Sat Oct 30, 2021, 11:51 AM

Freddie (8,684 posts)

FB Community Standards??!!

A RWNJ “friend” just posted a pic of Joe and Kamala, with a pic of the Lincoln convertible - same model that JFK was assassinated in - with the caption “Those two would look good in here.” Not only did I un-friend him but I reported the meme to FB, whose response was “the photo does not violate our Community Standards.”
Advocating that the President and VP should be assassinated does not “violate their standards”?? What does, then? I’ve been thrown in “jail” for WAY less. Truly WTF.

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14 replies	Author	Time	Post
FB Community Standards??!! (Original post)	Freddie	Oct 2021	OP
probably the millennial or gen-z who reviewed it	drray23	Oct 2021	#1
It's not outsourced to people in a foreign country who work cheap? n/t	PoliticAverse	Oct 2021	#2
I'm not gonna lie	True Dough	Oct 2021	#3
Apparently not too far for FB	Freddie	Oct 2021	#4
Yeah, me too	True Dough	Oct 2021	#5
I didn't want him to die	Freddie	Oct 2021	#6
I would have been satisfied if he	True Dough	Oct 2021	#7
Me too actually	Freddie	Oct 2021	#10
Well, in a food group I'm in	Bettie	Oct 2021	#8
But advocating for the assassination of the President won't??	Freddie	Oct 2021	#9
Yep, that's about it	Bettie	Oct 2021	#13
The person who reviewed it probably had no idea of the connection	Polybius	Oct 2021	#11
I did, thanks	Freddie	Oct 2021	#12
K & R	Duppers	Oct 2021	#14

Response to Freddie (Original post)

Sat Oct 30, 2021, 11:55 AM

drray23 (6,994 posts)

1. probably the millennial or gen-z who reviewed it

has no idea who jfk was and what occured. Of course that's assuming a human looked at it. It could have been an algorithm.

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Response to drray23 (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 30, 2021, 11:59 AM

PoliticAverse (26,366 posts)

2. It's not outsourced to people in a foreign country who work cheap? n/t

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Response to Freddie (Original post)

Sat Oct 30, 2021, 11:59 AM

True Dough (15,043 posts)

3. I'm not gonna lie

I more than once, with a smile on my face, imagined Trump choking with a hamburder lodged in his throat.

But I have never once reposted any memes endorsing that he be assassinated. That's going too far.

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Response to True Dough (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 30, 2021, 12:08 PM

Freddie (8,684 posts)

4. Apparently not too far for FB

I’ll admit I was kinda happy when the news broke that TFG had Covid. But this is absolutely beyond the pale.

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Response to Freddie (Reply #4)

Sat Oct 30, 2021, 12:17 PM

True Dough (15,043 posts)

5. Yeah, me too

I did think, "Let this be the most severe case of Covid in the short history of Covid."

But that's not the way it worked out, of course.

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Response to True Dough (Reply #5)

Sat Oct 30, 2021, 12:23 PM

Freddie (8,684 posts)

6. I didn't want him to die

That would have made him a martyr. I was hoping he’d get really, really sick. Ventilator sick. Enough to take the “hoax” disease seriously. Of course he got state-of-the-art treatment and walked away.

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Response to Freddie (Reply #6)

Sat Oct 30, 2021, 12:26 PM

True Dough (15,043 posts)

7. I would have been satisfied if he

Well, you know where I'm going with this.

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Response to True Dough (Reply #7)

Sat Oct 30, 2021, 01:05 PM

Freddie (8,684 posts)

10. Me too actually

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Response to Freddie (Original post)

Sat Oct 30, 2021, 12:28 PM

Bettie (14,717 posts)

8. Well, in a food group I'm in

someone reported their photo of Keto Peanut Butter bars and the photo and post was taken down for violating community standards.

The words white supremacy will get you tossed in Facebook Jail.

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Response to Bettie (Reply #8)

Sat Oct 30, 2021, 01:04 PM

Freddie (8,684 posts)

9. But advocating for the assassination of the President won't??

This is seriously F’d up.

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Response to Freddie (Reply #9)

Sat Oct 30, 2021, 08:24 PM

Bettie (14,717 posts)

13. Yep, that's about it

people I know who put up left leaning things get booted or FB jail.

Meanwhile, the right wingers don't tend to get booted or time-out.

There is definitely a point of view by the people who run the platform.

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Response to Freddie (Original post)

Sat Oct 30, 2021, 01:30 PM

Polybius (12,339 posts)

11. The person who reviewed it probably had no idea of the connection

They likely just saw the Lincoln, read the text and was like "What's so bad about saying the President and VP would look good in a classic car? Wonder why someone would report this."

My advice is to appeal, and then explain to them the threat and connection.

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Response to Polybius (Reply #11)

Sat Oct 30, 2021, 02:15 PM

Freddie (8,684 posts)

12. I did, thanks

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Response to Freddie (Original post)

Sun Oct 31, 2021, 11:40 AM

Duppers (26,244 posts)

14. K & R

One of many reasons I hate FB & left yrs ago.

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