new rule

[W00TZEH]

Can you make it against the rules to advertise facebook groups / pages? x)

[Tintinnabulate]

Can you make it against the rules to advertise facebook groups / pages? x)

There aren't that many that are posted. It will only make the Spam forum worse.

[Nixt]

I really don't see the problem in people advertising Facebook groups. I wouldn't say we would allow anyone to post something like "JOIN THIS FB GROUP" repeatedly but if they want to draw people's attention to it as a one off there isn't any real problem. It's not like it happens very often so there certainly isn't any real reason to make this against the rules at this point in time.

[Gibs960]

If you made a facebook group/page I'm sure you'd want people to join, HxF is an easy and free way of advertising your group/page.

[Mathew]

I can't really see them banning Facebook advertising yet allowing links to their competing fansites.. somehow :P
Doesn't really matter. The one today is the first one I've seen in months anyway..

[wixard]

yeah but they could say 'join this fb group' and the group would have like 8 members
and if people joined you could easily find peoples facebook that may contain private info!?!?!
!!!

[Nixt]

It's a somewhat indirect risk and one that people must be prepared to take if they are to join groups that are posted on the forum.

[Hecktix]

I think adding such a rule would be excessive and too strict, I have no problems with facebook groups being "advertised" so long as it is in spam.

[Tintinnabulate]

It's a somewhat indirect risk and one that people must be prepared to take if they are to join groups that are posted on the forum.

Yeah I agree. A lot of the groups which are posted are funny so keeping them is good. The person who said its a security risk or whatever, a lot of people here now speak on skype or have each other on facebook, so its nothing that major.

[Black_Apalachi]

Facebook groups come up in general conversation all the time in real life so it makes absolutely no sense to restrict it online. Besides it's not really advertising.

[GommeInc]

If another rule is created I'd personally strangle Oli/Garion ;)

That's reason enough. Besides, Facebook pages are useless as a type of advertising and if people spam pages with them then they're breaking a rule anyway - pointless posting/spam :)