Facebook First Blocked Me, Now UNPUBLISHED ME!
This has now become absolutely laughable!
As you already know, yesterday I shared this post below on Facebook….and they Blocked it…
Tonight I attempted to post once more on my Facebook Business Page to complete my SAC Challenge assignment due on August 26
Once again, I shared valuable helpful content, with ZERO affiliate links and no URL showing
Check out what I shared, you decide for yourself……
Immediately after sharing that post I received this notification…..
Shortly thereafter I received a 2nd notification.
Guess what?
Facebook Unpublished my Entire Page! Lol!
When clicking on "Appeal" it will tell you can state why this might be an error, but effectively this will only be use d for "statistical purposes."
Honestly I really could care less.
In fact, I’m happy about it.
This only proves what I've been saying for the past 2 days in my posts.....
Unless you “Pay-to-Play” you simply aren’t going to get any significant organic traffic to your FB Business Page.
As I correctly stated ad nauseum the past 2 days, Facebook is now flagging as "spam" perfectly valuable content (like mine) shared on Business Pages to "squeeze" people into buying their ads.
This is the “2 Faced Game” Kyle was referring to, except Facebook is not only doing this with spam, it is also doing this with GOOD content.
As long as you aren't PAYING them, they want nothing to do with you..
It’s called the “Great Squeeze Play.”
As one excellent ambassador (Christine) said on my yesterday’s post, there are now even Business Pages with hundreds of thousands (100,000’s) of Facebook fans bringing almost zero traffic to their websites.
No doubt, I checked it and this is totally true.
As I said, I was only posting on Facebook to complete the SAC assignment and “Check off the Boxes”.
6 posts were already up, and the rest were already waiting in the queue
When Facebook unpublished my page.
Assignment complete. I tried Kyle
Sayonara, Facebook!
I’m already off to greener (and much more engaging) pastures, posting on LinkedIn and other social media, where real entrepreneurs can get “real” organic traffic.
Cheers,
Kaju
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Facebook are going from bad to worse, Kaju.
I think the only thing they'll be useful for now is going to be for expanding your Contact list for the purposes of inviting them to connect with you on LinkedIn.
Iveline posted up a training the other day with some useful info on LinkedIn. I don't know if you saw it already but here it is Should You Use LinkedIn as a part of Your Marketing Strategy? Cheers
Rich :-)
I agree Rich. I wrote a post recently about LinkedIn, and how effective it can be. Start Posting Blogs on LinkedIn Thanks for sharing Iveline's link I will check it out:)
Kaju
I remember you posting this one up, Kaju.
I didn't bookmark it at the time but I have now.
Thanks for sharing it again.
Cheers
Rich :-)
Thanks Rich, I appreciate it. let's keep sharing what is working for us, and what isn't:)
Thanks again Rich:)! Here's a great Tokyo story for you on my new YT channel:) Send me your YT link and I will Subscribe. You can Subscribe to my channel here:)
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I've just subscribed, Kaju.
My channel isn't up and running as yet but I'll send you the link when it is.
Cheers
Rich :-)
Wonderful Rich, Thank You kindly:)
When yours is up, send me the link and I will sub yours right away:)
Kaju
It's a crazy story and at the same time so banal about FB. I never wanted to go there and I will not go. Even though a lot of people around me tell me that there is really a lot of chances to gain traffic. I think it's a strange platform with too much contradictions. They don't just do bad things, but they can be so unfair to their members that I will have no pleasure in going there. FB allows hateful, racist, misogynistic groups to post horrific manifestos, and when an honest member does a little unimportant thing that FB don't like, they are ready to ban that person.
You're absolutely right, go your way FB does not deserve you!!
Have a beautiful day!!
Ingrid
OMG, you totally read my mind Ingrid, Thank You for posting this comment!!!
The reason I ran away from Facebook in the first place was due to the hateful, racist, misogynistic groups to post horrific manifesto (sadly, many people have lost their lives because of Facebook's prior liberal policies).
