Freedom of Speech and why we need a site called Spacebook

Man, has this been a day for complaining.  Don't you hate it when something really makes you angry and you need to vent about it and complain?

Today and yesterday has been my day.  And it's been FACEBOOK that I 've been complaining about.  Got banned for posting spammy or irrelevant links last week, then created the second account yesterday and started posting under my fb page on that account.  Wasn't giving links to my blog anymore and instead posted under my fb page and posted comments to their stuff.  They related to the topics too, so when I saw the warning that I was posting spammy and irrelevant posts, I was furious and enraged with FACEBOOK.  I had every right to be.

Whatever happened to Freedom of Speech?  Shouldn't Facebook be a place to go to where you can say anything you want and nobody cares?  It's not going to be found at Facebook.

One of my FB friends commented on my complaint and about missing Jake's pizza party.  She's the assistant who helps him off the bus.

She said instead of FACEBOOK there should be a SPACEBOOK where everyone could go to write anything we want, post anything, supply a link, find friends, meet new friends, find blogs, websites, etsy stores, and anything that interests us.

It would be a lot better than FACEBOOK because we could post anytime we want.  

There should be one rule.  No excessive profanity, obscenities, violence and major abuse.  And if they find a real spammer, go ahead and report them.  But it shouldn't be reporting the average person who just likes to post their opinion a lot and post their links.  

It should be like TWITTER in the sense that we could provide our links to our stuff.  It would be a site that supports free promoting.  Seeing that so many of us don't have the money to pay for advertising.  And so many of us, me among them, have hardly made any sales anywhere.  I have made a few at Zazzle, but that's nothing to write home about.  You're talking 54 cents and 1.60.  Zazzle gets most of the money.  And I haven't sold a thing at my Etsy shop.

It should support us and let us do as many posts as we want.  

And if any celebrity or popular page wants to join the site, they would have to realize before they join that they are going to get bombarded with stuff.  But they can choose just like the rest of us not to check it out, not to read and ignore it if they want.  And if they don't want the opportunity to be a part of freedom of speech then they should stay at FB where FB is going to ban all us regular people for maybe posting more than several times a day at their stuff and then going onto another FB wall and posting there too.

Wouldn't you like a Spacebook where maybe you aren't limited to posting at popular FB walls more than eight times a day?  I will not dare to do more than that now, as I don't want my FB account disabled.  I do like Friends and Family.  That is nice to be able to connect with them when they are four or five states away and you can chat with them all day if you want to.

Wouldn't you rather be able to post more often when and where you want and not get banned or disabled for it?  Spacebook would be that place to go to for it.

Posting on FB walls eight to ten times a day isn't very much if you like to post at a bunch of them.  

If we were able to post at them more often under our FB page and get the okay to do it, that would help put us on the map too.

Why do all these other people get to do it and not us?  Why do these other blogs get popular or a website or etsy store takes off and ours never gets off the ground?  It's not fair.

Spacebook would be a place where we could do that.  I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to put my two cents at a bunch of places.  I like speaking my mind.  FOS!!!!!

FACEBOOK is more strict that most of these other sites, but there needs to be some site like SPACEBOOK to come in and take over FACEBOOK's limelight.

There is PINTEREST.  They are becoming the new facebook.  But it's not in the same set up as FACEBOOK.

SPACEBOOK needs to be similar to facebook but better.

Jennifer Jo Fay

May 31, 2012

Forget Facebook, how about Spacebook? Where Freedom of Speech would rock!!!

Well, after all my complaining about Facebook today and in the last few days, I have learned some things.

First of all, I was so distracted today, that when my son, Jake came home, I realized I had missed his pizza party with his swimming that he does through out the year. Boy, was I bummed about that. He's one of the disability kids that participates.

I forgot all about it and was posting FB articles here and at Blogher and my blog and posting the you tube video about Facebook. I ended up doing two you tube videos. The first one took so long to do as it didn't recognize the video format and it ended up being in mute so I had to delete it and do the whole thing over so people could hear me instead of seeing this mute mouth going a mile a minute.

