[Poll] Who's on the FB warpath this month?

[WanderingAries]

Please don't post anything that's going to get us all banned in this thread!

 

So I wanna preface with, Yes, I can see how some people might just not agree with certain types of humor, but it's not like I'm posting blatant hate or violence on my Facebook wall as I DO have friends of all sorts there and some just wouldn't. I've lived through 100% of the 80s through today and I'll be the first to say that the comedy that began in the 90s (through today) just isn't that funny. I call it "kick in the crotch (obvious)" comedy as it requires no thinking on the part of the viewer like those of us who grew up Before the "Ace Ventura" era.

 

Why am I posting?

Perhaps as a warning if nothing else for those who maybe haven't been to their Facebook owned accounts recently and suddenly log in to a slew of strikes, then finding themselves unable to even modify their profile picture due to the strikes.

 

What happened?

From what I can gather, FB activated a bot that went searching for Very specific memes/content as I was seeing friends commenting about it Before I started getting strikes. Then I started getting them and was confused because 90% of it is something I shared (not created) as recent as late last year. In particular, the ones I'm seeing relate to a meme group that made the rounds in 2020 with the subject being "let's make a joke about  Jeffrey Dahmer". Now yes, you can see how that might affect Some and I understand it, but nobody on My small list of people (not even the Preachers/Missionaries) have said anything. On the contrary, they normally send a laugh emote as they understand it's humor and nobody's trying to glorify what that "person" did.

 

So what's happening is that this current run through is triggering as if I Just posted them and issuing immediate strikes that are being held up virtually right away. This means they've been preset to be unapproved. If it were just one or two, then that'd be ok, but I went from a small strike to "you can't do anything for a week". I fear that if this bot keeps going, then they'll keep hitting memes (because I wouldn't otherwise post such topics) and 90% of Facebook will go silent.

 

What can we do?

Eh, if you want to, then there's a button where you can give them PAGES of your mind (be polite and reasonable) like I did explaining how content that's been on FB for years shouldn't equate to a strike, but instead a warning that it is no longer permitted and Future violations will result in a strike. I even suggested they hide the posts at that point, but for the love of (insert deity), stop doing the automated strikes if you're not going to actually review them (they give the excuse that they're short staffed).

 

Additional Commentary

To be clear, Yes, I know that certain content should be considered before posting and Yes, I've even been swatted (appropriately) on here once, so I'm not going to sit here and say that I don't slip-up, but at the same time, you're not going to see certain types of things from me (like the multiple False nudity strikes FB claimed on me last year that I got overturned) because I just don't post that stuff. I try to filter language and many other things while tailoring the content to where it should/shouldn't go. Obviously, I'm not going to post that meme where the baby stares at the mom's boobs in the work WhatsApp group as (even though she'd laugh her head off) it's not appropriate for that platform.

 

Ok, but WTF did you post?

This is where I tempt fate, but I think it's tame, so let me know if this is a Nope. I've hidden it for obvious reasons at this point.
 

Spoiler

 

What are you going to post first when you're finally out of FB Jail?

Oh that's easy, I created this as I'm pretty sure they're not sending strikes to the pages these came from in the first place.

 

[TemporalVileTerror]

Not to be -totally- insensitive, but . . . 

What are you even doing on facebook to begin with?

 

(Sorry for snarking, but mayhaps the silver lining here is to take this an the impetus to get the hell away from that website with all due haste.)

[WanderingAries]

1 hour ago, TemporalVileTerror said:

Not to be -totally- insensitive, but . . . 

What are you even doing on facebook to begin with?

 

(Sorry for snarking, but mayhaps the silver lining here is to take this an the impetus to get the hell away from that website with all due haste.)

 

Eh, the only reason I went was because the classic MySpace died and that's where my (international) friends went to. It's been the one place that everyone has been able to consistently interact. We've even got a "Class of" style group as well now which so great because the school no longer exists and many likely won't ever be able to (afford to) visit the country again. I hated to do it, but (just like many do for gaming) that's the only way to stay in contact really. I'm not hating on the platform as a whole, just pointing out something that may affect others.