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Ask HN: Why does FaceBook insist on attaching business account to personal one?

11 points by away2017throw 9y ago

Is it just a lack of a feature or yet another way of snooping for connection data?

matchmike1313 9y ago
I don't think its lack of a feature, they centralize everything back to a Facebook userId, Facebook login, apps, etc... I'm sure they use it for snooping and data mining thou.
- away2017throw 9y ago
  But I don't want to see a bunch of wedding / travel photos etc. when posting an update for customers :(. Three separate things: employment, hustle and personal life.
saluki 9y ago
Facebook makes sure everything connects back to the product(you). They don't want understand that you have a personal(private) life and a business life and a hustle.
shahbaby 9y ago
just make a separate account?
- away2017throw 9y ago
  Not allowed to have more than one per their rules? Obliged to provide a photo to confirm a new account these days?
thisone 9y ago
I'm in the middle of this hell. For reasons that I hope are rather obvious, I don't want my personal FB account linked to my employers Page. I also don't want apps created for my employer to be administered by my personal account. And now I'm stuck in a weird lock-out loop for my work account. I was able to get a dev account and set up an app. But now I can log in, navigate Facebook proper, but once I try to access anything in the dev pages, my account gets locked, I have to submit a photo, wait two days, my account is back. I log in, I go to the dev pages, my account gets locked..... I can't find a way out of this hell, or anyone to speak with about it. The photo thing gets kinda creepy after the 5th time.
- away2017throw 9y ago
  I think an actual person looks at photo matching result. Good to know I will be able to post every 72 hours at least - better than nothing!
myaso 9y ago
Lock in. You won't be able to quit. Much more powerful motivator than telling yourself 'i keep an account to keep in touch'. Basically ensures continuity of Facebook across however many years you would expect to work and prevents them being wiped out with changing preferences across generations. It's not accidental.

11 points by away2017throw 9y ago

Is it just a lack of a feature or yet another way of snooping for connection data?

I don't think its lack of a feature, they centralize everything back to a Facebook userId, Facebook login, apps, etc... I'm sure they use it for snooping and data mining thou.

away2017throw 9y ago
But I don't want to see a bunch of wedding / travel photos etc. when posting an update for customers :(. Three separate things: employment, hustle and personal life.

saluki 9y ago

Facebook makes sure everything connects back to the product(you). They don't want understand that you have a personal(private) life and a business life and a hustle.

shahbaby 9y ago

just make a separate account?

away2017throw 9y ago
Not allowed to have more than one per their rules? Obliged to provide a photo to confirm a new account these days?

thisone 9y ago

I'm in the middle of this hell. For reasons that I hope are rather obvious, I don't want my personal FB account linked to my employers Page. I also don't want apps created for my employer to be administered by my personal account. And now I'm stuck in a weird lock-out loop for my work account. I was able to get a dev account and set up an app. But now I can log in, navigate Facebook proper, but once I try to access anything in the dev pages, my account gets locked, I have to submit a photo, wait two days, my account is back. I log in, I go to the dev pages, my account gets locked..... I can't find a way out of this hell, or anyone to speak with about it. The photo thing gets kinda creepy after the 5th time.

away2017throw 9y ago
I think an actual person looks at photo matching result. Good to know I will be able to post every 72 hours at least - better than nothing!

myaso 9y ago

Lock in. You won't be able to quit. Much more powerful motivator than telling yourself 'i keep an account to keep in touch'. Basically ensures continuity of Facebook across however many years you would expect to work and prevents them being wiped out with changing preferences across generations. It's not accidental.