Shomer Shabbat Facebook

According to Kipa, via Israel Hayom, a marketing firm specializing in the religious community has approached the heads of Facebook Israel with an unusual request.
It seems many religious people, the article says Haredim, have Facebook accounts but are uncomfortable with the fact that all sorts of activity can still happen on their pages on Shabbos, even if they themselves are not involved in that activity. Other people can write on my wall, like my old posts, comment on my posts and post their own things and tag me, and whatnot. And many don't just think of it as uncomfortable because others are writing on my wall or commenting on Shabbos on my posts, but they are worried that at times they might be considered as having caused chilul shabbos, as my Facebook post causes, so to speak, in some way, someone to comment.
So this marketing firm, Gil Group, has approached Facebook Israel with a request to develop a shomer shabbat profile. Gil Group is pushing this idea saying that resolving this issue would make religious people far more comfortable with using Facebook and more would join if this were resolved. This new
"shomer shabbat profile" status would" disable any activity on my page or profile on Shabbos.
The Gil Group people think there is no reason for Facebook to not agree to this idea.
Interesting suggestion. I am sure Gil Group is wrong about there being "no reason to not agree to the idea", but it is interesting and if Facebook agrees and it makes people more comfortable with the service, that would be an impressive change.
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