Disabled Facebook Account

To state that Facebook plays a huge part in my life is a bit of an understatement-- as I'm sure it is for any other social networks manager. Not only do I utilize it to talk with friends and family-- but I'm permanently including content to one of the many web pages I admin, whether for myself or for clients.

Disabled Facebook Account

Visualize my shock when I tried to sign right into Facebook one morning only to obtain the complying with message:

My account was disabled? What does that also imply?

I tried to visit with an additional web browser and I got the exact same message. Facebook disabled my account!

Facebook supplied a type entry web page for those wanting to contact Facebook about their impaired account, and I emailed them generally asking why my account was impaired and exactly how I can obtain accessibility back to the various pages I'm an admin for. I described that I take care of a range of pages for clients, as well as was always mindful concerning the web content I posted-- nevertheless, my parents get on Facebook too.

After sending the e-mail to Facebook, I sent an e-mail to the good friends who's email addresses I in fact had and also explained what took place. Thanks to the connect-ability of Facebook, the majority of my friends were only able to be contacted by me on Facebook.

The replies I got from that email were classified right into 3 different classifications:

- WTF/WTH-- why would they do that ??
- Is it due to the fact that you posted political things (I like Ron Paul and also common content about #OWS).
- Possibly someone flagged you.

I research several of the articles by others that have had their accounts impaired to discover why my own was all of a sudden pulled-- without warning I must include. The posting days on the posts span the lifetime of Facebook, revealing that the firm has actually forever gotten on a behind the curtain campaign of disabling accounts at their discernment.

I discovered some short articles by renowned bloggers or journalists, including Roger Ebert, Robert Scoble, and also Stan Shroeder (Mashable). Much of these high-profiled Facebook individuals had their profiles and/or pages reabled right after Facebook uncovered that they disabled. For the rest of us, we're basically on our own.

Checking out these write-ups really did not instill much hope in me or my scenario. The understanding of what I lost was beginning to set in also.

For many years I had computer systems crash, stolen, lost, and so on as well as depend on Facebook to organize all my travel and celebration images. The internet site isn't going anywhere anytime soon, so why not post all my photos on Facebook for my friends as well as family members to watch at their discretion? There were more than 2000 images, countless videos, blog posts (notes), plus all the calls (I still haven't been able to reconnect with several that were all lost when Facebook disabled my account). This was looking to be a really grim circumstance as I further realized just what was lost.

I needed to gain back access to Facebook to manage the web pages for my customers, and likewise for my very own business. Much of my pages' admin accessibility were shown to a companion and were easily set back up with the brand-new Facebook account I begrudgingly developed, cursing Facebook under my breath as I established the brand-new account.

Some of the Facebook web pages admin gain access to were shared with my customers, whom I had to call to have them re-add me with my new account. Every one of them asked "Why did your account obtain disabled?" and also rightfully so. I, too, would certainly question the individual I paid to handle my Facebook web page why their Facebook account was impaired. Wouldn't you?

I still do not have a response to that inquiry. "I have no suggestion" is the answer I still give, due to the fact that its true. Facebook has still yet to give me a reason that my account was handicapped. After reading the factors Facebook impaired accounts on their page I was still at night. I really did not spam-add individuals, message sexual web content, bug any person. so why they erased me didn't make good sense. Just after I review other posts did I recognize a bit more.

Facebook can disable your account if your display name is different than that on your birth certificate. Mine was, but not by much. It was still phonetically the same, yet led to different than the remainder of my family members. I also had a client that just recently utilized a contest promo to increase their e-mail checklist. According to Facebook marketing standards, contests can just be run on Facebook with a couple of applications: ShortStack and WildFire. Could that be why my account was disabled? I examined that customer's Facebook page as well as it was gone too. Aha!

Although the competition wasn't precisely held on Facebook (it was hosted on the customer's site), as well as the champion was informed through email (you can not reveal champions on your wall), I was positive this was the angering activity which had me brought in off Facebook without so much as a 'Adieu'.

At this point it had to do with a week considering that I at first wrote Facebook that eventful morning, as well as I still had not gotten a reply. I reviewed the web page allowing me to call Facebook, and clarified that I currently had a better concept concerning why they disabled me, which I was sorry. I swore never to do something like that once again (was it truly that poor??) if they just reable my account.

I sent out that off and waited once again. After a couple of more days I understood something. something very essential-- I produced a filter in gmail for Facebook emails. Even if they did email me, I would have never ever received the e-mail because it was set to "Skip Inbox/Delete". Harsh.

So I sent an additional email to Facebook, this moment letting them know that I had a filter on my gmail and if they did contact me prior to this e-mail, I would certainly have never ever obtained it.

A couple of days later I finally obtained an e-mail from Javier at Facebook. Right here's the only response 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
Facebook

What a juvenile action-- certain Facebook is a 'young' company, however I'm sure there must be somebody there with far better tact than 'we're not going to reable your account-- do not email us once more.' ALRIGHT Facebook.

So what did I learn from my experience with Facebook?

1. Back up your account! You never ever recognize if/when they'll choose to delete you.
2. Don't handle your various client's web pages with the very same account. If one page/account obtains deleted, you won't lose them all.
3. A great deal of my friends are pretenders that's profiles are either concealed from search, or they disabled the "Add as a close friend" button making it difficult to re-add them.

Its been about a month because I had my account disabled, and had great deals of time to review the experience. I haven't attempted to call Facebook directly since I obtained the email from Javier, however I did begin the web site www.facebook-disabled-my-account.org, and the hashtag campaign on Twitter #FBdisabledMe to draw attention to the negative experience.

Do I desire Facebook to change their disabling plan? Nope.

I handle a couple of MU sites as well as if you desire a person off your site, of course remove them/block them/whatever. However, for Facebook to disable the account and also to keep the data/photos/videos/ connections/blog blog posts, that is wrong. What would Facebook be if no one uploaded content onto the site-- No pictures to share or tag-- No posts to Like-- No standing updates to LOL at-- It would be ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

Facebook ought to enable those who they disabled to download their account, letting them obtain their photos/videos/notes/ and so on, before going off to the barren marshes of Google+, or to RT their good friends standing updates (rather than 'Liking' it). Facebook currently makes it feasible for an active account to be downloaded, so why not a handicapped account?

It's time for Facebook to obtain a little bit elder in this field-- especially with their IPO announced. I'm in fact considering buying stock just so they will certainly need to listen to my complaint-- at least I'll profit from them.

Have you had your Facebook account handicapped? Did you get it back, and also if so exactly how?

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