And I took some time in the morning to mail my Ebay packages to people too. So, just way too distracted. Oh well, I did pay money for my pizza but that's the breaks. I will have to try to go in the fall. he has a pizza party two times during the school year. I've made it to most of them.
Well, finally after Jake came back, my oldest, Sean arrived home too, so we got talking and I got telling him about Facebook banning me and posting etc...

Well, he tells me, you're not supposed to post too much on popular walls. Excessive posting isn't okay. Boy, I wish Facebook would have given us some guidelines on that when we signed up for the account. Instead they choose to leave us in the dark and we have to learn things the hard way and figure out things after the fact.

And for today, I have been going into their forum and trying to answer some things that I know and maybe learn some things I didn't know.

I still think they need to learn a thing or two about freedom of speech. Right now I am trying to see what the limits are to posting on popular walls and how many posts you can do each day and how many walls you can post on each day. I think they owe it to us to tell us. Instead of leaving us in the dark and then we get banned for 15 days or possibly disabled. Which is why I want to find out my limits as the next thing that will happen to my account would be getting disabled. And I don't want that.

Which now brings me to one of my FB friends thoughts that someone should come up with a spacebook where everyone can post to their hearts content, not care what anyone says. A place where everyone can go to share whatever they want. Links to their stuff like we can do with Twitter. Post on walls whenever we want and popular walls can just choose not to read stuff, scroll down to what they want to take in. And they would just have to know if they choose to join the site, we all say exactly what we want, when we want and to anyone we want.

The sky is the limit. But yes, there should be some limits. Like profanity, obscenities and violence and real abuse. That stuff should be reported no matter what site you are on. And if you can recognize a true spammer, okay.

But it should be a place for us to post often, not get banned when we do postings more often, let us post where we want, do as many searches as we want and follow who we want.
Most of us just want readers to our blogs or clients to our websites or etsy shops. We want to get our stuff off the ground and noticed just like everyone else.

Spacebook would be a place to do that if someone could come up with the idea and see it through.
We all need a place where freedom of speech rocks and a place where we don't have to worry about what we say and do as much. We all like to give links to our stuff. And people can either choose to go and read, click like if they want and meet new people all the time who share the same likes and goals.

Jennifer Jo Fay

May 31, 2012

I guess I know what my next You Tube Video will be. How about something like Forget Facebook, how about Spacebook? On it.

FACEBOOK IS LYING TO US

 http://youtu.be/Yc-lwIP_tzc   the link to my You Tube video:  FACEBOOK SUCKS!

Facebook really needs to change their ways.  They are telling us we can share with people all over the world, yet then they ban us for making spammy and irrelevant comments.

A little while ago from Dec to a few weeks ago, I was posting links to my Zazzle store, Etsy shop or my blog.  I only did it once in a while for quite a few months.

The first things I noticed was that Face book would only let me do so many searches and then they would not let me do it for the rest of the day.  This was only after an hour of searching.

They also only let you request only a certain amount of friends in a time frame.

Then about three or four weeks ago, I started posting my links to just my blog on popular FB walls.  Like Ellen, Kathy Lee and hoda Kotb, Today show, etc....

Finally a little over a week ago, a warning came up saying I was posting spammy and irrelevant comments.  So I got banned from posting on walls for fifteen days.  Where, I suddenly realized that I wasn't allowed to post my links.  So, I had decided to stop posting links from now on.

Then while being banned I realized that they let you post under your face book page.  So if you have two or three pages like me, you can choose to post under any one of them.

So, while banned I was figuring that I would be able to post under my blog page without needing to supply a link or talk about it.  It was right there in the title and people could just go to the page if they wanted to check it out.  So I figured I would be okay to go to the popular pages and simply comment on their stuff under my FB page.  No.

A few nights ago, I opened up a new FB account using my mother's maiden name.  And I created a facebook page:  Jennifer's Authentic Blog and Etsy shop.

My other pages are:

Authentic Life Blog

Jennifer jo Fay's Zazzle Store for Photography

Etsy Shop jfaypaperdolls

I don't dare to post on walls of any of these.  I'm not even sure if I dare to post on walls even under my name.  Even though the comments are relevant and not spammy.  Face book is going to call them spammy and irrelevant.

