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1. Posted a Youtube link to Zep's "The Rain Song";  Facebook said words to the effect that Houses of the Holy album cover was kiddy porn and took it down. 

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(if it was that Blind Faith album, they might have a point.)

2. Just now, posted this joke: "Well, you know what they say about the weather in Seattle. If you don't like it right now, just wait 15 minutes. And then shoot yourself in the face." It was automatically removed and I got a lecture from a bot. 

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1 hour ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

1. Posted a Youtube link to Zep's "The Rain Song";  Facebook said words to the effect that Houses of the Holy album cover was kiddy porn and took it down. 

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(if it was that Blind Faith album, they might have a point.)

2. Just now, posted this joke: "Well, you know what they say about the weather in Seattle. If you don't like it right now, just wait 15 minutes. And then shoot yourself in the face." It was automatically removed and I got a lecture from a bot. 

The focus group who banned you at FB probably had to take minutes out of their normal routines of adjusting their vibrating butt plugs just to hit that sweet spot for group simultaneous release as a prelude to hitting the ping pong tables and popcorn bowls for a nice little wind-down game.

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About a year ago, I tried re-registering for hornfans.com for shits 'n giggles.  I know it's not technically social media but I don't do any social media other than a mandated LinkedIn profile---and I mean nothing else. Been a full decade+ since I'd been on hornfans .    I guess my IP slipped through their filters or I was just forgiven for the many reasons for which I was banned between 2008-2012.  There was a thread about Greta and her climate change platform.  And these folks were just bagging on her.  Saying just awful things about a then 16/17-yo girl.  So I finally let loose and maybe my second or third post overall was "She's just a smart kid who is worried that her planet is sick and wants to help it.  But not as sick as you glops of human shit.  There is no helping you depraved fuckbags and it's no wonder this is what this cesspool site has become."  I was perma-banned a few hours later.  

Katy may also not like me because I b'ccd her on an email to Perrin's then right hand assistant saying that I felt hornfans was detrimental to our recruitment of student-athletes of color.  I wanted her to know it was me.  She was like a fat, ugly, non-intelligent Cersei.  And I wanted her to know it was me.  

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And these folks were just bagging on her.  Saying just awful things about a then 16/17-yo girl.  So I finally let loose and maybe my second or third post overall was "She's just a smart kid who is worried that her plane is sick and wants to help it.  But not as sick as you glops of human shit.  There is no helping you depraved fuckbags and it's no wonder this is what this cesspool site has become."

stunning and brave

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about as brave as the jag-off climate deniers who vilify an innocent, but engaged, young scholar and send her personal emails berating her for her work.  I've never met a Greta hater who had a wife that weighed less than me.  So much online behavior can be explained by the mass of the poster's wife.  

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21 minutes ago, Billy Pilgrim said:

I’m all fairness, the Seattle joke wasn’t that great.

Eh, it wasn't like I created a post to share it. Just came up when somebody was whining about the weather there..

Plus, I first heard it in rehab. All jokes are funnier in rehab, just as most of the girls in there seem hotter than they probably are IRL. 

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Eh, it wasn't like I created a post to share it. Just came up when somebody was whining about the weather there..

Plus, I first heard it in rehab. All jokes are funnier in rehab, just as most of the girls in there seem hotter than they probably are IRL. 

Just busting balls. No need to get banned for that. People are too sensitive these days.

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20 minutes ago, Lobo said:

about as brave as the jag-off climate deniers who vilify an innocent, but engaged, young scholar and send her personal emails berating her for her work.  I've never met a Greta hater who had a wife that weighed less than me.  So much online behavior can be explained by the mass of the poster's wife.  

Someone should fund a study.

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formermav--------I'd like to think people defending Greta against assholes on hornfans are helping somewhat.  

Take Paxton Smith for instance.  Young woman has many feathers ruffled on hornfans because of her pro-choice stance she took at her valedictorian speech the other night here in Texas.  People around Texas are wanting her diploma and 1st in class status taken away, some of whom are on hornfans.  Treating her like they treated Greta. 

