It actually states they may be "administered on pages or within apps". They're administering the contest through the page, and are not asking users to share anything on their personal timelines.
It doesn't look like they're breaking any rules insofar as those guidelines are concerned.
A company as big as Blizzard, with all the lawyers and money they could want at their disposal are more than likely going to have checked all the rules and regs before starting something like this.
I'm not defending them, I believe the facebook beta thing from Blizzard CS has been utterly terrible, in its wording as well as execution, but I don't doubt for one minute that it was not within the rules or bounds set by facebook or other related governemental stuff.
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"I should have done it all so differently, but I'm just me." - Evergrey
"Personal Timelines must not be used to administer promotions"
I think they are within the rules of Facebook for holding a giveaway. Before you waste time looking through Facebook polices to ruin things for other people, you should learn how to read said policies.
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It looks like they broke Facebook's rules for running a Giveaway.
https://www.facebook.com/page_guidelines.php#promotionsguidelines
Section III, Subsection E, point 3
They are using a Timeline to hold the giveaway. They are required to use an app.
And they have also incorrectly called their sweepstakes a Contest, which implies that there is a subjective judging occurring to pick a winner.
http://www.dca.ca.gov/publications/legal_guides/u-3.shtml
It actually states they may be "administered on pages or within apps". They're administering the contest through the page, and are not asking users to share anything on their personal timelines.
It doesn't look like they're breaking any rules insofar as those guidelines are concerned.
Timeline to hold key is so unfair. It should be random.
A company as big as Blizzard, with all the lawyers and money they could want at their disposal are more than likely going to have checked all the rules and regs before starting something like this.
I'm not defending them, I believe the facebook beta thing from Blizzard CS has been utterly terrible, in its wording as well as execution, but I don't doubt for one minute that it was not within the rules or bounds set by facebook or other related governemental stuff.
"I should have done it all so differently, but I'm just me." - Evergrey
"Personal Timelines must not be used to administer promotions"
I think they are within the rules of Facebook for holding a giveaway. Before you waste time looking through Facebook polices to ruin things for other people, you should learn how to read said policies.