The tool allowed users to convert Facebook Profiles into Facebook Pages, turning friends into fans, and was aimed primarily at brands and organizations.
The new feature was launched to little fanfare earlier this week, but managed to generate a lot of publicity after being featured on Inside Facebook, CNET, The Huffington Post and of course, Mashable. I decided to test the tool on my own account — and ran into a number of serious problems. Although my situation was resolved (a huge thanks to the Facebook engineer who helped me), it’s not an experience I would wish on anyone.
As of Friday, the option to convert profiles to pages appears to be disabled. Visiting the tool page redirects to the standard “create a page” tool. We’ve reached out to Facebook for official comment.
In the comments on my post yesterday, other readers who had attempted the conversion chimed in with their experiences. It’s likely that the additional publicity given to the tool resulted in a large number of inadvisable migrations.
If the tool does return, only use it if you are absolutely certain of the consequences. The Facebook terms of service state that inanimate objects, pets, and businesses can’t have personal profile pages — so in these cases, a migration makes sense. Otherwise, you’re better off sticking with the profile you already have.
If it’s for anything other than TOS compliance, it’s probably not a good idea to move forward.
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The new feature was launched to little fanfare earlier this week, but managed to generate a lot of publicity after being featured on Inside Facebook, CNET, The Huffington Post and of course, Mashable. I decided to test the tool on my own account — and ran into a number of serious problems. Although my situation was resolved (a huge thanks to the Facebook engineer who helped me), it’s not an experience I would wish on anyone.
As of Friday, the option to convert profiles to pages appears to be disabled. Visiting the tool page redirects to the standard “create a page” tool. We’ve reached out to Facebook for official comment.
In the comments on my post yesterday, other readers who had attempted the conversion chimed in with their experiences. It’s likely that the additional publicity given to the tool resulted in a large number of inadvisable migrations.
If the tool does return, only use it if you are absolutely certain of the consequences. The Facebook terms of service state that inanimate objects, pets, and businesses can’t have personal profile pages — so in these cases, a migration makes sense. Otherwise, you’re better off sticking with the profile you already have.
If it’s for anything other than TOS compliance, it’s probably not a good idea to move forward.
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