When A Facebook Account is Deactivated | Update 2019

To claim that Facebook plays a big part in my life is a little an understatement-- as I'm sure it is for any other social media manager. Not just do I use it to communicate with family and friends-- however I'm for life adding web content to one of the many web pages I admin, whether for myself or for clients.

When A Facebook Account Is Deactivated

Imagine my shock when I tried to authorize right into Facebook one morning just to receive the adhering to message:

My account was disabled? What does that even imply?

I attempted to visit with an additional web browser and also I got the same message. Facebook disabled my account!

Facebook supplied a form entry page for those wishing to write to Facebook concerning their impaired account, and I emailed them essentially asking why my account was impaired and how I can obtain accessibility back to the numerous web pages I'm an admin for. I clarified that I take care of a selection of pages for clients, as well as was always mindful regarding the content I posted-- besides, my moms and dads get on Facebook also.

After sending the e-mail to Facebook, I sent an e-mail to the pals who's email addresses I really had as well as clarified what occurred. Thanks to the connect-ability of Facebook, a lot of my friends were only able to be called by me on Facebook.

The replies I received from that e-mail were identified right into 3 different classifications:

- WTF/WTH-- why would certainly they do that ??
- Is it due to the fact that you uploaded political stuff (I such as Ron Paul and common material about #OWS).
- Perhaps someone flagged you.

I research a few of the write-ups by others who have actually had their accounts disabled to discover why my own was all of a sudden drawn-- without advising I ought to add. The publishing dates on the articles extend the life time of Facebook, showing that the business has forever gotten on a behind the curtain project of disabling accounts at their discernment.

I discovered some articles by well-known blog writers or reporters, including Roger Ebert, Robert Scoble, and Stan Shroeder (Mashable). Most of these high-profiled Facebook individuals had their profiles and/or web pages reabled soon after Facebook discovered who they disabled. For the remainder of us, we're basically on our very own.

Checking out these short articles didn't instill much hope in me or my situation. The understanding of what I lost was beginning to embed in also.

For many years I had computers crash, stolen, lost, etc. and also count on Facebook to hold all my traveling and celebration photos. The website isn't going anywhere anytime quickly, so why not publish all my images on Facebook for my friends and family members to watch at their discernment? There were more than 2000 photos, countless videos, post (notes), plus all the get in touches with (I still have not been able to reconnect with lots of who were all shed when Facebook disabled my account). This was seeming a very bleak scenario as I better recognized just what was lost.

I had to reclaim accessibility to Facebook to take care of the web pages for my customers, as well as likewise for my own business. A number of my web pages' admin access were shown a companion and were conveniently set back up with the brand-new Facebook account I begrudgingly developed, cursing Facebook under my breath as I established the new account.

A few of the Facebook pages admin accessibility were shown to my customers, whom I had to get in touch with to have them re-add me with my brand-new account. Every one of them asked "Why did your account get disabled?" and also truly so. I, too, would certainly question the person I paid to handle my Facebook page why their Facebook account was impaired. Wouldn't you?

I still do not have a response to that inquiry. "I have no idea" is the answer I still offer, since its real. Facebook has still yet to offer me a reason that my account was handicapped. After checking out the reasons Facebook handicapped accounts on their page I was still in the dark. I didn't spam-add individuals, post sexual web content, pester anyone. so why they removed me didn't make good sense. Just after I check out other articles did I understand a bit a lot more.

Facebook can disable your account if your screen name is different than that on your birth certificate. Mine was, however not by much. It was still phonetically the exact same, but spelled different than the remainder of my family members. I also had a customer that recently utilized a competition promotion to raise their e-mail list. According to Facebook marketing standards, contests can only be operated on Facebook with a couple of applications: ShortStack and also WildFire. Could that be why my account was disabled? I checked that customer's Facebook page as well as it was gone as well. Aha!

Although the competition had not been precisely organized on Facebook (it was hosted on the customer's internet site), and also the champion was informed through e-mail (you can not announce winners on your wall surface), I was positive this was the offending action which had me ushered off Facebook without so much as a 'Goodbye'.

At this moment it was about a week considering that I at first wrote Facebook that fateful early morning, and I still had not gotten a reply. I reviewed the page allowing me to call Facebook, and also explained that I now had a much better concept concerning why they disabled me, which I was sorry. I promised never to do something like that once more (was it really that poor??) if they simply reable my account.

I sent that off as well as waited once more. After a few more days I recognized something. something extremely vital-- I created a filter in gmail for Facebook emails. Even if they did email me, I would have never received the e-mail due to the fact that it was set to "Avoid Inbox/Delete". Rough.

So I sent out an additional email to Facebook, this moment letting them recognize that I had a filter on my gmail as well as if they did call me prior to this e-mail, I would certainly have never gotten it.

A few days later I finally got an e-mail from Javier at Facebook. Here's the only reaction I'll likely get from Facebook:.

Hi,

Unfortunately, your account has been permanently disabled for violating Facebook’s Terms. We will not reactivate it for any reason.

This will be our last email regarding your account. For more information about our policies, please read the Facebook Community Standards: https://www.facebook.com/communitystandards/

Thanks,

Javier
User Operations
Facebook

What an adolescent response-- sure Facebook is a 'young' firm, but I make sure there need to be a person there with far better tact than 'we're not mosting likely to reable your account-- do not email us once more.' OKAY Facebook.

So what did I pick up from my experience with Facebook?

1. Back up your account! You never understand if/when they'll determine to delete you.
2. Don't manage your different client's web pages with the same account. If one page/account gets erased, you won't shed them all.
3. A lot of my friends are snobs who's accounts are either concealed from search, or they disabled the "Add as a close friend" switch making it impossible to re-add them.

Its had to do with a month since I had my account handicapped, as well as had great deals of time to assess the experience. I haven't tried to contact Facebook directly considering that I received the email from Javier, yet I did begin the site www.facebook-disabled-my-account.org, and the hashtag project on Twitter #FBdisabledMe to accentuate the negative experience.

Do I desire Facebook to change their disabling plan? Nope.

I handle a few MU websites and if you want someone off your website, of course erase them/block them/whatever. But for Facebook to disable the account as well as to maintain the data/photos/videos/ connections/blog articles, that is wrong. What would certainly Facebook be if nobody uploaded material onto the site-- No pictures to share or tag-- No articles to Like-- No status updates to LOL at-- It would certainly be ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

Facebook should enable those who they disabled to download their account, letting them recover their photos/videos/notes/ etc., prior to going off to the barren marshes of Google+, or to RT their good friends condition updates (as opposed to 'Suching as' it). Facebook currently makes it feasible for an active account to be downloaded and install, so why not a handicapped account?

It's time for Facebook to get a little bit elder in this field-- specifically with their IPO revealed. I'm actually thinking about buying stock so they will certainly have to pay attention to my complaint-- at the very least I'll profit from them.

Have you had your Facebook account disabled? Did you get it back, and if so how?

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