Facebook Deactivated My Account
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Pelengkap Bangunan
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Sunday, January 26, 2020
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Facebook Disabled My Account
Facebook Deactivated My Account
Envision my surprise when I tried to sign into Facebook one morning just to obtain the following message:
My account was disabled? What does that even indicate?
I tried to log in with another internet browser and I got the same message. Facebook handicapped my account!
Facebook provided a form submission page for those wanting to contact Facebook about their handicapped account, and I emailed them essentially asking why my account was impaired and how I can get access back to the countless web pages I'm an admin for. I explained that I handle a variety of web pages for clients, and also was constantly conscious concerning the web content I uploaded-- besides, my moms and dads get on Facebook as well.
After sending out the email to Facebook, I sent out an e-mail to the close friends that's email addresses I in fact had and explained what occurred. Thanks to the connect-ability of Facebook, a lot of my friends were just able to be contacted by me on Facebook.
The replies I got from that e-mail were identified right into three different classifications:
- WTF/WTH-- why would they do that ??
- Is it since you uploaded political things (I like Ron Paul and also shared web content about #OWS).
- Possibly somebody flagged you.
I check out several of the short articles by others who have had their accounts impaired to find out why mine was all of a sudden pulled-- without alerting I ought to include. The posting days on the posts extend the life time of Facebook, revealing that the business has actually forever been on a behind the curtain campaign of disabling accounts at their discernment.
I discovered some short articles by renowned blog owners or journalists, including Roger Ebert, Robert Scoble, as well as Stan Shroeder (Mashable). Many of these high-profiled Facebook users had their accounts and/or web pages reabled not long after Facebook uncovered who they disabled. For the rest people, we're essentially on our very own.
Checking out these write-ups really did not instill much hope in me or my circumstance. The understanding of what I lost was starting to embed in as well.
Over the years I had computers collision, taken, lost, and so on and also depend on Facebook to hold all my travel and party images. The web site isn't going anywhere anytime quickly, so why not publish all my images on Facebook for my friends as well as family to check out at their discernment? There were well over 2000 photos, plenty of videos, article (notes), plus all the get in touches with (I still haven't been able to reconnect with several that were all shed when Facebook disabled my account). This was seeming a really grim circumstance as I further understood just what was shed.
I needed to reclaim access to Facebook to handle the pages for my clients, as well as also for my own enterprises. A number of my pages' admin access were shared with a companion and were quickly held up up with the brand-new Facebook account I begrudgingly produced, cursing Facebook under my breath as I established the new account.
A few of the Facebook pages admin gain access to were shared with my clients, whom I had to contact to have them re-add me with my new account. Every one of them asked "Why did your account get disabled?" and truly so. I, as well, would examine the person I paid to manage my Facebook web page why their Facebook account was impaired. Wouldn't you?
I still don't have an answer to that concern. "I have no idea" is the answer I still provide, because its real. Facebook has still yet to offer me a reason why my account was impaired. After checking out the reasons Facebook handicapped accounts on their page I was still in the dark. I didn't spam-add people, article sex-related web content, bother anyone. so why they deleted me really did not make good sense. Just after I read various other articles did I understand a little bit much more.
Facebook can disable your account if your display name is different than that on your birth certificate. Mine was, but not by a lot. It was still phonetically the exact same, however meant various than the remainder of my household. I also had a client who just recently made use of a contest promo to boost their e-mail list. According to Facebook marketing guidelines, contests can only be worked on Facebook through a couple of applications: ShortStack and WildFire. Could that be why my account was disabled? I examined that customer's Facebook page and also it was gone also. Aha!
Although the contest wasn't specifically hosted on Facebook (it was hosted on the client's site), and the champion was alerted by means of email (you can not reveal champions on your wall), I was certain this was the annoying activity which had me ushered off Facebook without so much as a 'Bye-bye'.
Now it had to do with a week because I initially composed Facebook that eventful early morning, and also I still hadn't received a reply. I reviewed the web page enabling me to get in touch with Facebook, as well as described that I now had a far better suggestion regarding why they disabled me, and that I was sorry. I promised never ever to do something like that once more (was it truly that negative??) if they simply reable my account.
I sent that off as well as waited once more. After a few even more days I recognized something. something extremely essential-- I created a filter in gmail for Facebook emails. Even if they did email me, I would certainly have never ever obtained the email since it was set to "Avoid Inbox/Delete". Harsh.
So I sent out one more e-mail to Facebook, this moment letting them understand that I had a filter on my gmail and also if they did contact me before this e-mail, I would certainly have never obtained it.
A few days later on I ultimately received an email from Javier at Facebook. Here's the only reaction I'll likely receive from Facebook:.
Hi,
Unfortunately, your account has been permanently disabled for violating Facebook’s Terms. We will not reactivate it for any reason.
This will be our last email regarding your account. For more information about our policies, please read the Facebook Community Standards: https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards/
Thanks,
Javier
User Operations
What an adolescent response-- sure Facebook is a 'young' company, however I make sure there have to be someone there with far better tact than 'we're not going to reable your account-- do not email us once more.' OKAY Facebook.
So what did I pick up from my experience with Facebook?
1. Back up your account! You never ever know if/when they'll make a decision to delete you.
2. Don't handle your numerous client's web pages with the very same account. If one page/account gets removed, you will not lose them all.
3. A great deal of my friends are snobs who's profiles are either hidden from search, or they disabled the "Add as a buddy" switch making it difficult to re-add them.
Its been about a month considering that I had my account impaired, and also had lots of time to review the experience. I have not tried to speak to Facebook directly given that I received the e-mail from Javier, however I did start the site www.facebook-disabled-my-account.org, and also the hashtag campaign on Twitter #FBdisabledMe to draw attention to the negative experience.
Do I desire Facebook to transform their disabling plan? Nope.
I handle a few MU websites and if you want a person off your website, by all means delete them/block them/whatever. But for Facebook to disable the account and also to maintain the data/photos/videos/ connections/blog articles, that is wrong. What would Facebook be if nobody uploaded content onto the site-- No photos to share or tag-- No write-ups to Like-- No status updates to LOL at-- It would certainly be ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
Facebook should enable those who they disabled to download their account, letting them recover their photos/videos/notes/ and so on, prior to going off to the barren marshes of Google+, or to RT their buddies standing updates (in contrast to 'Liking' it). Facebook already makes it feasible for an active account to be downloaded, so why not an impaired account?
It's time for Facebook to obtain a bit elder in this area-- specifically with their IPO revealed. I'm in fact taking into consideration buying stock so they will have to listen to my complaint-- at least I'll profit from them.
Have you had your Facebook account handicapped? Did you get it back, as well as if so just how?