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Get ready for growing pains... Facebook is removing boxes...

http://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/399

Facebook previously announced plans during October 2009 to (1) remove application boxes and (2) application info sections on our personal profile pages. Facebook also informed users they planned to reduce the width of the application tabs "to optimize for the new profile and Facebook Pages format."

Hmm...

You do realize they will be moving forward with these changes sooner than you think... According to the above link, those changes are going to be happening during the week of August 23, 2010.

Got business information in those profile boxes on your personal pages? You may want to start reading up on how to customize the new tabs because those profile boxes are gonna be gone...

For the people who don't get the significance of this little announcement: Did I mention your info in the boxes will be gone?

Ah.

Bet that got your attention...

Go look at the row of boxes directly under your personal profile picture. Don't know about you but I have business website links, photo albums, video and other brief points of useful information there. Some of you have listing widgets and music...

Those boxes have a lot of significance to many users.

I am not happy about the change but I do respect their right to make programming improvements to the website.

Get ready for growing pains...

A Facebook Page, run by Jonathan Rivera was recently shut down by Facebook due to a complaint of the use of the vanity URL and the use of the trademarked term REALTOR®.  He had been made aware of the violation after selecting his vanity URL, but as Facebook’s guidelines state: “You will not be able to edit or transfer this username once you set it.” The irony of this story is that when Jonathan was made aware of the violation he tried to reach out & contact Facebook to correct it, but was unable to do so. He tried desperately to be in compliance with NAR rules & regulations.  Instead of Facebook allowing him to fix the username, they instead shut down the Real Estate Referral Page completely leaving a network of over 47,000 fans without a home.

This network was not only another fun page on Facebook, but also as he stated in the interview I recently heard, a good source of referrals having delivered over 1,400 referrals around the country to agents for free.

This is just once again another reason why it is important to know what laws & trademarks exist before picking a username, a web address or anything.  It will be interesting to see what happens with this as things move forward.  Jonathan has been working diligently to get the page reinstated, and from his interview with Techsavvy Agent, NAR was being agreeable in him keeping the page as long as the username gets changed.

Only time will tell what happens with this.  One thing I surely learned from this is that I will definitely think twice before selecting the next vanity URL for a Facebook Page.

Originally Posted at: 210 Consulting- Social Media Advisors

"Facebook video is meant for the uploading and sharing of personal content. We've designed the application to discourage misuse, and our users agree only to upload video of a personal nature that is about them or their friends, or created by them or their friends."

I just copied this quote from the Q&A area where you can check your privacy settings and restrict programs and applications. There is a beach butt virus going around and now I keep getting these LoudMo pop ups from hell.

My IE browser keeps crashing. Something called Eternos was in my Facebook applications list and when I clicked it Facebook sid it was invalid, so I deleted it and restricted a bunch of application permissions while I am trying to figure out just how much damage was done by that video player application that whacked my laptop this afternoon.

Just so you know: I did not send a beach butt video to infect your machines. That was a FB virus. Seriously...

That little quote is also a reminder for you guys to be careful about your YouTube embeds. Too many music videos on your walls may be a dangerous thing... Go check your settings and decide just how public you want your stuff to be.