Facebook Allowing Original Admins to Be Removed
Facebook finally implemented a feature that Facebook page owners and Admins have been asking for since the launch of Facebook pages…which is, the ability for any Admin of a page to remove another Admin.
Prior to this, when someone created a Facebook page, then they were considered the “original” Admin for that page and the page was permanently linked to the original Admin’s profile. The original Admin could add other Admins and any other Admins could be removed, but the original Admin could not be removed. This was problematic in the cases where an employee created a business page for their employer and then left the company, the ex-employee was still tied to that Facebook page. I had heard of cases where both the employer and the employee wanted to the ability to be removed from the page.
Another instance where this caused problems, was in the case of a Virtual Assistant or someone else contracted to set up a page for someone. This meant that the client had to give the contractor access to their personal profile for the purposes of going in and setting up the page so that the client was the original Admin. As Facebook began to tighten up their security features for logging in, then it became even harder for a contractor to log in remotely to set up the page. Now, a contractor can set up a page from their own account, add the client as an Admin and then the client has the option to remove the contractor as an Admin once they are no longer working with them.
While there are mostly benefits to the addition of this feature, there is a drawback as well. It now means that you need to really trust any other people who you add as an Admin to your page more than before. Obviously, it was important to trust any Admins you added as this gave them complete access to post or make changes to your page, but now it also means that any other Admins for your page can also remove you as an Admin.
You can work hard to build a Facebook page and community for your business or brand, then you add an employee to help administer, post and monitor the page. Unfortunately, the employee becomes disgruntled and removes you and everyone else as Admins. You’ve just lost it all with the click of a button. That isn’t to say that you couldn’t appeal to Facebook to get it back, but it would probably take awhile and in the meantime, this employee could do quite a bit of damage to your reputation during this time. My suggestion for employers or anyone else who is adding an Admin to their page, also draw up a simple contract which outlines your expectations and policy for any Admins of your Facebook page.
Facebook still has their policy in place that you need to be an official representative of a business, brand or artist to set up a page so the original Admin or person who first sets up the page will need to authorized to do so.
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Category: Facebook News, Facebook Pages
