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Maybe someone who knows can clear it up. BMG: Reality-based commentary.
Both can be useful tools but there should be a certain amount of coordination to be effective. Whoever is handling new media should keep an eye on Facebook from now on and try to corral the groups that will be popping up to support the governor. Most will only have a couple dozen members, but they should still be reached out to. I wouldn't recommend blasting these pages with posts to join the "official" group, but reaching out to the administrators as they pop up, they'll most likely want to be helpful. Proverbs 10:14
I'm on my way out the door, I'll post more of the benefits when I return this evening.
But filled the dining room anyway - one from aPebble, the rest from my own network.
The Apebble guy who was supposed to get back to me never did.
Your public access page is excellent, Lynn and I think the supporters who sign up show initiative and appreciate your openness and initiative as well!
Well done. Deborah Sirotkin ButlerAmberPaw dot @aol.com
"Failure to plan is planning to fail." Proverb
One was approved by Scott, the other was just joined. I've seen the invitation pages, but they are unusual. Yr. Obedient Servant, Peter Porcupine, Republican
From what I have seen, group pages are intended to be more collaborative, for example supporting a cause, such as re-electing Governor Patrick and Tim Murray.
A fan page, as I understand it, is intended to be more for support of a person or organization.
I believe that there is a limit to the number of people that one can "friend" so that politicians have been moving towards fan pages.
Are there any FB junkies out there who can explain the nuances? I'd love to know. Kate Donaghue, volunteer.
However, you were on the right track regarding differences between groups and fan pages. As an admin for a group, you have a lot more control over communication with the group members. You can send mass messages and host events through the group. Whereas on the fan pages you cannot do either.
Fan pages, however, have the advantage that their updates get included as notifications to people who are "fans" (as long as they aren't turned off.) This allows the candidate to have a more personalized "digital presence," a la Twitter. (However, they should have one of those too.) The fan pages are also geared towards individual people in general whereas groups are geared towards, well, groups of people.
In conclusion, it would be in a candidates best interest to have both. Proverbs 10:14
When his personal page limit was hitting 5000, I seemed to recall something about a 5,000 limit.
I googled it just now and this is what I found:
Me and my 5,000 Facebook friends / What happens when you reach the ultimate in cool, pointless thresholds? There were no bells, just so you know. There were no alarms or whistles or charming notifiers, no clowns or sparklers or strippers, not even a measly congratulatory phone call from the zippycute billionaire tweeners who run Facebook Inc. offering me a free Herman Miller chair, a fistful of stock options and a lifetime supply of Skittles. There was no toaster oven. No plaque. There was no giftage whatsoever, no celebration or surprise party, nor was there the exact opposite -- no dire warning, no threatening email saying I have now officially encroached upon some sacred corporate territory and my account must be shut down unless I fork over $25,000, a hair sample and some semen to buy the next magical, top-secret insight, like the Mormons or the Scientologists or Oprah.
There were no bells, just so you know. There were no alarms or whistles or charming notifiers, no clowns or sparklers or strippers, not even a measly congratulatory phone call from the zippycute billionaire tweeners who run Facebook Inc. offering me a free Herman Miller chair, a fistful of stock options and a lifetime supply of Skittles.
There was no toaster oven. No plaque. There was no giftage whatsoever, no celebration or surprise party, nor was there the exact opposite -- no dire warning, no threatening email saying I have now officially encroached upon some sacred corporate territory and my account must be shut down unless I fork over $25,000, a hair sample and some semen to buy the next magical, top-secret insight, like the Mormons or the Scientologists or Oprah.
Read more here:.
For whatever it is worth, in my own mind, I will "friend" a politician, even if I am not endorsing the person, if we are "friends" at the level of FB friends (that's a nother discusssion!). But I try to limit becoming a "fan" to people I am actually supporting.
Thanks everyone for the clarifications. Kate Donaghue, volunteer.
The fan pages make a lot more sense now. Proverbs 10:14
Groups have been with Facebook since almost the beginning. Pages were added circa 2007, as result of Facebook's opening up more - lots of bands, companies, and organizations were starting Groups to represent themselves, and Facebook created Pages to be better suited for that purpose, while Groups could remain for their original purpose of letting a bunch of people with a common interest share stuff or plan things together.
