Everyone advertises them every time they say "find us on "facebook".

But it depends on how ubiquitous you see these "services" i guess? Facebook isnt just some channel or public service offering itself just to better society they are a private business that generates income and gets a "freebie" promotion everything it gets a mention. Take a look at what the french did:



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How do you say Facebook and Twitter in French? You don't – at least, not if you are on radio or television, where French officials have banned any mention of them unless they are specifically part of the story.

The internet sites have fallen foul of a 1992 decree that outlaws the advertising or promotion of private business on programmes. Journalists will no longer be able to end their reports by saying "Follow us on Twitter" or "Have a look at our Facebook page", because the French government deems this as either blatant or subliminal promotion, and has decided it is unfair to other similar networks

Christine Kelly, spokeswoman for the Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel (CSA), the government broadcasting authority, said: "Why give preference to Facebook, which is worth billions of dollars, when there are other social networks that are struggling for recognition. This would be a distortion of competition. If we allow Facebook and Twitter to be cited on air, it's opening a Pandora's box. Other social networks will complain to us, saying 'Why not us?'"

Kelly said the CSA was not seeking to block the networks, only to foster fairer practices. "We encourage the use of social networks ... CSA members spend hours on them. Perhaps one day Facebook will become a generic term, but for the moment it is a commercial enterprise – a leading one, certainly, but not the only one."

So what happened to ep 216?

Facebook is ubiquitous, to ignore it and our channel on it would be stupid. You can disagree with it and its policies all you like, but it's the 'other' Internet and not using it as such is actually a detriment to us.

So what happened to ep 216?