As of yesterday, people no longer become “Fans” of pages. Instead they click a “Like” button to show affiliation and subscribe to the page’s news feed. The reasoning behind this change, according to Facebook, is that becoming a fan was too much of a commitment for some people. Testing showed people were more apt to “Like” a page than become a fan of the page and so the change was made to facilitate more connections.
Along with this major verbiage change, there are other changes as well for those of us who act as Facebook page administrators. If you want to appoint a new person as an admin to a page, you no longer go to the fan box on the Page and click View All > Make Admin. Instead you go to the page in question and click Edit Page. From the Edit Page screen, look to the right sidebar. There is a section on the right sidebar called, Admins. This is where you appoint a new Facebook Page administrator. However there is another change to all of this! In the past you were able to choose from all the current fans of the page. Now you only have your FRIENDS from your personal account to choose from! You can also add administrators by entering their email address although I don’t yet know if there are any limitations to adding an admin in this manner. I will update this as soon as I know more.
