Chat to Text, Facebooks MLM Application, Get’s the Boot

February 3, 2009

Chat to Text FacebookThere are a few disappointments happening as we speak and Chat to Text would be the first on the list. Chat to Text, Facebook’s first MLM business application, got shut down yesterday.

Sorry to say, Chat to text didn’t last too long.

Some are sad, and according to chat to text hate mail, some are happy.

You might have received the standard invitation you receive when someone forwards their new Facebook application to you.

The applications purpose was to link your Facebook’s chat directly to your mobile phone. Nice? Maybe for some, personally I wouldn’t get much use out of it.

A legitimate MLM Business? Definitely, but unfortunately a violation of Facebooks Terms of use.

When I received the invitation, I admittedly went against my own advice about a New MLM prelaunch and had to try it out.

Why not? For $6 I felt uncomfortable not seeing this complete internet and network marketing strategy in action. Let’s face it that it’s probably the most powerful way to market any product with Facebook being the 2nd most popular site in the world.

They must have shut it down while I was in the process of signing up, as I was just about to approach step four, then this came up:

UPDATE – Facebook just shut down the application as of 9:42pm Eastern Time. Don’t worry, everyone that paid already will still receive their commission as per our agreement. But let’s get this back up and running…this is a way for ALL of us to make money. As you all know, MLM is legal and MLM works…this was exploding and Facebook may even have felt threatened by us.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! POST YOUR COMMENTS TO THIS NEW FACEBOOK GROUP – WHAT DO YOU THINK???: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=47242297013

Email Facebook to tell them this is a legitimate business model that doesn’t violate any terms. Read Facebook’s terms for yourself, ChatToText doesn’t violate ANY of them! Here is the email they sent, a 5-second copy/paste email:

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To the developer of ChatToText, application ID #43000236800,

Your application has been disabled for violating Facebook terms and policies.

For further information, please email platform-policy@facebook.com .  Please note that attempting to recreate this application may result in further action.

Sincerely,

Facebook Platform Developer Operations & Support

Will Facebook give in and allow them to continue?

Who knows.

I have to wonder why they didn’t first seek Facebooks approval before launching chat to text. Surely they did their research and had their doubts?

Many top internet and network marketers have been the victims of having their Facebook accounts shut down for breaching the terms of use by exceeding their 5000 friend limit. Most of them have managed to get their accounts back.

What do you think? Will Facebook Chat to Text get re instated or can we right this one off to experience? If you joined or had a look at Chat to Text, how do you feel about the application and the product?

Looking forward to your comments.

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Danny February 4, 2009 at 4:21 pm

Facebook has the opportunity to be part of the something very special. A new buzz was created fostering new memberships and allowing members; suffering through an economic turmoil the chance to dream and believe that they can offer this incredible cutting edge service while particpateing in an income stream to help support their families. I personally have acquired 10 brand new members who would have otherwise not been part of facebook but now that there was an opportunity signed up and also were starting to tell their families and friends. I truely feel that in Facebook’s heart of hearts should reconsider what they have done – social and business networking are linked more than ever and they have the wonderful opportunity to be a hero. Facebook by allowing this application to resurface can help reface the world and recreate an global economy in social networking by members who are part of facebook. please do everytying you can do reconisder this terrible loss. you are hurting many people from around the world!

join the group to bring back CHAT TO TEXT
http://www.new.facebook.com/profile.php?id=706156244#/group.php?gid=47242297013&ref=nf

Please help by writing a letter or email to:

How to contact Facebook:
developers-help@facebook.com
650-543-4800

GAvin Mountford February 11, 2009 at 11:10 am

Hey Fellow ThatMLMBeaters…. ChatToText is on it’s way back again over the next few days. It looks like it will be more powerful than before.

They are integrating with Bebo, Facebook and Myspace and have sorted out the TOS violation with Facebook.

It’s a great opportunity to make some money, but my main issue is that living in the UK, I can’t actually use the product :-(

Anyway…..

In only 3 days, and a couple of blog posts and videos, I managed to get 17 people in my downline which just shows the powerful nature of the application and concept.

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