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jimmil

(629 posts)
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:29 PM Jan 2018

For the umpteenth time I have been kicked off Facebook...

It is not a big deal as most know here. I was kicked off once because they asked for proper ID. If you look at their rules it has to be something "official" like a driver license, social security card, passport ID, etc. I told them they were fucking insane if they thought I would send that to them. I did send them a secret agent card I made up but somehow that did not work.

So now I was kicked off because I called someone an asshole. Actually I called them an ignoranus which made them both stupid and an asshole. I did so because I posted something about Obama and how good he was and how much those who didn't support him were racist. This ignoranus pops up and says I am stupid for saying that to which I naturally said exactly what he is, an ignoranus. Next thing I know I am kicked off again. I wrote FB telling them I was sorry for not being a boot licking right winged Russian sack of testicles like they are but I just could not be that stupid. They haven't responded to my reasoning, again...

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TNNurse

(6,931 posts)
5. Have been on FB for several years,
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:38 PM
Jan 2018

have never had to provide ID. Also, do not insult strangers but that is because they will hound you endlessly. I do not respond when they insult me, which happens fairly often.

hlthe2b

(102,549 posts)
7. I just don't get why anyone would want to be subjected to that.
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:40 PM
Jan 2018

Maybe I am really missing out, but....

LeftInTX

(25,808 posts)
12. I've had no problem and have no idea what OP is about
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 06:51 PM
Jan 2018

Most of our activism involves Facebook events.

Our groups are closed.

When I post, I only post to closed groups. Or if it is something with broad appeal, I only share it with my friends. I'm not friends with any right-wingers. I also can block certain friends from seeing my posts.

People get in trouble on FB when they:
Post to public (meaning the entire world)
Have RW friends on FB
Post on politicians FB pages. (I do now and then, but I keep to the facts at hand. So far, no one has bothered me)
Try to "convert" RWers on FB.

eleny

(46,166 posts)
13. me, too
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 06:52 PM
Jan 2018

there are so many fun things on facebook. i'm just not made of stern enough stuff to put up with the negativity and intrusive things about fb.

Ms. Toad

(34,127 posts)
11. They request an ID when someone accuses you of not using your real name.
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 06:49 PM
Jan 2018

The rules say you get one account, and you have to use the name you use in real life. Many of the accusations area against trans individuals because they may have two accounts (one in their dead name for friends not in the know) and one in the name they use, or the name they use may be completely unrelated to their official documentation.

As long as you are not "disruptive," and don't become the target of someone, they don't request ID. Once you're on their radar - you generally can't recover the account without proving you are using the name you generally go by.

 

Tipperary

(6,930 posts)
2. I no longer participate in Facebook, but I was never asked for any id ever when I was active.
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:36 PM
Jan 2018

That is odd.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)
6. Policy change some time ago. Not sure how they verify, maybe with a credit card?
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:39 PM
Jan 2018

HuffPo did same thing a few years ago, id verified through working email. I fucked off.

Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)
4. They was a member going around of a lynched Obama
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:37 PM
Jan 2018

On the colors of his HOPE poster.

I reported it for violence and was notified it was reviewed and did NOT violate the rules.

Zuckerberg is a cretin

sarah FAILIN

(2,857 posts)
9. I've reported some disgusting stuff
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 05:48 PM
Jan 2018

It is never against their TOS.. even calling black people monkeys.
I told someone it would be a horrible person that would force a woman to carry a child to term that had no hope of living more than a few hours and I was kicked off a week.
I want to go back to myspace.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
10. Seems to be a
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 06:31 PM
Jan 2018

rather uncivil means of getting your point across, but if you find that something to be proud of, well to each their own.

Greybnk48

(10,182 posts)
14. Check your friends list.
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 06:57 PM
Jan 2018

I kept getting thrown off for a month at a time during the campaign. Turns out I had some bot accounts on my friend's list. Once they were purged, the reports stopped.

3catwoman3

(24,127 posts)
15. IgnorANUS is one of my...
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 07:48 PM
Jan 2018

...favorite neologisms.

Sarchasm is another - the gap between someone capable of biting wit and someone too stupid to get it.

hunter

(38,353 posts)
16. One of my nephews is-on-and-off-again with Facebook because he always says what he thinks...
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 07:49 PM
Jan 2018

... and is highly creative in his profanity.

Good Christian people fear and proscribe him.

Fortunately I've never been that kind of good Christian.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,929 posts)
17. When I signed up for FB I don't recall being required to show ID.
Sun Jan 21, 2018, 08:19 PM
Jan 2018

And honestly, you're better off not engaging at all with people like that. Unfriend or unfollow them. Really.

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