Maybe I'm not a winner, but Paxton is.  So guess what we did this morning?  Made a couple calls amongst us and the Scholarship Committee at the Exes.  Paxton's already getting some help financially, but if she can finish first year around a 3.5......we've got a donor who wants to pick up her second year in total.  She wants to study music business.  Gee, if only I knew somebody who served on the boards of the Music School and the Scholarship Committee.  Helping kids is great.  Putting second-rate bigots in their place is sublime.  

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1 hour ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

1. Posted a Youtube link to Zep's "The Rain Song";  Facebook said words to the effect that Houses of the Holy album cover was kiddy porn and took it down. 

rscb2-1

(if it was that Blind Faith album, they might have a point.)

2. Just now, posted this joke: "Well, you know what they say about the weather in Seattle. If you don't like it right now, just wait 15 minutes. And then shoot yourself in the face." It was automatically removed and I got a lecture from a bot. 

That exact thing happened to me with the Hof the H cover.

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Have been a member on FB for a longass time, mainly for connection with family and friends, as we have  spread out across the country/ world. About 6 months ago I joined a group for prior service folks, mainly because of funny memes and shoptalk that was across the spectrum of politics and whatnot.  Let’s just say FB ain’t a fan of things from the conservative perspective or their covid stance, however. I received 2 warnings in about 30 days time for posts not having to do with that group.

Wanting to maintain access to some of the family discussions and stuff  I enjoy, I stopped being a member of that military group.  I have never had any warnings or issues other than during the time I was in it.   FB is actively going after that perspective and it sucks.  It is a very useful platform for staying in touch with family and friends.  The censorship  and harassment is bullshit.

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Have been a member on FB for a longass time, mainly for connection with family and friends, as we have  spread out across the country/ world. About 6 months ago I joined a group for prior service folks, mainly because of funny memes and shoptalk that was across the spectrum of politics and whatnot.  Let’s just say FB ain’t a fan of things from the conservative perspective.  I received 2 warnings in about 30 days time for posts not having to do with that group.

Wanting to maintain access to some of the family discussions and stuff  I enjoy, I stopped being a member of that military group.  I have never had any warnings or issues other than during the time I was in it.   FB is actively going after that perspective and it sucks.  It is a very useful platform for staying in touch with family and friends.  The censorship  and harassment is bullshit.

That's interesting to share, my BIL is a 4th generation army officer and was in a bunch of those military FB pages. Some of the pages he joined were specifically enumerated in the senate intel report(s) and Mueller report facebook's page takedowns as being disinformation and propaganda pages ran/funded by adversary nations - it's possible that you joined one of those?

Generally speaking, FB makes its money off of advertising to conservative folks though - their top 10 most visited and shared pages are all ben shapiro or fox or oann. And there hasn't been any evidence to back the position that conservative voices are being censored and harassed - but yall sure do like to claim victimhood for it nonstop.

Either way, I try to avoid using FB as much as possible and have only kept my profile active since I keep in touch with some friends only through messenger. Joining group pages when they're being advertised to you seems like a good way to get sucked into conspiracy-land.

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2 hours ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

Eh, it wasn't like I created a post to share it. Just came up when somebody was whining about the weather there..

2 hours ago, Billy Pilgrim said:

Just busting balls. No need to get banned for that. People are too sensitive these days.

I've told (and seen) much worse jokes.  I doubt it was a bot that tagged it - probably somebody familiar with the origins of the joke reported you.

 

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About a year ago, I tried re-registering for hornfans.com for shits 'n giggles.  I know it's not technically social media but I don't do any social media other than a mandated LinkedIn profile---and I mean nothing else. Been a full decade+ since I'd been on hornfans .    I guess my IP slipped through their filters or I was just forgiven for the many reasons for which I was banned between 2008-2012.   

If they have IPs from 2012 still banned, they are fucking morons.

Oh wait, it's HF.

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 And there hasn't been any evidence to back the position that conservative voices are being censored and harassed 

Thank you for the laugh of the day.  Who is your source, the ole Zuckster himself?

and I did not claim victimhood, I just said Facebook never had anything to say about any of my posts through all these years until something else happened. Weird as fuck, huh?

