Posted on 08/10/2013 6:54:36 AM PDT by lowbridge
What good is a social media site that punishes people for communicating with each other? That's what a growing number of users are asking after being punished and banned from Facebook for making innocuous comments in posts to others. One of the most egregious examples happened Friday when Examiner.com's Joseph L. Parker thanked someone for liking an article he wrote. On Friday, Parker sent Examiner a screenshot of the message he received telling him his message of thanks was considered "spam" and informing him he was temporarily blocked from posting comments.
This kind of complaint is not unusual, but has become even more common in recent days.
On Thursday, an administrator of the growing Facebook Blackout event was suspended for saying a user named "Linda" was seeking attention. Facebook's Katie Harbath has yet to explain how the message violated Facebook's standards.
On Friday, another event administrator said Facebook claimed she was abusing the tag feature after tagging a few people in a single post about the event.
Mark W. Mumma, a sales manager for Webguy Communications, was slapped by Facebook on Friday for simply engaging in a conversation with someone who disagreed with him.
"Good God Kimberly. What is it like to be scared of people and terrified of people with guns? I don't think I could live with myself if I was scared all the time. How do you do it? It must be awful," he wrote.
Facebook, however, responded with a message telling Mumma that post was removed for violating the site's community standards. Mumma was also banned for 12 hours.
In his response to Facebook, Mumma said he was simply engaging in the very behavior the site allegedly encourages in its own standards.
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Anyone who joins these social sites and opens their lives to the evil that controls them is a fool. I will NEVER be a part of any of that crap... don’t need it with FR.
LLS
Dallas59 is now sitting in front of his computer, in his underwear, drinking coffee.
I’m having the peanuts now
oooh, pictures??????
(JUST KIDDING!!)
Flick Lives is lounging with his laptop, reading a post that Dallas59 is now sitting in front of his computer, in his underwear, drinking coffee.
You can use the sites without opening your life to everyone. I regularly post articles to my Facebook news feed. That way I know that friends & relatives of a lefty bent have an opportunity to see an article they would never run across otherwise. They may not read it, but then they might. And since Facebook is so leftist, it’s fun to tweak it by posting right-wing/conservative stuff there.
You know someone is going to hit it big time when they make a social network for Christians so they can avoid the nonsense of Facebook
> I’m having the peanuts now
Make sure to post when pass gas later...: )
I agree. I put as little of my personal life, social or economic, on line as possible. My only "real" communication is very general emails to friends.
It is amazing that people who should know better still get in trouble because of stuff they put online.
Amen to that.
Hey, me too! But, how did you know? Did you hijack my computer's camera? Shame on you!
Facebook overall is great. As with everything it has glitches that will be fixed. Join Facebook. It is the best website after Free Republic!
Facebook’s shiny exterior appears to be developing a few cracks. This was to be expected. Facebook cannot police the world.
Facebook is evil.
Fortunately, Facebook is temporary.
I just use it (facebook account) to play WWF on my pc (don’t have a cell phone that has “apps”). Other than that, I have no use for it.
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