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Disabling his account is either a display of creepy dictatorial power or an indication of incompetence and lack of common sense.
by theoj 16y ago
Disabling his account is either a display of creepy dictatorial power or an indication of incompetence and lack of common sense.
- jdp23 16y agoAll of the above. Activists have been dealing with these kinds of issues for a long time. Facebook's processes are haphazard, they make arbitrary decisions without notifying people, their automated filters are prone to misjudgment, and they usually don't react until an issue starts to get significant attention.
- tptacek 16y agoOr, the system that shut him down is automated and triggers 99.9% of the time on spam accounts, and the lockout is a totally sensible default.
- theoj 16y agoThen perhaps these kinds of decisions should not be taken by machines.
- jdp23 16y agoThe email may well have been automatically-generated. Most people whose accounts are suspended have a very hard time getting in touch with a real person even when they follow instructions on the Facebook site.
- jdp23 16y agoAn automated system that can't distinguish between a very successful application and a spammer doesn't sound particularly sensible to me.
- alex_c 16y agoIn the Facebook ecosystem, that's often a very fine line.