Monday, April 1, 2013

Facebook blocking event invitation function - protect your freedom of communication NOW!

Well everyone, looks like Facebook got upset because it wasn't invited to read our April edition of Jazz & Blues Florida so now I can't invite any of our five thousand interested friends, which may include you! 





If you like, you can go directly to the event and JOIN, and then invite your friends (as some music lovers have already started doing!). Here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/events/532799063425067/


I checked with a couple of close friends, who are even marked as such in the Facebook options, and I can't invite them.

The ratio of me requesting friends to being requested for the almost five thousand friends of Jazz & Blues Florida is probably in the 1:25 or larger area.  People have requested to be friends for exactly the reason Facebook is blocking the communication.  If you are one of those people, how do YOU feel about Facebook making decisions for you?

When we have put out this event notice previously, we have had over a 10% acceptance response. I think that is pretty darn large for Facebook events, by anyone.  

Abusive? Well, we do this only once a month, and EVERYONE can unfriend us at anytime if they don't even want that, so abuse doesn't seem like it should be a concern/issue here.

Maybe Facebook is mad just because we are really, really good at using the service they provide and they can't figure out how to do that themselves.

Overall, this is just another example of why it is so important to get on our email list for notices and news...email me at Charlie@JazzBluesFlorida.com and let me know you want to be added to Jazz & Blues Florida's proprietary list before they take complete control over our communication and we loss contact. Thanks!


Jazz & Blues Florida
(561) 313-7432

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