To be fucked off by constant Facebook bans!

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my account has been on restricted now for about a year. This followed an post where I told someone they were stupid for believing something about Donald Trump and they reported me for bullying! I literally just said they were stupid for believing it and that’s all. Anyway Facebook agreed I was an abhorrent waste of human tissue and I was banned. In that time I have had nothing but grief and am banned for stuff constantly at the drop of a hat. I got a 7 day ban yesterday for joking about selling my car! In the 2 weeks previous to that I had a ban for a meme I posted 3 years ago, a post from 6 months ago, a post from a week ago. Im under the watch from the bots. It’s constant! Sometimes I can dispute it and 2 minutes later I’m not banned any more because the bots realise it’s bullshit but this time there was no option!

it’s just constant and I continually monitor what I post and go through old posts deleting them but it’s so hard to know what they will pick up in next and almost impossible to go back through 10 years of my posts!

I know when I’m restricted it means it’ll stay that way for 5 years and there’s no way around it!

the problem is I’ve had a very traumatic year and without going into detail I use Facebook to communicate with family and friends who are keen to know How I’m getting on. I do try to keep in touch in other platforms but it is such a nightmare because most people use FB. It’s also affecting my small business.

AIBU to be mightily fucked off with the situation?

Can you open another account?

Lock it down so only your friends and family can see what you post?

Can you make a new account with a new email address and try to lose the bots?

Why not stop posting on anything and just leave it dormant?

As my daughter says "you don't have to share your opinions with strangers"

I'm in a similar position with FB. It is utterly ludicrous. This is my third ban and the longest. I may just give up on it now. I use my insta account instead.

They're obviously watching for keywords after the previous bans. I've been on Facebook since 2009 and never had a ban. In all that time I had one totally innocent post removed which they said was against community standards, I appealed and they agreed it was not against community standards and reinstated it. My friend gets banned all the time for ridiculous things. I think once you've attracted attention they watch for certain keywords.

I only use it to share with close friends and family! I have made it private but I think the bots can still see it.

i hadn’t thought of starting a new account, as I assumed they can still ban you! It would be such a shame to lose all my old stuff.

such a frustrating situation and it teaches me for interacting with fuckwits which I generally never do!

I can understand censoring new posts (which is what I have thought I’ve been doing!) but it seems so stupid that my profile is being pulled up on historical posts from years ago triggered by things I don’t even know are deemed offensive! I don’t know how to censor everything.

The OP makes it perfectly clear in the opening post why she uses Facebook. Why comment if you don’t even want to read?

Your daughter’s right about not having to share your opinions with strangers. Maybe it’s you who should take her advice.

I used FB since it first began with no problems at all.
Then this year, I was banned first for three days, then seven and then thirty.
Then they banned me and my alternative accounts permanently with no reason given.
I can't even contact them to ask why.
I just use a completely different platform now.

I’m sure my next ban will be 30! ☹️

I wonder if I can get around it by posting a screenshot of text instead of just typing it? Or maybe the bots are able to scan it?

I wish I knew what the trigger words are because I’d not use any of them if I could.

It just makes me so sad that I could lose everything I’ve posted over the years. I use groups and events and marketplace so frequently too. It’s just such a useful platform that I actually find the prospect of having a permanent ban quite daunting.

Try changing your name if you can. Sounds mad, but DH was in a similar situation and someone suggested it saying it had worked for them, we thought no way would it work, but it was getting ridiculous and had nothing else to lose. Changed name, hey presto, no more bans (touch wood). It wasn't a major change either just changed his middle name to the initial, so instead of say 'Tom Marvolo Riddle' he changed it to 'Tom M Riddle'.

If you value FB as a way of keeping in touch with friends/family, do not also use it as a way to debate politics/religion or give opinions and def don't post in groups or on pages. Keep it to just staying in contact.

If you want discussion and debate, post on Mumsnet ;-) or other discussion forums.

Essentially, keep the two things separate!

I’ll give that a go! I’ve seen people change their names before and I thought it was to avoid being identified, but I wonder now if maybe it was for being banned.

Yeah, I’ve learnt to sit on my hands now that’s for sure!!

I think anyone who disagrees with you in any aspect of debate has the upper hand and can report you for pretty much anything!

A name change won't do it, it'll have to be a new account with a vpn account to hide the IP address.

I assume that the IP addresses gives PBP's game away.

I once had a 24 hour ban for posting a photo of my sofa. It was apparently adult nudity 😵‍💫

It does seem to go hypersenstive once the censorship's been activated and people challenging outright offensive comments seem to come off worse than the original offensive comments that then seem to be allowed to pass.

Can you use a VPN and start a new account? Your old account won't cease to exist, so you'll still be able to read it, as your photos etc. And can maybe go back to it when time has passed.

Mate, I got put in Facebook prison for saying I’d rather put Tabasco in my eye than watch love lsland. 🤦‍♀️ I mean, c’mon really?! With all the racist posts on there that exist without any impunity, it seems a bit, well you know. Biased and irregular! I feel ya.

When they permanently banned me, I lost FB messenger, photos, the whole lot.
Weirdly though, although they banned me and my alter egos, they left my husband's account alone, despite sharing a laptop and VPN.

All very strange.

I think you can block the bots, can't you? I seem to remember reading something about this. Worth looking into.

my pal was banned for 30 days for saying you can’t assume all dogs are friendly just because their owners say so. Apparently it’s bullying.

it’s a shite hole of a place.

Having seen the posts you've been spamming everywhere tonight, I'm not surprised.

I’m surprised at so many posters being banned by Facebook. Every time I’ve reported racist/hate speech/spam they’ve rejected my complaint. Clearly there’s something wrong with their standards (who knew sexy sofas was a problem?!).