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Have been a member on FB for a longass time, mainly for connection with family and friends, as we have  spread out across the country/ world. About 6 months ago I joined a group for prior service folks, mainly because of funny memes and shoptalk that was across the spectrum of politics and whatnot.  Let’s just say FB ain’t a fan of things from the conservative perspective or their covid stance, however. I received 2 warnings in about 30 days time for posts not having to do with that group.

f they were posts in that group but that were off-topic, then somebody in that group reported you.  Some groups are really strict about staying on-topic.

If you were making covid posts that were bullshit, then somebody either reported you, or their bots picked it up.  They are very touchy after the qanon idiots were flooding FB with all kinds of bullshit (I know you are not a qanon idiot, but their filters have been ramped up because of the public spotlight on those idiots, and so innocent folks get caught up in it).

It's not merely things "from the conservative perspective" as I posted plenty of that stuff in the past, and as somebody pointed out, most of their top shared content these days is "from the conservative perspective".  Plus, I see that stuff, and I'm talking hard-right stuff, posted all the time from relatives and friends that are right-leaning, and it's not like it's a one-time thing and then all of the sudden they shut up for some reason.  It's a constant stream of that stuff from the same people, especially from the older folks.  The people that used to fucking crank out email chains found it was even easier on FB.

The fact that you mentioned covid makes me think you posted some covid stuff that got tagged.  That stuff probably gets flagged by the bots quickly and reviewed by humans.

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Thank you for the laugh of the day.  Who is your source, the ole Zuckster himself?

In my case, it's my relatives and friends who are cranking out such content like it's 2017, and none of them are whining that they are getting banned or censored.

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f they were posts in that group but that were off-topic, then somebody in that group reported you.  Some groups are really strict about staying on-topic.

If you were making covid posts that were bullshit, then somebody either reported you, or their bots picked it up.  They are very touchy after the qanon idiots were flooding FB with all kinds of bullshit (I know you are not a qanon idiot, but their filters have been ramped up because of the public spotlight on those idiots, and so innocent folks get caught up in it).

It's not merely things "from the conservative perspective" as I posted plenty of that stuff in the past, and as somebody pointed out, most of their top shared content these days is "from the conservative perspective".  Plus, I see that stuff, and I'm talking hard-right stuff, posted all the time from relatives and friends that are right-leaning, and it's not like it's a one-time thing and then all of the sudden they shut up for some reason.  It's a constant stream of that stuff from the same people, especially from the older folks.  The people that used to fucking crank out email chains found it was even easier on FB.

The fact that you mentioned covid makes me think you posted some covid stuff that got tagged.  That stuff probably gets flagged by the bots quickly and reviewed by humans.

Oh yeah. The manner in which they were posted were in casual conversation. They were absolutely caught by bots. It’s fucking stupid

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Oh yeah. The manner in which they were posted were in casual conversation. They were absolutely caught by bots. It’s fucking stupid

Ah yeah that's a bum deal then, but FB had its hand forced after their platform has been used over and over again by adversary nations and conspiracy lunatics to stir up crazies enough until they tried to take out the governor of michigan, storm the capitol, and perpetuate public health risks. They have to "DO SOMETHING!!" to appease the shareholders and give the appearance that they give a shit about anything more than making money selling ads and harvesting data

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Ah yeah that's a bum deal then, but FB had its hand forced after their platform has been used over and over again by adversary nations and conspiracy lunatics to stir up crazies enough until they tried to take out the governor of michigan, storm the capitol, and perpetuate public health risks. They have to "DO SOMETHING!!" to appease the shareholders and give the appearance that they give a shit about anything more than making money selling ads and harvesting data

The funny part to me is that I am generally boring as hell and have nothing remotely close to a relationship with any groups like that. I just kind of shake my head and wonder, I am the threat? I am the person they need to watch out for? Boy are they looking in the wrong place…

 

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Oh yeah. The manner in which they were posted were in casual conversation. They were absolutely caught by bots. It’s fucking stupid

You may consider it "casual" but it's "fuck around and find out" if you are posting bullshit about covid.

A couple of neighbors who are friends on FB work at nearby hospitals, and they were constantly posting covid information, and never had any problems.  You should post what you were warned about in the CR covid thread.

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You may consider it "casual" but it's "fuck around and find out" if you are posting bullshit about covid.

