The more and more racist comments are being allowed to stand on FB

[JimandPam]

I am still a pretty frequent user of FB and find it useful for keeping in touch with overseas family and also part of hobby groups/kids days out ideas etc

I've always been a part of my local community Facebook and whilst most of the time comments/posts are in good faith, I've noticed more and more vile posts that are either racist or homophobic. I always report them using the appropriate tools

However, over the last 6 months I've noticed these comments are allowed to stand and I don't understand why

Two recent examples:
A community post about bad driving in a notorious spot in our town. I reported two comments

1. X Town used to be nice before all of Africa moved in
2. Never had this problem when they used to be on jam jars

After taking 30 days to review I've been told that neither of these comments break their community guidelines. What?? I've reopened them and added comments but I'm finding this more and more that my reporting is not being upheld

I know the simple answer is to use FB less but I'm seeing this all over SM where hateful comments are reported but not taken down.

AIBU to think the above should have simply been removed on reporting them or am I going mad?

Have heard of that, A few people on my Twitter seem to have gone over there.
Might have to check it out. Seeing as Twitter you can't move for abuse lately, just look under most news articles, especially migrant stories or anything that is about a person who isn't white.
Absolutely foul comments.

Think about their identity (not what YOU view them as but how they see themselves)

@JHound you sound as if you feel strongly that how someone views themselves is paramount. Does this apply to all situations, eg the opposite sex sharing a prison cell?

Would you prioritise gender in all cases?

Or are there times where identity is not paramount

@MakeYourOwnMusicStartYourOwnDance
Yes it's much better - you still get the odd racist comment but these are mostly shut down by others.

On the other hand my local Facebook page is very much becoming a frothing, rabid Reform platform. Often quoting GB news articles and blaming immigrants for absolutely everything. It's quite frightening to see. Moderators don't seem to shut down such posts anymore.
The page is actually or was at least a valuable source of local communication.

I refer you back to my first post on this thread.