Dummies Man takes over Facebook

I’m a little late on this one, but I was thrilled earlier this week to see Facebook make “Dummies Man” available as a “free gift”.  This was accomplished to honor the publication of “Facebook For Dummies.”  Our wonderful authors Carolyn Abram and Leah Pearlman are Facebook employees and helped pull this off for us.  Thank [...]

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Scobleizer banned from Facebook

First, they came for Dummies Man.
Then they came for Robert Scoble.
Who will speak out when they come for you?

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The return of Dummies Man to Facebook and the Beginning of My Identity Crisis

Some time ago I blogged about Dummies Man’s profile being pulled from Facebook.  I’ve got some good news and bad news about this. 
The good news is that my efforts with Facebook customer service have paid off and the profile for Dummies Man has been reactivated. 
The bad news (ok, maybe not bad, but not good, at least [...]

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Dummies Man still banned from Facebook

Here’s more on D Man’s big ig from Facebook that I talked about yesterday.  I’ve had a number of people (thanks Kris) say that Dummies Man should give up on the profile thing and create a page.  We’re working on that, but it’s not the same thing.  A profile allows you to do things a page [...]

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News Flash! Dummies Man Banned from Facebook!

This greeted me this afternoon when I was logging into Facebook… 
Disabled (!!!!!)

Why was my account disabled?
Your account was disabled because you violated Facebook’s Terms of Use, to which you agreed when you first registered for an account on the site. Accounts can either be disabled for repeat offenses or for one, particularly egregious violation.
Facebook does not [...]

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