Yet another of Facebook's "joyously" opaque processes, unfortunately. Does the page have followers? And a track record of publishing content? If it was just created, the level of scrutiny is usually higher. Rule of thumb: get to a minimum of 25 followers right away. BTW, I've done *a lot* of outreach and recruiting on Facebook, mostly for advocacy groups, both organic and paid, and it's not exactly an easy process. You usually have to reach many thousands of people to recruit a handful, and almost all of us have to pay for the privilege if we want to get any kind of volume. Frustrating, yes. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Hale via Air-L" <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> To: "air-l" <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Sent: Thursday, May 5, 2022 10:33:00 AM Subject: [Air-L] How to recruit without spamming? Hi everyone, can anyone advise me about how to recruit research participants from particular Facebook pages or Twitter threads without spamming? I just got a Research Page I created on Facebook unpublished after two comments I posted included a standard blurb inviting research participants, that was approved by my IRB, and two replies in a thread were very similar because I wanted both participants in that thread to be research participants. Not sure which of these two repetitions violated FB's policy against "repeating the same comment"--probably the two replies that were almost identical (I note that Twitter has a similar policy). But I can't figure out how to avoid the repetition and stay within my IRB requirements, because unless I've misunderstood, they require me to have a standard invitation that they approve ... Any advice much appreciated! -- Tom Hale PhD Candidate in Intercultural Studies _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/