@ellenpartal Hi Ellen

When Facebook upgraded people’s pages there were links to more information about the changes and specificially this issue. People just don’t bother to read this sort of information. Which is partly why Social Media “Experts” get paid so much money.

Russell

If you don’t know this information, you have either been living under a rock or not bothered doing your due diligence.

Actually, most businesses fail because they don’t invest in their brands properly. 

@ellenpartal @russellallert @cendrinemarrouat @alexandrabriggs I’ve noticed this kind of breaches many times around there. But since most of business owners who make these silly mistakes seem to be non-techy persons and hence do not know guidelines nor they prefer to visit help center and that’s the reason. I think Facebook team at backend, being human being won’t directly impose any ban knowing this fact but they would start issuing warnings or so. 

 @ellenpartal you  say no  contact info   is allowed  but our own  grandma mary  has   several contact  buttons on her cover., connecting to her other web places..and i assume  she is  within the  rules….

.. so where is the actual line about  allowed  contact? 

  im very safe on this and   have nothing  on  my  cover   but photos…

Thanks  @alexandrabriggs for the shout out (ps. I thought you were on vacation!)  Another place with an update on all the changes is http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/7-new-facebook-changes-impacting-businesses/ 

@ellenpartal I really don’t think anything will happen to these small pages who aren’t following the rules.  Facebook can’t police all these pages and what will probably happen is other people will “educate” the page owners by posting things on their wall telling them that they are violating the rules.  

 @annfurnivall Yes, Grandma Mary has pictures of the Twitter buttons on her cover but that isn’t in violation.  There is no call to action there other than she’s on those sites (they aren’t hotlinks, just pictures of the social icons)  

i figured grandma mary  wouldnt  be in   violation…..  hot links  would  be so nice … @andrea-vahl  …

So I CAN put things related to my business as long as there is no call to action or pricing info?

Yes, I do hope they yank those out of non-compliance @ellenpartal but it hasn’t happened that much with contests and many personal profiles that are set up with business names so far.  

Sorry, @kasondramorin, I missed your follow up question, yes you can definitely have taglines, information about your business and what you do in the cover photo itself.  

It’s all very well saying “ignorance is no excuse”, as several people have, but let’s be perfectly clear about how hugely unhelpful Facebook can be in this regard.  
For example, “Get it now” or “Tell your friends” are clear calls to action.  But what about “Save time and money”?
It could be argued that using a phase like “Save time and money” is not a call to action.  It doesn’t tell someone what to do, or request any action from them, but it does tell them how they may benefit.
If you find yourself in a grey area, what do you do?  Facebook make it deliberately almost impossible for you to get clarification.  I understand why – if they had to answer questions like this they would need to employ more people and they want to put the onus as much as possible on the user.  Not only do they want to ensure that users don’t overstep the line, they want to make sure that users are compelled not even to step near the line.
Ignorance is no excuse is, IMO, a little unsympathetic given the fact that Facebook deliberately leave their guidance very vague, except within the narrow confines of the few desperately obvious examples that they provide.  

Interpretation seems entirely at Facebook’s discretion, and users have no option but to consider the potential breadth of that discretion. I find their high and mighty attitude immensely unhelpful.  A company that has become a major global communications medium ought to behave like one.
OK – rant over!

@melissaholmes I meant no disrespect, I am sorry you misunderstood me. A lot of the online marketing managers I have run across do not report information to their clients (they think its a waste of time) and it creates mistrust and frustration which I find disrespectful. This is what I was referring to.I am not speaking of those who are unaware of the rules. How would you handle the Facebook pages that blatantly disregard the rules?

12.  Apps on Facebook may not integrate, link to, promote, distribute, or redirect to any app on any other competing social platform.

Would someone please clarify this policy for me?  This policy seems pretty broad.  I’ve been unable to get clarification from facebook. 

Does it mean that  a page is forbidden to display any logos, i.e. Pinterest or G+, on Apps/Tabs since that could be interpreted as promoting?