# I'm an admin of a Facebook fan page. Can I post on it as myself?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-admin-of-a-facebook-fan-page-can-i-post-on-it-as-myself/548091>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 26, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-admin-of-a-facebook-fan-page-can-i-post-on-it-as-myself/548091 "2010-07-26T20:00:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-admin-of-a-facebook-fan-page-can-i-post-on-it-as-myself/548091/1 "2010-07-26T20:00:31Z")

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Hopefully that question makes sense. I created a fan page on Facebook to promote a website. The name of the page is the name of the website – let’s say [www.greatwebsite.com](http://www.greatwebsite.com).

So I’m on my personal Facebook page with my real name, Wheelz Wheelington, and decide to post a comment to the fan page that says, “There’s a great new article on the website today.” The comment will appear as if written _not_ by Wheelz Wheelington, but by [www.greatwebsite.com](http://www.greatwebsite.com).

Then my friend Tom Terrific, who is also an admin of the fan page, responds by saying, “Yes, everybody should read it!” Because he’s an admin, his reply _also_ appears as a post by [www.greatwebsite.com](http://www.greatwebsite.com).

But I’d prefer this to look like what it is – an exchange between two individuals named Wheelz and Tom – not some suddenly-sentient website talking to itself, which borders on nonsensical. I haven’t found any way to change this via the page settings, if there is one.

Is there a way to fix this?

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**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-admin-of-a-facebook-fan-page-can-i-post-on-it-as-myself/548091/2 "2010-07-26T20:09:37Z")

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Why don’t you just make a new facebook profile that is the administrator and join it from your normal facebook?

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**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-admin-of-a-facebook-fan-page-can-i-post-on-it-as-myself/548091/3 "2010-07-26T20:38:06Z")

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Not as far as I know.

You can sign your posts manually: “Yes, everybody should read it! --Wheelz”

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-an-admin-of-a-facebook-fan-page-can-i-post-on-it-as-myself/548091/4 "2010-07-26T23:16:23Z")

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You can’t create posts as yourself when you’re an admin. But you can reply to a post in your news feed under your real name.