{"id":238,"date":"2011-06-20T17:24:36","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T00:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/breyeschow\/?p=238"},"modified":"2011-06-20T19:48:24","modified_gmt":"2011-06-21T02:48:24","slug":"possibilities-and-pitfalls-of-migrating-your-facebook-profile-to-a-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/breyeschow\/2011\/06\/20\/possibilities-and-pitfalls-of-migrating-your-facebook-profile-to-a-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Possibilities and Pitfalls of Migrating Your Facebook Profile to a Page"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A little over a month ago, I decided to migrate my Facebook Profile to a Facebook Page<\/a>. I have sat with this decision for a while now,\u00a0so thought I would offer some insights for those who might be thinking about doing the same.<\/p>\n

And with these first sentences, 75% of readers fall asleep<\/em> \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Social media geeks unite! \u00a0Woot!<\/p>\n

If you are still with me, this whole migration process takes your profile and converts it into a page changing all of your \u201cfriends\u201d on your profile into \u201clikes\u201d on a page;\u00a0essentially\u00a0unfriending them all and turning them into \u201cfans.\u201d \u00a0So before I get started, let me say with an unwavering confidence, DO NOT MIGRATE<\/em><\/strong> unless you really really really think you need to. And by \u201cneed to\u201d I mean you fit one of the following three reasons a profile should be migrated to a page:<\/p>\n

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  1. You are at the 5,000 friend limit or see that you will reach that number in the future;<\/li>\n
  2. You are a public figure so you interact with a great number of people who you really do not know nor do you want to have part of your personal facebook life;<\/li>\n
  3. You are a business\/organization that first started a profile before pages were all the rage;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Other than those reasons, I say resist the temptation and remain a profile. The downsides of starting a new page\u00a0identity\u00a0greatly outnumbers the benefits of having an established\u00a0profile. \u00a0Basically, I just don\u2019t think it is worth the hassle. \u00a0Remember\u00a0the reason that Facebook did this in the first place was mostly for reason #3 and rarely for individuals.<\/p>\n

    Still thinking about doing this? If you are be sure to read the\u00a0Converting Your Profile<\/a> info from Facebook to see if you should even be thinking about this and\u00a0it might behoove you to read these migration nightmares, Facebook Profile to Page Migration Nightmare<\/em><\/a>, Facebook Profile Migrations: A Cautionary Tale<\/a> <\/em>or Facebook Fan Page Migration Disaster<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Okay, you have been warned and I feel like I have done my due diligence, so if this all goes into the crapper, please don\u2019t say I didn\u2019t warn you. With that said, if you have decided to go for it, here are some things to keep in mind, so the process doesn\u2019t shock your social media heart.<\/p>\n

    The updsides . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n