My Facebook Account is Deactivated | Update 2019

To state that Facebook plays a huge component in my life is a little an understatement-- as I make sure it is for any other social networks supervisor. Not only do I use it to keep in touch with family and friends-- yet I'm for life adding content to among the many web pages I admin, whether for myself or for customers.

My Facebook Account Is Deactivated

Envision my surprise when I attempted to authorize into Facebook one early morning only to receive the complying with message:

My account was disabled? What does that even imply?

I tried to log in with one more web browser and also I obtained the very same message. Facebook impaired my account!

Facebook supplied a form submission web page for those desiring to write to Facebook regarding their handicapped account, and also I emailed them basically asking why my account was impaired as well as exactly how I can obtain access back to the many pages I'm an admin for. I discussed that I handle a range of pages for clients, and also was always mindful regarding the web content I published-- after all, my moms and dads are on Facebook too.

After sending out the email to Facebook, I sent an e-mail to the pals who's e-mail addresses I in fact had and also clarified what happened. Thanks to the connect-ability of Facebook, the majority of my friends were just able to be spoken to by me on Facebook.

The replies I obtained from that email were identified right into three various groups:

- WTF/WTH-- why would they do that ??
- Is it because you uploaded political things (I such as Ron Paul and shared web content regarding #OWS).
- Possibly someone flagged you.

I research some of the posts by others that have had their accounts handicapped to figure out why my own was unexpectedly pulled-- without advising I need to add. The posting days on the write-ups extend the life time of Facebook, showing that the firm has actually forever gotten on a behind-the-scenes campaign of disabling accounts at their discretion.

I discovered some posts by well-known blog owners or reporters, consisting of Roger Ebert, Robert Scoble, and Stan Shroeder (Mashable). A number of these high-profiled Facebook users had their profiles and/or pages reabled not long after Facebook discovered who they disabled. For the remainder people, we're basically on our very own.

Reading these articles didn't instill much hope in me or my scenario. The awareness of what I shed was beginning to embed in also.

For many years I had computers collision, stolen, shed, and so on and depend on Facebook to hold all my traveling and also party photos. The web site isn't going anywhere anytime quickly, so why not post all my photos on Facebook for my friends and also household to watch at their discretion? There were well over 2000 photos, many videos, article (notes), plus all the contacts (I still have not been able to reconnect with numerous who were all shed when Facebook disabled my account). This was looking to be an extremely bleak scenario as I additionally recognized just what was shed.

I had to restore accessibility to Facebook to handle the pages for my clients, and additionally for my very own enterprises. A number of my pages' admin access were shared with a partner and also were quickly set back up with the brand-new Facebook account I begrudgingly produced, cursing Facebook under my breath as I established the brand-new account.

A few of the Facebook web pages admin access were shown to my customers, whom I needed to contact to have them re-add me with my brand-new account. All of them asked "Why did your account obtain disabled?" as well as truly so. I, also, would question the person I paid to manage my Facebook web page why their Facebook account was handicapped. Would not you?

I still do not have a solution to that inquiry. "I have no idea" is the answer I still offer, because its true. Facebook has still yet to give me a reason that my account was impaired. After reading the factors Facebook impaired accounts on their web page I was still in the dark. I really did not spam-add people, message sexual web content, bother any individual. so why they removed me really did not make sense. Just after I read various other write-ups did I understand a little bit extra.

Facebook can disable your account if your screen name is various than that on your birth certification. Mine was, but not by much. It was still phonetically the very same, yet led to various than the rest of my household. I also had a client that lately utilized a contest promotion to boost their email checklist. According to Facebook marketing guidelines, contests can just be operated on Facebook through one of two apps: ShortStack and WildFire. Could that be why my account was disabled? I inspected that client's Facebook page and also it was gone as well. Aha!

Although the competition wasn't specifically hosted on Facebook (it was hosted on the customer's internet site), and also the winner was notified via email (you can not reveal champions on your wall), I was confident this was the upseting action which had me brought in off Facebook without so much as a 'Bye-bye'.

At this moment it had to do with a week given that I originally created Facebook that eventful early morning, as well as I still had not gotten a reply. I reviewed the web page enabling me to call Facebook, as well as clarified that I currently had a far better concept about why they disabled me, which I was sorry. I promised never to do something like that once again (was it truly that bad??) if they just reable my account.

I sent that off and also waited once again. After a few even more days I understood something. something really crucial-- I produced a filter in gmail for Facebook e-mails. Even if they did email me, I would certainly have never ever gotten the email due to the fact that it was readied to "Skip Inbox/Delete". Rough.

So I sent out another email to Facebook, this time letting them understand that I had a filter on my gmail as well as if they did contact me prior to this e-mail, I would have never gotten it.

A couple of days later on I lastly obtained an e-mail from Javier at Facebook. Here's the only reaction I'll likely receive 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
Facebook

What a juvenile reaction-- certain Facebook is a 'young' firm, however I make certain there need to be someone there with far better tact than 'we're not mosting likely to reable your account-- don't email us once more.' ALRIGHT Facebook.

So what did I learn from my experience with Facebook?

1. Back up your account! You never understand if/when they'll decide to erase you.
2. Do not manage your various customer's pages with the very same account. If one page/account gets deleted, you will not shed them all.
3. A lot of my friends are pretenders that's profiles are either concealed from search, or they disabled the "Include as a good friend" switch making it impossible to re-add them.

Its been about a month considering that I had my account handicapped, and also had lots of time to reflect on the experience. I have not attempted to speak to Facebook directly given that I received the e-mail from Javier, but I did start the site www.facebook-disabled-my-account.org, and also the hashtag project on Twitter #FBdisabledMe to accentuate the adverse experience.

Do I want Facebook to alter their disabling policy? Nope.

I take care of a couple of MU websites as well as if you desire somebody off your website, by all means remove them/block them/whatever. However, for Facebook to disable the account and also to keep the data/photos/videos/ connections/blog articles, that is wrong. What would Facebook be if no one uploaded web content onto the website-- No images to share or tag-- No write-ups to Like-- No standing updates to LOL at-- It would certainly be NOTHING.

Facebook ought to allow those who they disabled to download their account, letting them fetch their photos/videos/notes/ etc., prior to going off to the barren wastelands of Google+, or to RT their pals status updates (rather than 'Suching as' it). Facebook currently makes it feasible for an energetic account to be downloaded and install, so why not an impaired account?

It's time for Facebook to obtain a little bit more mature around-- specifically with their IPO announced. I'm actually thinking about buying stock just so they will certainly have to listen to my grievance-- at the very least I'll profit from them.

Have you had your Facebook account disabled? Did you get it back, and also if so exactly how?

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