Freecycle and Facebook - Revision history

Alisonkamat: Updated link to Social Media guidelines and moved it to the top of the list

2020-07-26T13:50:06Z

Updated link to Social Media guidelines and moved it to the top of the list

2020-03-03T19:01:40Z

2019-06-28T17:05:16Z

‎Setting up your group's Facebook page

2018-12-11T23:36:07Z

filled in the blank

2018-12-11T23:28:48Z

Deleted obsolete instructions about how to associate page with TFN

2016-02-16T20:10:38Z

2016-02-16T04:17:48Z

Added link to Cafe group guidelines

2016-02-15T20:25:32Z

New content

2015-04-09T18:07:40Z

‎Freecycle and Facebook

2015-02-09T19:25:48Z

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 == Setting up your group's Facebook page ==
 Here's how to get started:
 #Log into Facebook from a personal Facebook account. It is possible to preserve your privacy if you use your own personal Facebook account, although you do have to be vigilant.
 #From the top of the Facebook page, click "Create."
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 #Make sure you get the correct [[Trademark|copyright information]] on your page. The Impressum is a good field for the copyright statement.
 #Email: Leave this blank unless you have a non-Freecycle address you want to put in. Please don't publish a Freecycle.org email address. Instead set up the "Contact Us" button to link to the website.
 #Use the official Freecycle logo somewhere on your page. Here is a handy square JPG you can use for your profile photo: [[File:Freecycle logo square.JPG|border|center|200px]]

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 #From the top of the Facebook page, click "Create."
 #Click "Page." Make sure you create a page rather than a group. A page has much stricter editorial controls than a group does.
-#Select Community
+#Select "Community or Public Figure"
 #Name: Give it a name that closely matches your official Freecycle group. For copyright purposes, if you're in the U.S. it's a good idea to use XXXXX Freecycle.org. In the U.K. Freecycle is better.
 #Select a Category: Environmental Conservation Organization

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 Here's how to get started:
 #Log into Facebook from a personal Facebook account. It is possible to preserve your privacy if you use your own personal Facebook account, although you do have to be vigilant.
-#From the top of the Facebook page, pull down the triangle on the far right side.
+#From the top of the Facebook page, click "Create."
-#Click "Create Page." Make sure you create a page rather than a group. A page has much stricter editorial controls than a group does.
+#Click "Page." Make sure you create a page rather than a group. A page has much stricter editorial controls than a group does.
-#Category: Companies and organizations: Non-Profit Organization
+#Select Community
 #Name: Give it a name that closely matches your official Freecycle group. For copyright purposes, if you're in the U.S. it's a good idea to use XXXXX Freecycle.org. In the U.K. Freecycle is better.
 #Make sure you get the correct [[Trademark|copyright information]] on your page. The Impressum is a good field for the copyright statement.
 #Email: Leave this blank unless you have a non-Freecycle address you want to put in. Please don't publish a Freecycle.org email address. Instead set up the "Contact Us" button to link to the website.

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 == Share your posts with The Freecycle Network ==
-Got a great post to share? Send it to ____________ .
+Got a great post to share? Share it https://www.facebook.com/freecycle/.
 == A note of caution ==

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 *"Like" your local nonprofit/charity groups and hope they return the favor
 *Share your group's posts with your personal Facebook friends
 == Share your posts with The Freecycle Network ==

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 == Share your posts with The Freecycle Network ==
 Got a great post to share? Send it to ____________ .
-−
 == For more information ==
 If there are any follow up questions relating to this, or anything else, please contact your Social Media team at [mailto:socialmedia@freecycle.org socialmedia@freecycle.org]

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 ==Freecycle and Facebook==
-A "How To" guide for local moderators to associate their local pages with the official Page for The Freecycle Network
+== Setting up your group's Facebook page ==
-(For those who also have Cafes, do not forget to take a look at the cafe guidelines posted here: [[ModManual:Mod_cafe| Cafe Guidelines]]
+Here's how to get started:
-Here's how to associate your local groups' Page with the official Page for The Freecycle Network -
+As long as you see your group's name at the top of the page, any action you perform such as publishing posts and "liking" other pages will happen under your group.
 #Visit http://www.facebook.com/bookmarks/pages
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 A "Community Page about The Freecycle Network"
+== Share your posts with The Freecycle Network ==
 If there are any follow up questions relating to this, or anything else, please contact your Social Media team at [mailto:socialmedia@freecycle.org socialmedia@freecycle.org]

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−	This is a guide for local moderator teams of The Freecycle Network only~~; if you're not a local moderator, you don't need to follow this~~.	+	This is a guide for local moderator teams of The Freecycle Network only.



	If there are any follow up questions relating to this, or anything else, please contact your Social Media team at [mailto:socialmedia@freecycle.org socialmedia@freecycle.org]		If there are any follow up questions relating to this, or anything else, please contact your Social Media team at [mailto:socialmedia@freecycle.org socialmedia@freecycle.org]

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:25, 9 February 2015
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		+	==Freecycle and Facebook==
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	A "How To" guide for local moderators to associate their local pages with the official Page for The Freecycle Network		A "How To" guide for local moderators to associate their local pages with the official Page for The Freecycle Network
	(For those who also have Cafes, do not forget to take a look at the cafe guidelines posted here: [[ModManual:Mod_cafe\| Cafe Guidelines]]		(For those who also have Cafes, do not forget to take a look at the cafe guidelines posted here: [[ModManual:Mod_cafe\| Cafe Guidelines]]