Comments on: If you are not a public figure, you do not need a fan page. Period.

By: Jim Rohades

Jim Rohades — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:25:15 +0000

LMFAO because this reminds of an ex girlfriend.

By: Hardeek

Hardeek — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:53:25 +0000

Maybe your cat is conceited? Maybe your cat wants a ton of attention, or maybe…just maybe

Your cat doesn’t understand the concept of Facebook, or fame, rather, your cat just wants some tuna out the can.

Have a nice day Mr. Blogger, Mr….Peter Griffin on “You know what Grinds my gear”

By: Paige Lee

Paige Lee — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:29:01 +0000

I’ve got a friend who created a fanpage for herself. I just find it funny and lame, well same as you do. They are just regular persons, and maybe they just super love themselves and has nothing to do so build their own fan page..hahah..their quite pathetic actually.

By: robert

robert — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 05:34:47 +0000

I know of someone that was made a ‘public figure’ without their consent and he is livid ???? what can be done about it please ( we have good reason to believe wikipedia’s entry has been shared with Facebook which is weird because details have changed and of course the wikipedia has been changed but not facebook entry on his ‘public image’ profile ?????? so weird

if u know what to do, could you pls tell us ,
wikipedia you can edit , this Fecebook public figure setup appears impenetrable

By: Zoey

Zoey — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:10:04 +0000

I was wondering about this too. Only things that makes sense to me is. Unlike profiles, the search engines your Facebook Pages will show up when people search for you. If you have a business that would also help with getting your name out. I just can’t think of any good reason anyone would want a fan page about themselves. Only thing that comes to mind is (I Love myself) to be honest.
Zoey

By: Asa Mills

Asa Mills — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:27:18 +0000

Great post. You had me at the title.

I get annoyed when one of my friends, who happens to be an actor or singer/songwriter, sets up a fan page and then asks me to be their fan. I’m just their friend, I don’t need to worship them, too. Especially if you’re an actor — if you set up your own fan page, it serves no purpose other than to validate that you have a job like everyone else.

By: Katie Smith

Katie Smith — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:01:04 +0000

well, if you are only making a fan page out of a joke or appreciation then it will be better if you just post it to their wall but it is not necessary to flood facebook with unnecessary fan pages from people who doesnt have anything good to share or to say. It is understandable if business professionals, singers/songwriteers would have it, but should an arm pit of a celebrity should have a fan page?

By: that damn redhead

that damn redhead — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:27:28 +0000

Every business, yes. Every business professional? That's debatable. I still know PLENTY of people who insist on keeping Facebook for the personal and LinkedIn for the professional. Go ahead and beat that and the SEO horse into the ground all you want, but the fact of the matter is that most adults are simply not comfortable with putting their professional selves on Facebook, yet at the same time recognize that their businesses need fan pages. Also, I am not a brand. This is who I am. I don't try. I'm a real person, not a persona. Michael Jordan is a brand -- he has shoes named after him. Vera Wang is a brand -- she has dresses and mattresses named after her. I am a regular person who coincidentally (not luckily) was nicknamed after a malediction. We will just have to agree to disagree on some things, Charlie.

By: CharlieCurve

CharlieCurve — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:44:47 +0000

Couldn’t disagree with you more, Stacy. Every business professional that needs to find new customers and earn a living should create a Facebook Fan Page. Here’s the two biggest reasons:
1) SEO. Search Engine Optimization. Facebook is one of the most visited websites on the planet. This means Google is quite fond of Facebook too and indexes the active public pages of Facebook often. A well constructed Facebook Fan Page helps shine a light on your website and other social media outposts.
2) Facebook Fan Pages are outside of the walled garden of Facebook. Normal Facebook profiles are private – meaning only your approved friends and see and interact with your content. Fan pages, on the other hand, are public – anyone can view them at anytime (visitors and web search engines looking for information).
But enough chatter, thanks for reminding me to get off my duff and finally create my overdue Facebook Fan Page.
- Charlie
PS – You are a brand. So am I. Everyone is. If you weren’t a brand, you’re clients would pay you the lowest wage going for commodity work. Luckily, your personal brand is already strong.

By: that damn redhead

that damn redhead — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:05:56 +0000

a) Well, “personal branding” is a whole ‘nother post for me to write – those that know me know that I think the entire concept is ridiculous and nothing but a buzzword for one’s reputation. But I won’t get too into that right here, right now.

b) If one is versed in Facebook enough, they’d understand that you don’t HAVE to share everything with everybody. FB’s privacy settings are more customizable than they have ever been – and frankly if you’re setting up a fan page for yourself so that you don’t share all your personal information with everybody in your friends’ list, you’re actually making more work for yourself. There are myriad places online that teach you how to customize your privacy, here’s a good start from AllFacebook.com.