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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All of the things that you have listed are excellent safety precautions. It is very scary the number of evil people out there... not surprising given the state of the world but scary nonetheless. I guess when it comes to online social sites (beyond FR which is driven by ideology and patriotism) I practice abstinence. :-)
LLS
It is comforting knowing that I am not alone and thank you!
I’ve only been playing WWF for a year or so now, but I enjoy it. Not obsessed with it but it’s one diversion to pass the time with.
Hey...you look like a French model!
He was probably banned for spamming his Examiner blog writings.
Examiner blows goats.
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