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I got a week long ban for calling someone out for being a Nazi. The person openly praising Hitler did not get banned at all. At the time I thought it was mere i

by pesus 1y ago

I got a week long ban for calling someone out for being a Nazi. The person openly praising Hitler did not get banned at all. At the time I thought it was mere incompetence, but in hindsight, it seems more like intentional malice.

AceJohnny2 1y ago
"Shoot the messenger!"
bachmeier 1y ago
Are you implying that being banned from Facebook is a bad thing?
- qualeed 1y ago
  I'm pretty sure they are implying that it might be a bad policy to not ban nazis.
- bryanrasmussen 1y ago
  even if you would think people should be happy about being banned, they always get annoyed https://medium.com/luminasticity/facebook-deleted-my-account-after-i-posted-about-delicious-cranberry-muffins-abeecbe25f09 https://medium.com/luminasticity/facebook-deleted-my-account...
- pesus 1y ago
  Depends on the reason. I'm saying that banning someone for calling out a Nazi and not banning the Nazi is a bad thing.
vkou 1y ago
It's not intentional malice, it's just 2025 - an age where calling someone a fascist or a racist is worse than being one. If that doesn't make a lick of sense to you - it's simple. The latter is an offense against a nebulous, undefined outgroup of people, while the former offends a particular person. It's the same reason why someone can steal a dollar from a million people, but why you'd go to jail for punching the thief in the face.
- pesus 1y ago
  This was back around 2019 or so, but you're not wrong at all. Back then Zuckerburg et al at least pretended to be against hate speech. It's so much worse now.
- 2980672166760 1y ago
  "Everyone I disagree with is a nazi"
  - pesus 1y ago
    Did you miss the part of my 2 sentence comment where they openly praised Hitler? That makes someone a Nazi.
    - vkou 1y ago
      I think they were aiming to provide a live demonstration of my postulate.
    - deleted 1y ago
      [deleted]
rl3 1y ago
>The person openly praising Hitler did not get banned at all. Content moderation at Meta is a joke now. I reported an account multiple times for hate speech. The account's photos were comprised entirely of racist caricatures of black people. Like absolutely vile, hateful shit. Each time, I received a notification along the lines of: [paraphrasing] "We found that the account in question did not violate our community standards. Therefore, we did not take any action. Thanks for the report." Yeah, OK. Gross.
- Tostino 1y ago
  I don't think I've ever gotten a response from a corporation other than "this totally obvious Nazi adjacent content seems fine to me".
- anthem2025 1y ago
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by pesus 1y ago

AceJohnny2 1y ago

"Shoot the messenger!"

bachmeier 1y ago

Are you implying that being banned from Facebook is a bad thing?

qualeed 1y ago
I'm pretty sure they are implying that it might be a bad policy to not ban nazis.
bryanrasmussen 1y ago
even if you would think people should be happy about being banned, they always get annoyed https://medium.com/luminasticity/facebook-deleted-my-account-after-i-posted-about-delicious-cranberry-muffins-abeecbe25f09 https://medium.com/luminasticity/facebook-deleted-my-account...
pesus 1y ago
Depends on the reason. I'm saying that banning someone for calling out a Nazi and not banning the Nazi is a bad thing.

vkou 1y ago

It's not intentional malice, it's just 2025 - an age where calling someone a fascist or a racist is worse than being one. If that doesn't make a lick of sense to you - it's simple. The latter is an offense against a nebulous, undefined outgroup of people, while the former offends a particular person. It's the same reason why someone can steal a dollar from a million people, but why you'd go to jail for punching the thief in the face.

pesus 1y ago
This was back around 2019 or so, but you're not wrong at all. Back then Zuckerburg et al at least pretended to be against hate speech. It's so much worse now.
2980672166760 1y ago
"Everyone I disagree with is a nazi"
- pesus 1y ago
  Did you miss the part of my 2 sentence comment where they openly praised Hitler? That makes someone a Nazi.
  - vkou 1y ago
    I think they were aiming to provide a live demonstration of my postulate.
  - deleted 1y ago
    [deleted]

rl3 1y ago

>The person openly praising Hitler did not get banned at all. Content moderation at Meta is a joke now. I reported an account multiple times for hate speech. The account's photos were comprised entirely of racist caricatures of black people. Like absolutely vile, hateful shit. Each time, I received a notification along the lines of: [paraphrasing] "We found that the account in question did not violate our community standards. Therefore, we did not take any action. Thanks for the report." Yeah, OK. Gross.

Tostino 1y ago
I don't think I've ever gotten a response from a corporation other than "this totally obvious Nazi adjacent content seems fine to me".
anthem2025 1y ago
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