FB Like and Share Buttons - One And The Same Now?

Facebook just made a huge change to the way ?Like? works and in my opinion this is a great move that will only benefit us all, even though we might not like the short term impact.

You see, I mentioned in a previous post that I am not a big fan of forced ?like? to get access to content, and to like before seeing what you actually get is quite frankly stupid.

I don?t do it, and I am sure a whole bunch of facebook users don?t either.

But we are obsessed with getting people to like our pages. This is ?old school? marketing. This is forced opt-in.

Anyhoo, facebook made a big change today.

?Like? and 'share' effectively became the same thing.

You see, previously, ?like? was an addition to the activity stream, and ?share? was a full frontal blast to your friends. If you share you are telling people ?you support this?, and it becomes front and central in your news feed, thumbnail and all.

I guarantee, marketers are going to be screaming about this for weeks, but in reality this is a good thing. Forced like is no longer the way to go.
Share and be proud. Or more importantly, give your customers something to share and be proud about.

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xLoKuMx said:

Sorry, but where did you read this?

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facebookdude said:

If you have a like button on your website, you can make yourself admin of your website by putting your uid in the metatags. This means you can post an update to all your users so your website essentially becomes a fan page

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