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My dad ran for mayor in a small town. The opposition kept flagging our (I was a sort of campaign manager) posts as being nazi propaganda (hint: it wasn’t). They

My dad ran for mayor in a small town. The opposition kept flagging our (I was a sort of campaign manager) posts as being nazi propaganda (hint: it wasn’t). They did this until my dad’s account got banned. There was no way I could recover his account after this. Ultimately he just created a new account, with reversed first and last name and the same profile picture which seems to have fooled the almighty AI.

dannyw 4y ago
I've had an ex get banned (still banned) from Facebook's suite of products for supposed extremist or terrorism materials. She suspect that a former Meta employee she dated and ended up bad terms may have something to do with it, but all the normal appeal channels end nowhere and I don't know any Facebook employees. It was however, trivial for her to make a new account.
- hardware2win 4y ago
  Would people risk their 200k jobs for stupid revenge like that?
  - fastball 4y ago
    Is this a rhetorical question? If not, the answer is: obviously yes. People risk their entire lives for significantly less.
  - nikanj 4y ago
    Yes.
  - biztos 4y ago
    People will risk anything for anything if they are convinced they’ll get away with it.
  - throwayyy479087 4y ago
    Obviously and reliably yes. Happens constantly.
- iLoveOncall 4y ago
  This is delirious thinking. I work for another FAANG, and I would never be able to take any action on any part of a customer's account. I guarantee you Tommy that works in the team that handles tags on marketplace listings cannot do anything about any other system in Facebook.
  - withinboredom 4y ago
    “Hey Jimmy, while we were smoking yesterday, you know how I mentioned that suspicious account. Here it is.” Humans are great at solving technical issues with human solutions…
    - throwayyy479087 4y ago
      Facebook is significantly less privacy concerned than any other FAANG. It’s caused a few issues.
- fakedang 4y ago
  Of course, that also has the added benefit of boosting Facebook's numbers.

dannyw 4y ago

I've had an ex get banned (still banned) from Facebook's suite of products for supposed extremist or terrorism materials. She suspect that a former Meta employee she dated and ended up bad terms may have something to do with it, but all the normal appeal channels end nowhere and I don't know any Facebook employees. It was however, trivial for her to make a new account.

hardware2win 4y ago
Would people risk their 200k jobs for stupid revenge like that?
- fastball 4y ago
  Is this a rhetorical question? If not, the answer is: obviously yes. People risk their entire lives for significantly less.
- nikanj 4y ago
  Yes.
- biztos 4y ago
  People will risk anything for anything if they are convinced they’ll get away with it.
- throwayyy479087 4y ago
  Obviously and reliably yes. Happens constantly.
iLoveOncall 4y ago
This is delirious thinking. I work for another FAANG, and I would never be able to take any action on any part of a customer's account. I guarantee you Tommy that works in the team that handles tags on marketplace listings cannot do anything about any other system in Facebook.
- withinboredom 4y ago
  “Hey Jimmy, while we were smoking yesterday, you know how I mentioned that suspicious account. Here it is.” Humans are great at solving technical issues with human solutions…
  - throwayyy479087 4y ago
    Facebook is significantly less privacy concerned than any other FAANG. It’s caused a few issues.
fakedang 4y ago
Of course, that also has the added benefit of boosting Facebook's numbers.