I’m posting as “Alex Schröder” on Facebook. I created a page called “Rollenspiel Zürich” (Roleplayin Zurich). When I comment or post on that page, Facebook calls me “Rollenspiel Zürich” instead of “Alex Schröder”. That’s creepy. How can I fix this? Must I really log out, create a new account just to create the page, and then return as Alex and transfer ownership somehow before I can comment using my real name?
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Well, Facebook pages are intended as somewhat official channel for companies, products and so on. So it makes sense that the “employees” of that company will post as the company. But it get’s worse (for you): even if you create a second account... as far as I know you can not transfer ownership of a page. You can only add additional admins, but not remove the initial creator. At least that’s my experience with the DokuWiki facebook page. You probably want a facebook group, not a page.
– Andreas Gohr 2010-08-12 13:52 UTC
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Gaaah! I already have a Facebook Group and I don’t like it. For no apparent reason, Pages are better supported than Groups – eg. the iPhone Facebook App only supports pages, not groups.
Thanks for the confirmation of my fears, though. 😒
– Alex Schroeder 2010-08-12 13:56 UTC