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Facebook Lets shout 'No to L&S'!!!
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Barnabysue wrote: »It's showing as page not found now.
They said they were going to delete the post, so it looks like they have done. Probably for the best so it doesn't keep the argument going.0 -
This was the point I was trying to make earlier. There's clearly lots of compers, and MSErs who are happy to L&S. Maybe they didn't suffer the inconvenience of getting blocked/banned but I for one won't risk it again.Biggest win: £10,000 from PepsiFavourite win: Handmade jewellery worth £1000ITV Winners Club Member #1Check out the ITV Winners Club in IWIWIWI shall write in ever decreasing circles until I have nothing left to say0
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I think that most people contributing on this thread simply want to help increase the legitimacy of Facebook comps - for our benefit and for that of the company! I also can imagine that by using an official app it makes the logistics of administering the comp significantly easier. A bit of a no brainer really!
Devils advocate time
Apart from breaking FB rules L&S is no brainer.
For the comper
L&S are very quick to enter, easy to see the total number of entries and it can be possible to spot if "the fix is in" when a winner is announced (apps always fail on the first and generally on the other two points as well).
For the company
L&S is lots of free advertising apart from the prize cost (which is probably why FB don't like it) while apps have a much lower advertising reach. The company only need to choose a winner from the shares so there is very little to administer and no cost beyond a couple of mins of someones time (as they have already broken FB rules they don't need to get over fussy, or even legit, about winner selection but it would not be hard to make a random selection anyway).
I enter the occasional L&S (and always the one for cheese!) but nearly all my FB wins are from apps so I would quite happy for L&S to vanish.0 -
OneYorkshireLass wrote: »lol, a certain person's own wall is quite entertaining (she commented on the OSL post, so easy to find). her and her wee friend are having a chat about certain peopleI found it! Am disgusted is a regular user here! Never mind loads of us lost our accounts as long as it doesn't impede on her wins, Hope that account is the next to be blocked!
Can someone PM me and tell me who it is? I had a quick look earlier but I wasn't a FB friend of the people I suspected it might be so I couldn't see their walls. I know being nosy is bad but I still want to know:rotfl:
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And before anyone gets too complacent thinking it's all over- another FB friends has just posted that she's been locked out again this morning ...Worse things will have happened in the world today..."The only thing that really matters, it to love and to be loved."0
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I've had a couple more replies this morning:Hello
Thank you for your email, we appreciate the time it has taken you to contact us. However, we do follow all of Facebook rules and regulations.Hi Kim, thank you for your feedback. We've contacted Facebook and they have assured us that we aren't breaching any rules on Facebook regarding our like and share competition.
All the best,:T*Thanks to all who posts comps * :j0 -
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grannybiker wrote: »And before anyone gets too complacent thinking it's all over- another FB friends has just posted that she's been locked out again this morning ...
One friend of mine said she had to verify again this am and two more of my friends are showing blank in my friends list so that is three today that I know of! Facebook are obviously still scanning for fakes!:TA big thanks to all who post and sprinkling lucky dust to all who enter :smileyhea0 -
To be honest I HATE like and share competitions, I had to create a separate account because it was always spamming my news feed and people were moaning.
People really need to have a clear out on their profile, delete any L&S off their wall. I tried to have a clear out on mine, deleted all comping pics I was tagged in so hopefully wont have the prob again.0 -
Has anyone had their 30 day ban lifted before the 30 days is up?
I can still do app comps as long as I've liked the page previously, but it's annoying not being able to like new pages. I've seen compers with thousands of liked pages and they haven't been blocked - I've only got 500!0
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