# Remember when Facebook was against corporate entities?

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**Created:** [October 19, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-when-facebook-was-against-corporate-entities/247718 "2009-10-19T20:48:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-when-facebook-was-against-corporate-entities/247718/1 "2009-10-19T20:48:14Z")

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Well so much for that, as now I see nearly every TV commercial end with a link to their Facebook page.

For reference.  
Link when they were against BMW in identity.

> **[No, You Cannot Be BMW (Or Any Other Big Corporation) on Facebook](http://gawker.com/5327477/no-you-cannot-be-bmw-or-any-other-big-corporation-on-facebook)**
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> Facesquatters beware: Facebook is coming for you. The social network rolled out short usernames less than two months ago, now it's starting to revoke the ones it doesn't like.

Edit: Upon further research it seems they’ve been pro-corporate since '06? :ponder

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**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-when-facebook-was-against-corporate-entities/247718/2 "2009-10-19T20:48:57Z")

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It’s called broadening their profit margin.

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**Author:** ![94Gt5.0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94gt5.0/32/6377_2.png) [@94Gt5.0](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94Gt5.0)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-when-facebook-was-against-corporate-entities/247718/3 "2009-10-19T20:49:14Z")

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Theres $$$ to be made, what did ya really expect? lol

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**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-when-facebook-was-against-corporate-entities/247718/4 "2009-10-19T21:17:39Z")

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> [@UB Graduation Tickets](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ub-graduation-tickets/24608/5):
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> Theres $$$ to be made, what did ya really expect? lol

At least to stick with their own policies :ponder

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**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-when-facebook-was-against-corporate-entities/247718/5 "2009-10-19T21:19:08Z")

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So they made an amendment. Big deal.

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**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remember-when-facebook-was-against-corporate-entities/247718/6 "2009-10-20T07:26:40Z")

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They used to be against anyone other than college students. It’s called controlled growth.