Telling companies they are breaking FB rules

izzieuk

Oh I see. I hope you don't think I was being a know it all.
I only messaged them trying to help as I have run a page in the past and would want to know. But I see your point and I am sorry if I was annoying.

lovinituk

izzieuk wrote: »

Oh I see. I hope you don't think I was being a know it all.
I only messaged them trying to help as I have run a page in the past and would want to know. But I see your point and I am sorry if I was annoying.

No not at all. I'm a grumpy old sod who can't stand social media - perhaps a lot of the other businesses you encounter on FB are the same

robbies_gal

i just cant stand the tag your friends to be entered comp-why should i bother all my friends just to enter a comp?

when i pointed this out to one company they said we're anot asking for you to tag even though it was stated in their blurb

skintpaul

I feel a 'this company got mad when i pointed out their LIKE ME rules were not allowed' group starting.. :-))

2013yearofthehouse

IDeamOfFairies wrote: »

If I see a FB comp that asks to like the page, like the post & share the post.

I simply click "Like" on the post
then write "liked & shared" ....... (so they can comment if I win)
I NEVER "Like" any company pages, and I NEVER share any posts or pages

and I have won 4 FB L&S comps this month

you have to remember that the company has no way of knowing whom has liked their page and who hasn't - they can also not check everyone that shares the post due to FB privacy settings.

That's really interesting I didn't realise it was difficult for them to check.

I haven't been entering comps on FB for long and at first I shared a few without realising the setting was set to "friends", but then I saw a comp that said make sure your share settings are set to "public" so that we can see you've shared (I didn't realise that they didn't have some sort of "internal" way of checking - I know sounds a bit silly now!), so I guess I'd just assumed all/most companies did check, but clearly that's not the case

I guess I thought the company could call up a list of names, from their profile, of who had shared the post, but if the only way they can actually check you've shared is to look at your timeline then (whether you've actually shared or not) if you have a busy timeline and the comp wasn't recent they wouldn't be that bothered (or have the time) to check anyway.

oliveoyl

If you have to have the shared posts set to public, they don't need to check their records, they can just look at your page to see if it's there.

mjm3346

If they are bothered they don't then need to check thousands just the one picked as a potential winner.

Kirri

Not forgetting there are some people i.e. other compers on fb who check/nose at profiles to see if winners are legit and will start shouting if a winner hasn't actually shared something...