If an account is disabled, people think: "he must have done 'something'" ... Here is an example when Facebook disabled an account, not violating the "terms" in any (claimed or conceivable) way. An account quite fresh, that still hasn't posted at all. Of course: Facebook did NOT provide any warning or explanation, did NOT ask any question, just permanently disabled the account.
If you think you have a Facebook account, think about it ! It's Facebook's, not yours ! It's probably stupid to depend on something that is, according to the most basic blindly-accepted terms, cannot be depended on.
- Is it smart to accept the terms ?
- "they can block anything"
- you have no way to guarantee that your intended audience can read your information even if they would like to (!!!)
Does that ring a bell ? Are we back in USSR or Nazi Germany by own (uneducated) choice ?
Welcome to the 21st century !
My fresh Facebook account was disabled (after appr 2 days) without any question or warning. I haven’t posted a single message (comment or post or anything), so any reference to “behavior / posting / contacting” does not apply.
Registered with my exact real name (not “fake name” or “impersonating” someone), real birthday (matching the official documents and photo ID that I provided). I never used Facebook before (haven’t had an account before, ever; actually I never really “liked” their policy of continuous censorship, blocking or deleting any content as they like ; decided to register after some pressure from friends ; I wasn’t fully aware Facebook got so deep, now I know).
Facebook gave no explanation at all. I did NOT violate any of their [terms], obviously: quite impossible since I haven’t made a single comment or post. Almost unbelievable… Sad, but true.
Very weird! Can't you just reactivate it?
No, there is no way, apparently. There is noone to talk to, write to. I can upload even more docs, but they don't give any answer. Any explanation.
Anyone with a Facebook account is simply "noone" according to Facebook. Even if identity is proved. Just a bit in the database, to "permanently disable"... someone to shit on. Make no mistake: you can be next. (and posts are continuously monitored, censored, blocked, deleted without any sign; even those that appear are ordered in a way to manipulate people heavily... Has nothing to do with customer choice, preferences, Big Brother knows best).
[Facebook disables accounts without any explanation] - not even pointing to one or more of the Terms they think got violated (in above case it would simply be impossible, so it's easy to understand why they do not attempt it)
Maybe it's actually better for everyone if (as many as possible) Facebook accounts are disabled earlier than later (I can imagine how disappointing it can be if Facebook disables someone's account who naively relied on it for years, with their family and community relationships - sometimes even work, and living).
- Had Facebook disabled all accounts one day, people would quickly find much better and much more efficient ways to communicate...
- if there are methods, with which the recipient can access the information if/when/how she likes, and on the opposite end there is Facebook, one of them is just stupid to use.