[Patrick]

Okay so as some of you know I ran a Big Brother Facebook Fan Page since BB11 and you can view it here:

http://www.facebook.com/BB11UK

Now that one we don't use anymore, because it was for BB11.

So me and Jords owned a new one for BB in General and that was just pushing 1000 Members and it's only really been made, and now just there now Facebook closed the new page.

And give me some silly ******ing little message:

'A Page you were an Admin of has been merged - please tick this box if you understand, thank you.'


It's like Nah Bro.

And now I just found out it's happened to 3 other people who own Big Brother fan pages on Facebook.

So it's no coincidence - why are they all being shut down or sorry 'Merged' and I bet they're being merged with Channel 5's Official Page as that's gained about 2,000 Members in the past 15 Minutes.

Why are they doing this? Channel 4 didn't do this to me last Summer.

I bet they're just jealous because my fan page [and probably other fan pages] do more for the fans than their sh*tty official one.

Petty Bastards.

[_Seth]

tbh good, because I hate it when people try and pretend that their pages are official to trick people. You're probably not one of them but it pisses me off.

[CharlieO]

They are being so bloody sly with this 'New generation of social networking connections' deleting comments and merging and all. Not at all impressed.

[Ramsay]

Thats shnakey that is

[Stu]

They're probably red in the face that the official page for the Big Brother relaunch only had about 18,000.

[Ramsay]

The official one now has 23K likes..
Dodgy

[*mazedsalv**]

They are the ones throwing their toys out of the pram now things aren't going their way

[Patrick]

Yeah Phlip, like last year on my BB11 Page everyone some how just assumed it was official and started asking me questions - by addressing me as 'BB' lol.

But I mean I never intended to be official and when asked [like I was asked yesterday] if we were official or not, I even gave the guy a link to Channel 5's official page, the dick heads.

Originally Posted by Stu

They're probably red in the face that the official page for the Big Brother relaunch only had about 18,000.

Exactly this.

Since they've started shutting pages they have just literally over 23,000 Members when yesterday they barely had 20,000.

They're wankers, utter wankers.

I mean today of all days to shut them down like .

Originally Posted by CharlieO

They are being so bloody sly with this 'New generation of social networking connections' deleting comments and merging and all. Not at all impressed.

This.

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

Originally Posted by *mazedsalv**

They are the ones throwing their toys out of the pram now things aren't going their way

Totally agree with you, its cause of all negative comments people are making about there is no LF, i bet.

[Patrick]

Can you guys like write on the official one's wall or anything?

I don't know if they've blocked the Admins of the fan pages from reacting or something.

[SimBrotherNetwork]

Now this really is taking the P**S channel 5!

[SimBrotherNetwork]

And how the hell have they got so many new likes in less then 2 hours?

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by SimBrotherNetwork

And how the hell have they got so many new likes in less then 2 hours?

Because some fan pages alone had up to 1,000 odd members.

So they didn't actually close them down - what the cheeky bastards did was, they 'merged' theirs with ours, meaning they wipe all our work off and simply take our members instead.

Horrible and as Charlie said, sly.

[*mazedsalv**]

Originally Posted by SimBrotherNetwork

And how the hell have they got so many new likes in less then 2 hours?

I guess they were members of all the other groups.

[_Seth]

I'm surprised Facebook did that for them... arselickers.

[SimBrotherNetwork]

Now that is sly, i cant understand if they do it to people claiming to be official but not fan made!

[BigBrotherfan4ever]

Originally Posted by Patrick

Can you guys like write on the official one's wall or anything?

I don't know if they've blocked the Admins of the fan pages from reacting or something.

Patrick i've just wrote on there wall, i cant believe they are doing this, its totally out of order.

[*mazedsalv**]

I let them know on Digital Spy, and they are also furious. The more people know about this, the bigger impact it will have when Five get a nasty shock.

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by BigBrotherfan4ever

Patrick i've just wrote on there wall, i cant believe they are doing this, its totally out of order.

You can write on their wall?

So they've now actually blocked me from expressing my opinion on Big Brother this year on their wall? Fine then, I hope their sh*tty little Facebook Apps fail along with their Official page.

[Jarrod]

www.facebook.com/ripbbuk has gone. << Mine. ¬_¬

[Boothy]

How come this one is till up with 25k members, about 2/3k more than the official one?

https://www.facebook.com/BigBrotherU...=wall&filter=1

[BBM]

Did you make it clear you were unofficial?

[Harry!]

That is so totally out of order. I would be devistated if this happened to one of my groups.

[yourmn]

According to C5:-

"We’re grateful to fans that have created blogs, websites, Facebook pages and created a buzz on Twitter. But some fans have been misled by social media activity and wrongly believe that it all authorised by Channel 5 and the Big Brother producers.

If you’re maintaining a social media fan presence for Big Brother here are our guidelines:

Make it clear you’re a fan site and that you’re unofficial
Don’t imply that you’re connected with the Big Brother production or Channel 5


We’re working closely with Facebook. If you are a fan of the show, you should create a Group (not a Page) to show your support.

You can create a group by clicking "Create Group" in the left hand column of your home page.

But you must ensure:

Your Facebook Group title clearly states you’re a fan group
Your posts do not imply that you are involved with the Big Brother production or Channel 5

Facebook’s definitions of a Group and a Page are:

Pages allow real organisations, businesses, celebrities and brands to communicate broadly with people who like them. Pages may only be created and managed by official representatives.
Groups provide a closed space for small groups of people to communicate about shared interests. Groups can be created by anyone"

[Patrick]

OMG Boothy!

Originally Posted by BBM

Did you make it clear you were unofficial?

Yes, very.