To turn on or not to turn on?
Pending account lockout on social media without a clue of what to do
The day after returning to a popular social media site to test the waters with this:
I received the following notification:
I’m not sure what to do. I’ve read some people turned it on, but still couldn't log back in.
Now, you may be wondering, what’s the big deal, you don’t want to be on there anyway. Well, to some extent I agree in that I have found more like-minded people here on substack, but I still have lots of close ties who I still want to keep informed. Secondly, I wanted to keep my 12 years of sharing stories, videos, and pictures as a legacy to my kids, a living photo album per se.
So, here I am wondering do I try to salvage my account by crossing my fingers and turning it on (although I’m afraid by confirming i’m acknowledging something i’m not aware of), or just have them lock me out and return to it whenever and if they allow me back in.
I have tried to research this, but with not much luck. So far all my posts appear visible still. In the meantime, I will just post the most important things I want people to think about while I still can.
love - peace - faith
Yesterday, I received a message from Facebook informing me that my account had been disabled because it “doesn’t follow our Community Standards.” I had the option to request a review, which I did, and my profile now says, “We received your information. If we still find that your account didn’t follow our Community Standards, it will remain disabled. We’re always looking out for the security of people on Facebook, so until then you can’t use your account.”
How very thoughtful of them! I provide details in this post (apologies, it’s for paid subscribers only, but I hope to make a public version of the three-part series later):
https://margaretannaalice.substack.com/p/behind-the-scenes-is-it-logical-and-7f2
There was no warning, no option to remove the post, no three-strikes-and-you’re-out—just Go Directly to Jail without the opportunity to defend yourself or appeal their decision.
This was particularly surprising because I hardly ever use my Facebook account and only have a handful of followers. I basically only post my articles—with one exception. I got into several rounds of back-and-forthing with a Covidian, which I have documented in the three-part series I mentioned. The last comment linked to a Steve Kirsch post, so my guess is that triggered the algorithm—either that or Jesse alerted the Thought Police.
If it’s any consolation, I was permitted to download my information by clicking the dropdown menu next to my avatar. You can probably do that in advance as a precaution, too. I just downloaded my Twitter data, too, in anticipation of my future unpersoning there.
If you are not using 2-Factor authentication, you are asking for trouble. But, then, you are using FakeBook. So, you are asking for trouble no matter what.