A couple of neighbors who are friends on FB work at nearby hospitals, and they were constantly posting covid information, and never had any problems.  You should post what you were warned about in the CR covid thread.

Bullshit about Covid is broad as hell. What different people have claimed as truth and facts have changed. That is indisputable.

I don’t really give a fuck what Facebook’s opinion might be, nor should they be forcing it upon their members

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The funny part to me is that I am generally boring as hell and have nothing remotely close to a relationship with any groups like that. I just kind of shake my head and wonder, I am the threat? I am the person they need to watch out for? Boy are they looking in the wrong place…

It's automated.  They don't care if you have thousands of posts or log in a few times a year.  There are topics that draw their immediate attention, and covid was one of them.

Yes, it sucks people can't have casual/bullshit conversations, but thank the whackos.

I miss the days when they were more concerned with JFK, UFOs, and The Lizard People (that's "The Lizard People" not "lizard people").

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The focus group who banned you at FB probably had to take minutes out of their normal routines of adjusting their vibrating butt plugs just to hit that sweet spot for group simultaneous release as a prelude to hitting the ping pong tables and popcorn bowls for a nice little wind-down game.

Wait......they're ADJUSTABLE?  Sonofa.....hold on, I'll be right back.

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Bullshit about Covid is broad as hell. What different people has claimed as truth and facts have changed. That is indisputable.

Go post what you said in the CR covid thread.

They probably have something that, if you were flagged once and they banned the content, and you posted such content again, it was flagged automatically, and they were a little more strict the second time around.

AFAIK the neighbors I mentioned that were posting daily covid stuff never had any problems, but I can ask them.

 

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I don’t really give a fuck what Facebook’s opinion might be, nor should they be forcing it upon their members

FB is a private company and they are allowed to take such measures, just as if you owned a bar and somebody came in and acted in a way you didn't like, you could have them removed.  

If you want to be mad, be mad at other FB users that were passing shit around without fact-checking any of it.  Be mad at the countries/companies/individuals who were deliberately dumping massive amounts of misinformation onto FB, and who were mining the fuck out of its users to put together targeted ad campaigns.

There's probably 50 startups every year with actual funding (not some dude building out a WordPress site) hoping to come up with a new FB killer, wanting to replace it, but for whatever reason they can't quite get there (and Google has tried a few times, and still has their finger in the pie).  

FB can't stop them from building out the infrastructure, can't stop them from advertising, can't stop them from attracting users, but unfortunately FB reached that point where "it just works", which is good enough for most people.

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FB is a private company and they are allowed to take such measures, just as if you owned a bar and somebody came in and acted in a way you didn't like, you could have them removed.  

If you want to be mad, be mad at other FB users that were passing shit around without fact-checking any of it.  Be mad at the countries/companies/individuals who were deliberately dumping massive amounts of misinformation onto FB, and who were mining the fuck out of its users to put together targeted ad campaigns.

There's probably 50 startups every year with actual funding (not some dude building out a WordPress site) hoping to come up with a new FB killer, wanting to replace it, but for whatever reason they can't quite get there (and Google has tried a few times, and still has their finger in the pie).  

FB can't stop them from building out the infrastructure, can't stop them from advertising, can't stop them from attracting users, but unfortunately FB reached that point where "it just works", which is good enough for most people.

I am not ‘mad’ at them.  I am still a member. I can roll my eyes are their idiotic decisions though.

it is still a good tool for maintaining contact with family and friends. It is not an open forum for discussion, and I recognize that. If I want to have a real discussion about almost any topic, that’s kind of what surly is for.

 

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18 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

FB is a private company and they are allowed to take such measures, just as if you owned a bar and somebody came in and acted in a way you didn't like, you could have them removed.  

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Not really.  Apples/Oranges to significant extent.  FB enjoys immunities that a bar owner doesn't.  Those immunities need to go away.  They absolutely edit and control content which makes them a publisher.

We'll see what happens.

Lawyers/Lobbyists are going to add to their fortunes, that's for sure.

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If you care that you have been banned from ANY social media, especially HF, you’re probably fucked in the head. 

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Just dump the shit.  It's not that hard and it's not that big of a deal.

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If you have been banned from ANY social media other than HF, you’re probably fucked in the head. 

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