as people continue to adapt their social media strategies. Looking forward to hear opinions and thoughts!