So I’ve been hit by the Facebook Nazis. “No Facebook foh YOO!”
And I got the boot with pretty minimal activity. I’ve heard about other people who have had similar experiences, but I was under the impression it was to do with blasting your whole contact list at once, hence the rule to invite only 10 friends a day into an application.
I was ‘facebooking’ a detailed note, work related, to about 15 people. Yes, I understand the “share on facebook” method, and yes I get you can forward one note to a lot of people. But I wanted my note to be BCC’ed. Something I don’t think Facebook has the capabilities of just yet. And if they do, boy did I miss that day at school. I’m assuming that they do have some sort of “make this private”, but I never dreamed a handful of notes would cause such a ruckus.
I threw open a bunch of tabs in Firefox, copied the note into all contacts and started hitting send rapid fire. Unbeknown to me, as each tab closed and the next note was sent, one after the other, I was quickly raising the red flag, agents were racing to their stations and bells were sounding all throughout FB HQ. After about the 11th shot, a big red box appeared with big red text and screamed at me: “You Have Been Kicked Off Of Facebook!!” Or, at least that’s what I saw. I think it read something like, “Your account has been terminated” or “Your life is over”. Something to that effect. (Should have grabbed that screen shot.)
Anyhow, I fired an email off to the support people and got a lovely note back saying my situation is being reviewed, with a case number and all. And so I wait. Feeling like a criminal. Perhaps now I can get back to those things I turfed aside due to my 2007 addiction.
I’m sure they’ll get you all sorted out. It sounds like you just hit the “flag” button. You’re a reasonable and popular type – just the kind of user that I would think Facebook wants to keep!
Best of luck with your reinstatement!
Ya, facebook’s messaging system is pretty braindead. This is the kind of thing email is for.
Welcome to the club…they let me back on, so I can’t imagine they wouldn’t do the same for you once they’ve reviewed it.
Best of luck!
Good on Facebook, getting rid of outstanding people like you. Those losers.
Aaaaw. I wish I could get kicked off facebook! It would sure make my life a lot more productive hehe.
Just saw this now. What is the verdict with Facebook? When will you be allowed back?
Phillip:
Don’t know. Jordan tells me he was out for a week. I am on Day 5. I have 2 case numbers, as I immediately sent them messages for “warning” and “disabled”, 2 separate notifications. My case numbers are 6731760 and 6731767. Apparently, that’s quite a line up.
But in searching for more explanations, here’s what surfaced:
Why was I disabled?
“Faceboook limits the number of times a user can send the same message or make the same post. Your account has been disabled for taking repeated actions that were construed as spam.”
Why are there limits?
“Facebook has limits in place to prevent abuse of our features and to protect users from potential spam.”
What are the limits?
“Unfortunately, Facebook cannot provide any specifics on the rate limits that we enforce. Please know, however, that the speed at which you are acting and the sheer number of actions you have made are both taken into account.”
I just got kicked off for sending to many prom photos to family! I was so happy the girls look so nice there last prom I guess you can only share them with 10 people at a time! I hope they let me back on.
I got the boot 2 days ago and I’ve been lost. This didn’t happen until I installed FireFox. Could that have anything to do with it? I don’t break rules so I don’t know why they gave me the boot.