Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Pingie: HTTP:: Facebook to Ban Sponsored Status Updates

HTTP:: Facebook to Ban Sponsored Status Updates
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Facebook is proposing an updated Statement of Rights and Responsibilities (SRR), basically the site's Terms of Service, and has made the upcoming version of it available for public scrutiny. The social network claims it's just a minor update but there are some changes that are bound to cause a stir, especially the explicit banning of sponsored status updates, which are becoming increasingly popular, for those publishing them anyway, especially on Twitter but also on Facebook. “The proposed SRR we're announcing today mostly includes clarifying changes and minor updates. We encourage you to read the revised SRR in its entirety on the Facebook Site Governance Page, where you can review the changes and give us your comments,“ the announcement reads. However, the revised SRR now clearly states: “You will not use your personal profile for your own commercial gain (such as selling your status update to an advertiser).“ This effectively bans services like Izea or Magpie,!
which pay users to create “sponsored” posts on blogs, Twitter and even Facebook, and is sure to make quite a few users happy. This type of services have been around for a while but are becoming increasingly used, especially on Twitter, where “sponsored tweets” are generating quite a backlash. These spo...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Facebook-to-Ban-Sponsored-Status-Updates-118974.shtml

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