Statement on the Official Facebook Fan Page of President Benigno S. Aquino III
by Noynoy Aquino (P-Noy) FB Page
12 November 2010
From: Sonny Coloma, Secretary, Presidential Communications Operations Office
On August 16, 2010, we opened the Official Website and Social Networking Sites of President Benigno S. Aquino III. We were aware of the Facebook Management policy that states: “Only the official representative of an organization, business, celebrity, or band may create a Facebook Page.” http://www.facebook.com/help/?page=904
Facebook Management implemented this policy early this week. That’s almost three months after we opened President Aquino’s Official Facebook Fan Page.
There is another policy of Facebook Management which states clearly, “If you would like to create a Facebook presence for a celebrity or organization, and you are not officially authorized to do so, please create a Facebook group instead, as this may be created and maintained by any user.”
It is clear from the foregoing policies that Facebook Management seeks to minimize confusion that may arise from the existence of more than one Official Facebook Fan Page for a public official -- in this case, for President Aquino.
In the light of these developments, we invite everyone to visit and participate in President Aquino’s Official Facebook Fan Page. We wish to emphasize that this is an inclusive page. We value the free expression of diverse opinions which, after all, is an essential element in a vibrant democracy like ours.
Add Statement on 13 Nov 2010:
We recognize and honor the contribution of Ben Totanes, Betty Abrantes and all the volunteers who painstakingly established and grew the BSAIII Facebook Fan Page during the last campaign.
We will communicate with Facebook Management on how their concerns may be addressed appropriately.
We want to continue working with Ben, Betty and all the volunteers in pursuing our common objective to support President Aquino’s good governance and anti-corruption programs and to strengthen the feedback mechanism of the government.
END OF STATEMENT
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MY COLLECTION OF COMMENTS ON THE MERGING
There is a Facebook rule that says an individual can only have ONE ACCOUNT. PNoy chooses to maintain this new account and requested Facebook for a special favor to migrate the members of the old account to the new account. Facebook did a "special process". So, be gratefull to Facebook and if you are a real Pro-PNoy then you have to be respectful of PNoys lead. (John Petalcorin)
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Ang may-ari ng fan page ay hindi ang fan. Kung ako politiko at merong fanpage na ginawa ang isang supporter ko, akin yang page na yan. Si PNoy ang may-ari ng Fan Page niya. PNoy owns both page. He has exclusive rights to merge it. (John Petalcorin)
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Sino ba ang complainant ng merging? Ang creator ba ng page ang complainant ng merging? Hindi naman. Hindi pwede ang Admin ang complainant dahil the Admin only serve co-terminus to the confidence and discretion of the creator. (John Petalcorin)
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Walang hacking na nangyari. Walang hacking. Hindi kailangan ipaliwanag ng Facebook kung paano nila ginagawa ang merging. (John Petalcorin)
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PNoy can always request Facebook to shut down all accounts created using his name or picture without his permission. So, yang ginagawa nyong bagong account, I will recommend to have it shut down para hindi pwedeng abusuhin. (John Petalcorin)
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Dapat walang abiso ang merging. Delicado pag abisohan mo ang Admin na sisisantehin mo dahil baka mag-wild at pag-deletin ang mga members. So, tama yun na surprise at mabilis ang pag-kaka-merge. (John Petalcorin)
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Hindi uubra yang isue na "walang respect sa creator". Unang-una, hindi naman complainant ang creator. Pangalawa, ang creator ay under ng fiduciary trust ni PNoy. (John Petalcorin)
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Magka-iba ang playing field sa Campaign Period and ngayon na Presidente na si PNoy. Noong campaign, pwede siyang mag-block. Pero ngayong Presidente na siya, language decency na lang ang controlin, hindi pwedeng i-block ng Presidente ang constituents niya dahil suppression yan ng karapatan ng mamamayan na makapag-salita sa Pangulo. Ang blocking ay suppression of speech yan. Pwede yan sa Campaign period. Pero hindi pwedeng i-suppress ng Presidente ang Freedom of speech ng Filipino citizens. (John Petalcorin)
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Imagine there are two rooms where PNoy's fans are sitting. Both rooms are managed by two different facilitators. There is nothing wrong if PNoy decides to break the dividing para one account na lang. Mas efficient at mas madaling i-facilitate pag pinag-isa. (John Petalcorin)
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Nag join ka ba ng old PNoy page dati dahil sa creator na si Ben Totanes or dahil sa mga Admin na "kakilala" mo, at hindi ka pala nag-join dahil kay PNoy? Sorry kung na merge ka dito. I suggest mag-buo ka na lang ng fan page ni Ben or fanpage ng kung sino mang admin na sinundan mo.
