Warning: Facebook Becoming More Like LinkedIn

Facebook guru Robert Grant is someone whose social media marketing information I truly value. (A few months ago I listened to all the videos comprising his Crowd Conversion 2.0 online course.)

Having just told a friend that Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter are adapting more and more features from the other two, I clicked on Robert's email with the subject "If You Don't Know This You Will Get Banned From Facebook!" because I certainly want to ensure that I don't get banned.

What I found was a brief email with a link to a video. And I clicked on the email and watched in fascination as Robert demonstrated a new wrinkle in adding a friend on Facebook.

The openness of sending a friend request has been changed to a request model closer to that of LinkedIn, where you are suppose to know the person before sending a connection request.

And this is truly a game changer for adding friends on Facebook -- plus a quicksand trap if you don't follow the new rules.

Rather than explaining this new Facebook friend change, I urge you to watch this video by Robert Grant. The Facebook account you save may be your own!

Robert Grant's video on Facebook's new friend request function

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