Facebook Account Disabled
Facebook Account Disabled
Picture my shock when I attempted to authorize into Facebook one early morning only to obtain the following message:
My account was disabled? What does that even imply?
I attempted to visit with an additional web browser and I obtained the very same message. Facebook disabled my account!
Facebook provided a type submission page for those wanting to write to Facebook concerning their handicapped account, and I emailed them essentially asking why my account was handicapped and also exactly how I can get access back to the various web pages I'm an admin for. I clarified that I manage a variety of pages for clients, and was always conscious about the web content I uploaded-- after all, my parents are on Facebook as well.
After sending the email to Facebook, I sent an email to the close friends that's e-mail addresses I actually had and clarified what occurred. Thanks to the connect-ability of Facebook, most of my friends were only able to be called by me on Facebook.
The replies I received from that e-mail were categorized right into 3 different classifications:
- WTF/WTH-- why would certainly they do that ??
- Is it since you published political stuff (I such as Ron Paul and also common web content about #OWS).
- Perhaps somebody flagged you.
I read up on a few of the posts by others who have had their accounts impaired to learn why mine was all of a sudden drawn-- without cautioning I need to add. The posting days on the articles span the lifetime of Facebook, revealing that the company has actually for life gotten on a behind-the-scenes project of disabling accounts at their discretion.
I found some posts by well-known blog owners or journalists, consisting of Roger Ebert, Robert Scoble, and also Stan Shroeder (Mashable). Many of these high-profiled Facebook individuals had their accounts and/or pages reabled soon after Facebook uncovered that they disabled. For the rest of us, we're essentially on our very own.
Reviewing these articles really did not instill much hope in me or my circumstance. The realization of what I shed was beginning to embed in too.
For many years I had computer systems accident, stolen, lost, and so on and relied on Facebook to host all my traveling as well as celebration pictures. The web site isn't going anywhere anytime quickly, so why not upload all my photos on Facebook for my friends and household to view at their discernment? There were more than 2000 images, many videos, blog posts (notes), plus all the get in touches with (I still haven't been able to reconnect with lots of who were all lost when Facebook disabled my account). This was looking to be a really bleak situation as I additionally realized just what was shed.
I had to reclaim accessibility to Facebook to take care of the pages for my customers, and additionally for my very own ventures. A number of my web pages' admin accessibility were shared with a partner and were conveniently set back up with the new Facebook account I begrudgingly created, cursing Facebook under my breath as I set up the new account.
Some of the Facebook web pages admin accessibility were shared with my customers, whom I needed to call to have them re-add me with my new account. All of them asked "Why did your account obtain disabled?" as well as truly so. I, also, would certainly question the individual I paid to handle my Facebook page why their Facebook account was disabled. Would not you?
I still do not have an answer to that concern. "I have no suggestion" is the answer I still give, since its true. Facebook has still yet to offer me a reason my account was impaired. After checking out the reasons Facebook disabled accounts on their page I was still in the dark. I didn't spam-add people, article sexual web content, harass any person. so why they erased me really did not make sense. Only after I review other write-ups did I recognize a little bit more.
Facebook can disable your account if your display name is various than that on your birth certificate. Mine was, however not by a lot. It was still phonetically the exact same, however led to various than the remainder of my household. I likewise had a customer that recently made use of a competition promo to enhance their email list. According to Facebook marketing guidelines, contests can only be run on Facebook via either applications: ShortStack as well as WildFire. Could that be why my account was disabled? I examined that customer's Facebook page as well as it was gone also. Aha!
Although the contest wasn't precisely held on Facebook (it was hosted on the client's site), and the winner was informed using email (you can not introduce victors on your wall surface), I was confident this was the angering action which had me ushered off Facebook without so much as a 'Au revoir'.
At this point it was about a week considering that I originally wrote Facebook that fateful morning, and I still had not received a reply. I reviewed the page permitting me to contact Facebook, and also clarified that I currently had a much better concept regarding why they disabled me, which I was sorry. I vowed never to do something like that once more (was it actually that poor??) if they simply reable my account.
I sent that off as well as waited once again. After a couple of even more days I understood something. something extremely crucial-- I developed a filter in gmail for Facebook e-mails. Even if they did email me, I would certainly have never received the email since it was set to "Miss Inbox/Delete". Extreme.
So I sent an additional email to Facebook, this moment letting them know that I had a filter on my gmail as well as if they did call me before this e-mail, I would certainly have never ever gotten it.
A few days later on I finally received an e-mail from Javier at Facebook. Below's the only action I'll likely get 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 action-- certain Facebook is a 'young' firm, yet I make sure there need to be a person there with better tact than 'we're not going to reable your account-- don't email us again.' OK 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. Do not handle your various customer's pages with the exact same account. If one page/account obtains deleted, you won't shed them all.
3. A lot of my friends are pretenders who's accounts are either concealed from search, or they disabled the "Add as a friend" switch making it difficult to re-add them.
Its been about a month since I had my account disabled, as well as had lots of time to review the experience. I haven't attempted to speak to Facebook directly since I got the e-mail from Javier, however I did begin the website www.facebook-disabled-my-account.org, and also the hashtag project on Twitter #FBdisabledMe to accentuate the unfavorable experience.
Do I desire Facebook to change their disabling policy? Nope.
I handle a couple of MU websites and also if you desire someone off your website, by all means delete them/block them/whatever. But also for Facebook to disable the account and also to maintain the data/photos/videos/ connections/blog blog posts, that is wrong. What would certainly Facebook be if no one uploaded content onto the website-- No images to share or tag-- No short articles to Like-- No standing updates to LOL at-- It would be NOTHING.
Facebook should enable those who they disabled to download their account, letting them retrieve their photos/videos/notes/ etc., before going off to the barren wastelands of Google+, or to RT their buddies condition updates (as opposed to 'Suching as' it). Facebook currently makes it feasible for an energetic account to be downloaded, so why not a handicapped account?
It's time for Facebook to obtain a little bit elder in this area-- especially with their IPO revealed. I'm really taking into consideration buying stock just so they will have to listen to my complaint-- at least I'll make money from them.
Have you had your Facebook account handicapped? Did you get it back, and if so just how?