HUGE: Facebook Clarifies Contest Guidelines
What may look like a simple restriction on contests posted on Facebook actually stops scamware in its tracks.
What may look like a simple restriction on contests posted on Facebook actually stops scamware in its tracks.
A spokesperson for Facebook has confirmed that the contest policy hasn’t changed, but rather that Facebook has simplified the language.
Like our sibling blog GalleyCat astutely pointed out, contests may not require anything of a Facebook user other than:
- liking a page,
- checking into a page, or
- connecting with an application.
Now, if you’ve ever clicked on any posting promising a free gift and leading to a marketing questionnaire, with fine print specifying that completing a survey enters you in a drawing, you can see the security implications of reining in contest guidelines.
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