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Problem: I have a Facebook business page, but when I comment or like on other business pages, it is anonymous.
I read a solution that said. "Go to your page and click “Edit Page“, then click on “Your Settings“. You’ll find that there’s a checkbox there which ensures that you will always post as your page whenever you’re posting on your page. Uncheck that, save the changes and you will be able to choose for yourself."
But when I uncheck that button and save, the checkmark comes back. I think it is because I don't have a personal account. What is the solution?
2012-10-16 03:46:32
You probably have your account settings set to private, if you want to change that you can play with your account settings and switch to public, ultra private friends only and so on. It depends on how much you want to share.
2012-10-09 21:16:29
Hi, and thanks everybody for your suggestions (this is from the original poster).I started a Facebook "page" for my art business and did not have a personal account. Facebook allowed me do this.However, it seems that the business page will not operate properly in several respects if there is no personal account. I have confirmed this by opening a personal account (which I am planning not to use - I didn't want one!), and the problems that I had have been solved. Personally I think this is a big bug in Facebook and I think they should fix it. If they have their reasons for needing you to have an individual account, they should make it so that you cannot do otherwise.For your info, I would note that in the menu item: Edit Page --> Manage Notifications (gives Your Settings, haha) --> Posting Preferences, it gives you a check box (as referred to in my original question). Mine said: "Always comment and post on your pages as PageName, even when using Facebook as." See, it should say "...using Facebook as IndividualAccountName." but the sentence literally left off with the word "as". This made me think that Facebook needed an individual account to put in that field.So, I did open an individual account. The things that didn't work before, but that do now, are:1) am able to see the "like" button on other "pages" (previously, I had an "add to favorites" button from a pulldown menu, and that is now gone; also I presume that those early "likes" that I left were unidentified to the recipients, unfortunately.);2) am able to select "Use facebook as PageName" from the Edit Page menu, but only if I sign into my individual account first, and then go to the business page;3) I am able to comment on other Pages and my identity will show as either PageName or IndividualAccountName as desired (see item 2 - must sign into personal account);4) I presume I am no longer blocked from adding content on the Facebook community - I haven't tried it again, but when I was trying to solve this problem I was completely prevented from posting the problem there. This is too bad for Facebook, because anybody having this problem is prevented from giving their feedback!Anyway, there you go - some field experience for the hive mind!I didn't look further into the possibility of phishing pages, since opening the personal account seemed to solve the problem. However, that is a good tip to make sure you are on an authentic page.
2013-04-16 21:36:11
Hi Guderian,Well, it was a while back that I set up the profile AFTER the page, so I'm not certain that Facebook hasn't tinkered with things in the meantime. But surely you CAN set up two accounts - you just have to use a different email address for each. So try to set up your personal profile with a different email address and write back to report how it went.
2012-10-08 04:28:03
Maybe a hacked page and not the real facebook check the address bar for https://
2012-10-08 17:23:28
Yes, this might be any pishing site. Please check it from another computer.
2012-10-08 03:10:34
I think you need to get a personal account to show up as "something" on other pages - you can only post as a "page" on your own page
2012-10-08 13:04:59
i donot think so, if he has bisuness acount this mean he already has personal one
2012-10-08 21:06:36
But this person wrote "I think it is because I don’t have a personal account."
2012-10-09 06:55:44
Yes you right, but this is not correct as Facebook will not allow this
2012-10-19 16:28:41
Well, if you create a facebook account and then change it into a page then you'll have a page without any accountThis happens to companies/organisations who by mistake made a personal account instead of a page.