Why Facebook Sued Me You can see all my previous posts about FacebookProfile.com here: Category listing of all posts Introducing FacebookProfile.com How I had the site designed The chalkboard gimmick Because of FacebookProfile I was in a Lebanese newspaper Because of the Lebanese newspaper I was on Digg Selling FacebookProfile.com Sold it Interesting side note: Because of the screenshots I’ve posted from FacebookProfile.com of my own Facebook profile back in the day….my whole profile (including phone number, address, email etc.) has been in HUNDREDS of documents including newspapers, magazines, published papers, blog posts, books, news stories and presentations all over the world! Another interesting side note: Till this day, if you Google the term “Facebook ASCII”, 98% of the art you find was made by ME! You will see it on many different websites, all by people who: Read my blog posts about how much traffic FacebookProfile.com got. Made their own Facebook-related site. Swiped all the content from FacebookProfile. After it was bought I didn’t care less. However the next owner of the site never updated it, then about a year later the site disappeared… It also doesn’t matter anymore because most of that ASCII made back then is now obsolete due to changes in Facebook’s text editor. 18 Comments About Neville NevBlog.com - Tracking the road to financial success from the age of 22 (now 27). View all posts by Neville →
Neville Post authorJuly 26, 2010 at 2:46 pm Thanks Steven! I thought it would take me 30 minutes to write this out….4 hours later it’s posted :-) Reply ↓
Neville Post authorJuly 26, 2010 at 2:47 pm Hahahah…my repertoire of “people who’ve sued me” seems to grow every year. Reply ↓
jude July 26, 2010 at 12:29 pm great story. i’m digging the handwriting, too. interestingly, facebookprofile.org has one post dated July 22nd, 2010. Reply ↓
Neville Post authorJuly 26, 2010 at 2:50 pm Jude…GREAT JOB catching that! It’s WELL documented fact that when I post something on NevBlog, explain how I built it, then state “OMG IT’S MAKING MONEY” ….someone will invariably copy it within a week (in this case 12 hours). They usually never succeed with it very much, but it’s rather annoying. One of the downsides about openly sharing I suppose. …however it is kind of cool that I at least inspired someone to DO SOMETHING. And since that site is long gone, they’re free to resurrect it in any form. Reply ↓
GlobalCollect July 26, 2010 at 7:14 pm Crazy story. I just stumbled across this blog. I love the format you use to write, kept me interested. Reply ↓
Jason July 29, 2010 at 2:15 am Nev… oh those were the days. I remember starting FacebookASCII.com after you launched facebookprofile.com. I too received a nice fedex letter from Facebook….luckily I had sold the site just that week and was no longer the legal owner. lol. It is still up though and the new owner is loving the cash flow I guess. J Reply ↓
Mike Lyons December 18, 2011 at 8:31 pm Neville, I guess all the great copywriters get busted for something eh? Makes for a pretty decent “beginnings” legend Reply ↓
Jon February 16, 2012 at 8:09 pm Hahaha, that’s awesome, Nev. Sorry to hear about your friend getting canned though. Reply ↓
Neville Post authorFebruary 16, 2012 at 8:33 pm hahaha…..it was Noah….and now he runs AppSumo…so he’s doing just fine :) Reply ↓
Sascha February 22, 2014 at 6:41 am I was drepressed until I read it was Noah!! That´s a great example of what really “pays” out in the end. Stand in for your friends (no matter what) and believe in yourselve and never give up. Finally you both where the lucky ones. :-) Reply ↓
Quinton Hamp June 6, 2014 at 8:53 pm I scrolled down just to see if it was Noah. Awesomeness. Reply ↓
Hug Sargatal March 14, 2012 at 6:33 pm Great Great Great Story! I’ve enjoyed a lot and also the way you have presented. Very creative Neville! (And I hope your friend is good now :-) Reply ↓
gavin January 7, 2013 at 6:51 pm You should start a ASCII design shop … Kidding, I know you are trying to focus on more lucrative projects. Reply ↓