Poodle, Glenn Beck At Center Of Facebook Fight

[Contrary1]

"You don't hear the words "poodle," "tinfoil hat," and First Amendment in the same sentence often, but they are indeed linked in a classic Facebook melodrama.

Dale Blank runs a Facebook page devoted to accumulating as many fans as possible for a farcical picture of a beloved poodle named Bitsy sporting a tin hat -- perhaps a bit like the one you might mentally draw on someone who was espousing tiresome conspiracy theories.

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Within a week, thanks to several bumps from the blogosphere, the poodle was well on his way, claiming nearly 300,000 fans -- and enjoying logarithmic growth. Beck's page stands at about 500,000.

But on Feb. 18, the Facebook police arrived and broke up the party. Blank's page wasn't removed, but it was "publish-blocked." He could no longer post updates or solicit fans in other Facebook ways. The fan-base growth ground to a halt..."

More: http://redtape.msnbc.com/2010/03/poodle-in-tin-hat-at-center-of-facebook-rights-fight.html

[Sebastian Doyle]

1. I was expecting Tony Blair to be involved in this somehow

guess not?

[Mari333]

2. fuckn facebook....

http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=is+a+poodle+in+a+tinfoil&init=quick#!/pages/Can-this-poodle-wearing-a-tinfoil-hat-get-more-fans-than-Glenn-Beck/334162806080?ref=ss

[damntexdem]

3. I have never trusted FaceBook.

I won't use it; nor will I become someone's "friend" on it.

[Vinnie From Indy]

6. Same here!

I have never joined because the whole thing just sounded creepy. It is actually funny how some people I know get offended when I say I am not a member.

[Coventina]

7. Same here! I get harassed by friends & family for not being on FB

I just don't understand the appeal.

I don't WANT people from my past to find me. There's a reason why they are part of my past.....

[blitzburgh55]

4. But this page is not publish blocked

why?

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Can-this-poodle-wearing-a-tinfoil-hat-get-more-fans-than-Glenn-Beck/334162806080?ref=ss#!/pages/Can-this-Squirrel-get-more-fans-than-Barack-Obama/313624401833?ref=mf

[Mari333]

5. yeah, funny isnt it