I started posting on their pages for a little bit in the morning yesterday under my FB page on my new account.  All I was posting was comments to their stuff.  Never once posting about my blog, etsy shop or page.

Examples:  On Ellen, she had posted a picture of a dog hugging a sleeping child.  My comment was, "What a cute dog and child.  Love it."  How is that considered spam or irrelevant?

On Kathy Lee and Hoda, they were asking us for our opinions on their topics.  Example:  Do you think a marriage fails if the man isn't the bread winner?  All I posted was my opinion on that.  How is that being spammy and irrelevant?

FACEBOOK is a big liar.  They tell you that you can post under your FB page and then turn around and call you spammy and irrelevant.

They tell you that FACEBOOK is all about sharing across the internet.  They are not, because they turn on you and call you spammy and irrelevant.

I am wondering if I posted to my hearts content under my own name on the popular facebook walls that they are going to call me spammy and irrelevant even though I am posting things that relate to what they are talking about.

And then on Ellen's wall or Kathy Lee or Today, maybe I am posting:  Can you get Kristen Stewart on your show to talk about her new movie?  Or could you talk about blogging on your show?  Or can you talk about finding jobs?  You mean to say, FACEBOOK that we can't ask them questions about that stuff.

They actually want to know what we are thinking and do read the stuff that gets posted on their walls.  You mean to tell me that we can't share our opinions with them?  Or share our stories that relate to what they are talking about?

My comments had nothing to do with misleading, confusing, or fraud.  Those are actual violations that you can't do on FACEBOOK.  But it says nothing in there that you can't comment on topics under your  FB page.

They are liars.  And their head honcho is the biggest one as he has lied about what FACEBOOK is all about.

And these other sites like Twitter and Pinterest are going to surpass them, because they are messing up.

A real spammer will continue to post their links, create lots of fake accounts and will do it over and over again.

I honestly can't classify myself as one of them.

I'm just the average person that doesn't have the money to fork over for FACEBOOK advertising.  I have a very small budget to work with and am lucky if i have any extra spending money.  I did fork over advertising to FACEBOOK for a few months last year and what did it get me?  Zilch.  Nothing in return.  No sales, no nothing.

Most of us can't pay for any advertising and we create a FB page in hopes of getting readers to our blog, website or etsy shop.  It was getting me more readers for a little bit.  The traffic actually worked.

But FACEBOOK is determined to stop all of us from getting traffic to our pages, blogs, websites, etc.  They don't want us to get any free advertising to our FB page.  They don't want to help the average joe get our stuff off the ground.  But if we pay them their $65 or more, they are all over it in a heart beat.  No more of my money goes to them.

And if it weren't for FRIENDS and FAMILY, I would be cancelling my accounts.

Here I'm thinking, how can I get 2000 likes to my FB page if we aren't allowed to post on walls to get people to it?  Sure, you can get your Friends and Family to like it, but that's it.

Here, I'm wondering how these other blog pages can get to that?  How are they able to get to 2000 likes and not me?  I would imagine that they are getting the same warning pop up for them if they are posting.

Is there another way that they are getting people flocking to their blog if they can't post and spread the word on FACEBOOK?

Jennifer Jo Fay

May 31, 2012

http://jennyjofaypaperdolls.blogspot.com/

http://jfaypaperdolls.etsy.com

I hope my video goes viral, it would serve them right.  It would be a warning to people to know how strict and nasty FACEBOOK can be even if you aren't being spammy and irrelevant.  Maybe they just don't want you to post too much.  But you should be able to post to your hearts content if you are posting relevant comments to their stuff.

I guess we aren't allowed to share our stories and FACEBOOK doesn't believe in FREEDOM of SPEECH.  What they do believe in is that every average joe is being a SPAMMER and that is wrong to jump to conclusions about us honest people.

FACEBOOK SUCKS!!!!!

Facebook Sucks! Watch out when posting under your Facebook Page you've created

http://youtu.be/Yc-lwIP_tzc   The link to today's you tube video;  FACEBOOK SUCKS!