All Facebook accounts that uses PNoy's name will be claimed as "owned" by PNoy and will be disposed of properly. A person cannot steal a thing that he himself own. PNoy did not steal. The old acct is owned by PNoy's.
The migration only intends to move into this new page those who "like" PNoy in the old page. You liked PNoy in the old page, but in your case now, you are now saying you don't like PNoy. The migration was difficult because it was hard to distinguish those who are like you. The decision taken was to migrate na lang lahat na "active" accounts at hindi na isama sa migration ang "inactive" accounts. Kung nagka-mali, at hindi mo pala "like" si PNoy, pwede mo naman click lang ang Unlike para mawala ka na ang page na eto. This is still PNoy's page. (John Petalcorin)
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Masyadong fraudulently bloated ang numbers ng members ng old account -- this is the reason it reached 2M+. From old acct, less than 1M lang ang na merge dito kasi yung ibang members sa old page eh bogus multiple duplicate acct. In the old acct, maraming bogus na nag join sa old page to make it appear na marami ang members to create a band wagon. The migration was difficult because it was hard to distinguish the bogus. The decision taken was to migrate na lang lahat na "active" accounts at hindi na isama sa migration ang "inactive" accounts. Pag migrate, hindi na napa-sama ang mahigit kalahati sa lumang account.
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Tama ang merging. Magka-iba ang playing field sa Campaign Period and ngayon na Presidente na si PNoy. Noong campaign, pwede siyang mag-block. Pero ngayong Presidente na siya, language decency na lang ang controlin, hindi pwedeng i-block ng Presidente ang constituents niya dahil suppression yan ng karapatan ng mamamayan na makapag-salita sa Pangulo. Ang blocking ay suppression of speech yan. Pwede yan sa Campaign period. Pero hindi pwedeng i-suppress ng Presidente ang Freedom of speech ng Filipino citizens.
Hindi porque supporter ka noong panahon ng campaign eh pwede mo nang diktahan ang tao kung anong gusto niyang gawin sa dalawang page niya at kung sino ang gusto niyang admin ng page niya. Iba na ang playing field ngayon, Presidente na si PNoy, hindi na kandidato. Pantay-pantay ang tingin niya sa lahat.
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Marami pang PNoy page ang i-identify at i-merge dito sa page na eto. Pag gumamit ng PNoy name or photo ang isang page para mang-hingkayat ng LIKERS, pwedeng i-claim yan ni PNoy na sa kanya at i-merge sa page na eto. Yung active members lang ang i-merge, hindi yung inactive. In short, may dagdag-bawas, pero merong way-out ang ayaw pwede naman sila mag click ng Unlike.
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The old page has to be shut down. The old page may be an asset of Noy during the campaign, but it becomes a liability when he becomes President. In the old page, there are traces that detractors are suppressed, which would smear a bad image to Noy when he become President. As President of the Republic, he wants to uphold democracy, he wants to listen to criticism. The old one-sided Praisebook account has to be defunct para walang trace ng bangayan.
Let's forget the wounds during the campaign and delete all traces of the painful political war. Let's move on.
Isang bansa na lang tayo. Isang Presidente. Demokrasya ang iiral. Pakikinggan lahat na boses -- masaya man yan o hinaing. Pwede papuri. Pwede batikos, basta huwag lang bastos.
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Using the Facebook rule on infringement of intellectual property rights, Malacanang should be diligent in purging all counterfeit Facebook Pages of the President that uses his name and picture in mockery. There is no need to migrate the members, abrupt deletion/removal of the counterfeit page is recommended. A mockery to the President is a mockery to the Philippines. If the mockery is done by a Filipino, it is the worse form of unpatriotism and treachery to our motherland.
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The old PNoy Page was already abandoned by PNoy as he created an official FB page as a President.
Despite the fact that PNoy no longer look at posts at the old FB Page, people still continue to send feedback to PNoy in the old page. PNoy has no official personnel in place to get the messages in its right form.
Any page that continues to exist without PNoy getting the posts address to him is not good for the President. If these unofficial PNoy pages continue to operate, the number of messages unheard by PNoy will just grow and it is not good for the President.
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Before FB deletes a Page, FB sends message to the Page Creator about the plan and the reasons behind it. The creator of the old PNoy FB page admitted having received such message.
For the members of the page who demand an explanation why they did not receive an "abiso" before the page is deleted, please address this issue to the Page Creator.
