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Hold up, there is something wrong here. Yes, he did set up the page as "just a fan". However, this page has been in existence for a few years and it's a page that got really popular. So, Facebook only "enforces" their ToS when there's enough popularity there to "monetize". It's bullshit and it needs to be publicized as much as possible.


That's not bullshit at all. Upload a music video of a little-known band to Youtube and nothing happens; band goes big, video gets 5 million views, is removed for copyright violation.

Facebook can't possibly police every page, so they stick to policing those that are largest or fastest growing. Get popular enough and you'll enter the radar.

It's unfair in a way; but it does make sense.


Facebook checks pages once they hit a certain threshold of subscribers. Otherwise they would have to check every little page.




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