Facebook really needs to change their policy.

I have been banned from posting on FB walls for 15 days because I was posting my links onto FB walls under my regular account and not my FB page.  I can understand that they don't want you to post links to your stuff.  Okay, that's a given.  And my banned time is going to be done by next week.

In the meantime, I went in and created a separate FB account last night and created my fb page on that account.  That one was called  Jennifer's Authentic Blog and Etsy Shop.

Well, I got it active this morning and posted a few things on my fb page.  That was all that was active on the new account as I wasn't planning on posting under that name, as it isn't associated with any of my friends.  

So, then after putting some stuff on my fb page, I went to my favorite fb walls and started posting comments.  Ellen, The Talk, Kathy Lee and Hoda and the Today show.  I think that was the only places I was posting comments.

I never once posted a link to anything, never once posted anything about my blog or etsy shop.  I didn't need to as it was in the title when I was posting.

All I was doing was commenting on relevant topics on their walls.  Example:  On Ellen, she had a cute picture of a dog hugging a sleeping child, so I commented, "What a cute picture."

I probably posted comments related to some of her other stuff too.

Then, when I was done commenting on her things, which one of the other ones was I had posted a funny comment about the fireman stripper she had on her show on Monday.  Just posted that I had seen it and it was funny and that I was wondering if he was going to take his pants off.

And I probably posted something else asking if she could get Kristen Stewart on her show to talk about the new movie.

Then went on to Kathy Lee and the Today show and posted comments that related to the post they had done.

And then on Kathy Lee and another one I posted my opinions about topics.  Both places were actually asking us to express our opinions about things.  Like:  Do you think a marriage can last if the man isn't the bread winner?  Or what do you think about wine for breakfast?  Or any other comment that we should be able to express our opinion about.

After doing a bunch of comments on the pages I got the not so nice FB notice that "You are making spammy or irrelevant comments and they threatened to either ban me or something.

Boy, was I ticked off.  Here I'm thinking that I haven't done any spammy or irrelevant comment at all today.  Not once did I push a link, or say anything about my fb page or blog.  How on earth is commenting on their stuff being spammy?  

How on earth is posting your opinion to a topic that they have just asked your opinion about being spammy or irrelevant?  I don't get it.

Then I went and checked the fb page spam rules and after reading, I didn't see anything that I have violated. 

I went in to the help center earlier today and posted lots of questions (or more like complaints) as I would like to complain to fb directly.

I can understand not posting a link, but we should be able to post an opinion on fb walls under our facebookpage.

What about freedom of speech?  Whatever happened to it?  I guess FB doesn't support freedom of speech.  I guess only to our family and friends.  

So if you want to post on all these popular fb walls, watch out as Facebook will be so quick to call you spammyand irrelevant even if you aren't.  

I'm tempted to create a You Tube video on this tomorrow and let everyone know how terrible FB is.

They should allow us to post our opinions on walls under our FB page.  Majority of us can't afford to pay for FBadvertising which they would love to cash in on us.

They just don't want us posting under our fb pages and gaining followers or readers for free.  But if we pay FBthen they're all over it like sugar on  dollar bill.

Here's their FB rules on What is Page Spam

You tell me if you think I have violated it.  Honestly, I don't think I have.  Unless they just don't want you to post comments on FB walls under your FB page at all.  But then if that is the case, why on earth do they let you have the option to post either as you or under your FB page names?  I don't get the reasoning behind that.

Pages, groups, or events that confuse, mislead, surprise, or defraud users are considered abusive. The following material is not allowed:

• Pages, groups, or events that require users to invite all friends by either javascripts or manual invitation.
• Pages, groups, or events that are misleading, deceptive, or otherwise misrepresent the prize or any other aspect of the promotion.
• Pages, groups, or events conditioning entry in a promotion upon a user providing content on Facebook, such as making a post on a profile (timeline) or Page, status comment or photo upload.
• Pages, groups, or events administering a promotion that users automatically enter by liking the group or Page or accepting the event invitation.
  
