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Facebook is blocking posts to the Eyetap Mcdonalds incident story
Any attempt to post the link to the Eyetap McDonalds incident (http://eyetap.blogspot.ca) on your Facebooks, results in an alert stating:
"The content you're trying to share includes a link that's been blocked for being spammy or unsafe"
- jtsagata 14y agoAlso some URL shortners, but not the hacker news discussion link (yet). Let's a Streisand Effect begin!
- Metatron 14y agoWell, it is being spammed... I don't like the implicit insinuation that Facebook is acting maliciously. It appears to be an automated defence. Don't rave about, submit a bug report, if you think it isn't actually spam.
- jdc0589 14y agoFacebook has not blocked this specific story. I am willing to bet any link from the eyetap.blogspot.ca domain will be blocked, because it has been flagged a "spammy" either by an employee or an automated defense. This could also just be a mistake with the automated systems; just yesterday facebook accidentally blocked imgur.com for a short period of time (and the developer responsible found the related post on reddit, appologized, and offered recompense).
- harel 14y agoI know for a fact this is an automatic process, so this is just posted as a curiosity. If enough people mark a post on facebook as 'spam' or 'offensive' it will kick in some automatic restrictions on its content.