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I hate Facebook, but... Read the longer set of responses. It is quite possible that FB deleted the account prior to the injury and for reasons related to posti

I hate Facebook, but... Read the longer set of responses. It is quite possible that FB deleted the account prior to the injury and for reasons related to posting content that would result in anyone's account being deleted.

Rebelgecko 6y ago
It sounds like the "other reasons" that people are speculating on (without evidence) are that he might have clicked the Like button on some edgy content? That's a lame reason to take away hundreds of dollars of purchases from someone. TBH it sounds like a lot of those people on reddit are basing that speculation off of a misunderstanding of the TOS page. "Here's some but not all of the reasons why Facebook bans accounts" is a far cry from "Your account was banned for this reason" Edit: it looks like the reddit comments accusing the guy of being a white supremacist were taken down so I don't know if we're referring to the same thing. OTOH, Facebook has told people that posting pictures of competing VR hardware is a TOS violation for guns so it's probably just some crappy automated system that got tripped https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/jxd3tl https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/jxd3tl
- neartheplain 6y ago
  >OTOH, Facebook has told people that posting pictures of competing VR hardware is a TOS violation for guns Could be a mis-trained image classifier that triggers on black pistol grips.
ve55 6y ago
In my opinion the story isn't about what was done to 'deserve' or to not deserve the ban, it's that there doesn't have to be any transparency, accountability, or anything of the sort. Now that bans from services can delete peoples' games they have purchased, photos they have stored, notes they have taken, and, well, everything else, it would be nice if we started paying attention to how little rights consumers have here more.
neartheplain 6y ago
That is speculation. We have no way to know what led to the ban. The person who is banned has no way to know, either. Facebook has given no indication. When Twitter bans or suspends someone, they say which tweet(s) broke the rules, and which rules were broken. There is no reason why Facebook cannot do the same. It would clarify rightful bans, and make contesting wrongful bans easier. Bricking someone's $300 device like this without warning or recourse is incredibly anti-consumer.

Rebelgecko 6y ago

It sounds like the "other reasons" that people are speculating on (without evidence) are that he might have clicked the Like button on some edgy content? That's a lame reason to take away hundreds of dollars of purchases from someone. TBH it sounds like a lot of those people on reddit are basing that speculation off of a misunderstanding of the TOS page. "Here's some but not all of the reasons why Facebook bans accounts" is a far cry from "Your account was banned for this reason" Edit: it looks like the reddit comments accusing the guy of being a white supremacist were taken down so I don't know if we're referring to the same thing. OTOH, Facebook has told people that posting pictures of competing VR hardware is a TOS violation for guns so it's probably just some crappy automated system that got tripped https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/jxd3tl https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/jxd3tl

neartheplain 6y ago
>OTOH, Facebook has told people that posting pictures of competing VR hardware is a TOS violation for guns Could be a mis-trained image classifier that triggers on black pistol grips.

ve55 6y ago

In my opinion the story isn't about what was done to 'deserve' or to not deserve the ban, it's that there doesn't have to be any transparency, accountability, or anything of the sort. Now that bans from services can delete peoples' games they have purchased, photos they have stored, notes they have taken, and, well, everything else, it would be nice if we started paying attention to how little rights consumers have here more.

neartheplain 6y ago

That is speculation. We have no way to know what led to the ban. The person who is banned has no way to know, either. Facebook has given no indication. When Twitter bans or suspends someone, they say which tweet(s) broke the rules, and which rules were broken. There is no reason why Facebook cannot do the same. It would clarify rightful bans, and make contesting wrongful bans easier. Bricking someone's $300 device like this without warning or recourse is incredibly anti-consumer.