  
  
  
  If it wasn't for friends and family, I would tell them to go shove it and cancel my account.  That's about the only thing that FAcebook is good for.  
  
  
  So, maybe I will be forgetting about my FB pages and just let them rot in a jar.
  
  
  Jennifer Jo Fay
  
  
  May 30, 2012
  
  
  
  
  

The Authentic Life Blog available on Kindle

The Authentic Life Blog is now available on Kindle.  I got it signed up recently.  It is now available there for 99 cents.  I am guessing it is monthly but maybe it's a one time fee.  Not sure.

But anyway, I would encourage anyone who blogs to try putting it on Kindle Publishing.

Kindle seems to be the future of books.  Everyone wants an e-book nowadays.  Something that they can download to their Kindle and read.  Majority of people like that when you download a book onto your Kindle or Nook book, you are saving lots of space on your shelves.

I used to have tons of books on all my bookshelves.  I had them everywhere.  Finally, on several occasions, I started packing up the books and donating them to my local library.  I felt I didn't have time to read them and they just took up lots of space on the shelves.  It got so I had stacks of them on the floors and in Barnes & Noble bags.

It's been a while since I have read a book.  I do have a nook and have a bunch of books in that library.  I probably should make myself read one sometime.  It's always good to keep reading.

Now, we have the convenience of online internet access to practically anything we want to read.  The web is loaded to the gills with words for us to gobble.

Having a blog on Kindle is cool.  I haven't had any sales yet, but am hoping that it works. It doesn't cost anything.

I'm looking into it when I am ready to publish my novel in a year or so too.  I don't want to have to pay much, but do want more books in print.

Jennifer Jo Fay

May 27, 2012

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Etsy Shop   http://jfaypaperdolls.etsy.com

My New Etsy Shop: Jfaypaperdolls

I went in and worked on my new Etsy shop today.    http://jfaypaperdolls.etsy.com

I just added about four or five more products.  It still needs more, but I will slowly work at getting more things in there.  It's looking more like a shop now.

I added more of my paper doll sets and another bottle cap knitting marker set.  Iconic actresses.  I know I would love to knit with them and hope that other people want to also.  I think they are really cute.

I've been on twitter for part of the morning and afternoon tweeting all my stuff.  Tweeting the etsy shop, the blog and the Zazzle store.

http://zazzle.com/fancyphotography/

I sold a cute kid's t shirt last week at the Zazzle store.  That was cool.

While I was at Etsy, I checked out the apps and discovered the etsy store app that you can add to your facebook pages.  I took the time to check it out and I now have the app right on each of my facebook pages.

Authentic Life Blog page
Jennifer Jo Fay Paperdolls page
Jennifer Jo Fay's Zazzle Photography Store page.

So, once I can start to post on people's walls, I will hope that people will be enticed to go check out the store.

I didn't want to get lots of products on Etsy just yet and have to pay the fees and no sales.  I haven't made any sales yet and don't want it to cost me an arm and a leg to list lots of stuff.

But the app looks cool on my pages.  I tried it out and it went straight to my shop.  I think I will add some more products to my store later today.  It would be nice to have at least 20 items for sale in there or a little more.

I have heard so many times that it takes a long time to get your Etsy shop off the ground.  You really need to do lots of advertising to get going.  I might decide to promote one of the products in a few months.  I think for $7 you can promote your item for a day to gain customers.

I will probably stick with it longer than I did last year with my other etsy account.

I like that you can have the shipping for international all set up there so anyone can buy.  I've got them all on an old post here and for sale on all my blogs, but I don't think the shipping is set up for international.  It is fine if you are in the US.  Although, I think if I had a sale from here that was international, I think you can easily create an invoice from Paypal to send to them before they send the paypal payment to you.

All my paper dolls are for sale on these blogs on an older post.  My prices are slightly higher on the blogs, but I decided to sell them at a cheaper price at my Etsy shop.  I just haven't gotten around to changing it on the blogs.  I might just decide to leave it and just keep sending everyone to my etsy shop instead.

Jennifer Jo Fay

May 27, 2012

http://jfaypaperdolls.etsy.com