In an answer to THOSE fiascoes that occurred where they took the blame, and the scandals of 2018, Facebook is NOW TRYING TO OVERCOMPENSATE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
Now because of this overcompensation reaction AND their insidious Greedy "Squeeze Play" on their users which is just a Money Grab, Facebook is blocking and unpublishing perfectly valuable and "non-spammy" content, and making organic engagement on Business Pages literally non-existent.
That's only if you will be lucky enough not to have your post blocked by them or get your page unpublished. Or outright banned.
As you can see this is what happened to me yesterday (AND MANY other WA members recently based on the comments).
It is undeniable proof.
Thank You my Dear Friend.
Please be careful out there, and stay away from Facebook!
All the Best,
Kaju
Agreed , NOT cool Mia!!
And you will never get an answer from them either, no mater how hard you try. They have that "Appeal" button there just so thy can collect data from you - it even says it in the Box when you check "Appeal"!
My FB business page got unpublished too. They got the power and not flinching from using it to our consternation.
LinkedIn here I come!
Edwin
Wow Edwin, I didn't know that! Thanks for sharing it.
They won't even give you a reason either.
Sayonara Facebook.....
LinkedIn here WE Come!!
Hello Kaju,
I am so sad to hear this. I have two business pages and I have only done 3 ads with very little pay, but before paying for ads I was posting for free on the business groups with no problem at all.
I do see I cannot boost some posts, that means I cannot share all of my posts to the business groups. some I can some I cannot.
I hope your experience with other social networks is better.
I do agree that all social media now are after the money either with major company ads or the little people trying to establish themselves.
Pinterest did to me, and I had done nothing wrong. All I did was create the account, follow 2 groups and I was banned right away.
Until the day of today. I have no idea what they thought I did wrong. I appeal and they said I violated their spamming rules. I never reached to anyone to spam. They never said this is what you did. I literally was banned in a matter of 2 days. It was a crazy thing.
so you are not alone.
Take care,
Ana
You REALLY tried Ana, I Greatly Appreciate It.
Very sorry to hear about your recent ban in Pinterest, I didn't know that.
I followed the FB Training of that woman you sent me "to the Letter", and it was very good training.
As you can see, I did exactly as she instructed in the video, by not showing ANY links or URLs, placing simple captions with a clear CTA - and above all providing GREAT VALUABLE and HELPFUL content that was as far from "Spam" as ever could be.
I not only got banned, my FB Business Page was unpublished.
This provides irrefutable proof that with Facebook today, its all about "Pay-to-Play" - an insidious Money Grab "Squeeze Play" to ban good content so you are forced to Buy their Ads. I am happy I learned through experience.
I still greatly appreciate the training you sent me. It was good training.
Kaju
Thanks again Ana, nice to see you:)! Here's a great Tokyo story for you on my new YT channel:) Send me your YT link and I will Subscribe. You can Subscribe to my channel here:)
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As your other half is a Facebook/Instagram convert is must make for an interesting conversation.
Can you hate one and love the other from the same Mother?
Peter that's not true, my other half is an Instagram and social media Expert who gives seminars around NYC...sometimes when she works for SCORE NYC she is required to "throw" in some Facebook training too.
But make no mistake, she is NOT a fan of Facebook:)
As for your last statement, sure you can "hate one and love the other from the same Mother?", doesn't this happen within families who have diverging political views all the time?
You are not the only one it’s happening to, it’s happening to me only for me my posts are unavailable for boosting and When I appeal they do get back to me in time.
Because I have a huge following and I interact a lot in groups and Facebook is often recognizing this and sending me messages so I can’t complain.
I love Facebook ❤️
Yeah happy for you too, but for how long will you be? Surely you can't be happy they require constant appeals to do stuff?!
I'm not telling anybody 'woe is me.' I don't think Kaju is either, since he's happy. I'm not sure you and I are reading the same post?!
By the way, if people make it their business to tell us what's going on, that's their decision too, right Debs?
Which is exactly what Cinderella did. Then, since it's a forum, that leaves room for people to comment. Is that not correct?
Hey Debs, guess what also? If Facebook is great for you, I hope it stays that way for you to -- don't want to leave you out of my well-wishing:) Good luck and good fortune!
Ridiculous Debs, that's not even close to venom. And if you think it is, report it.
If you look at my original post about this, which obviously you have no time for, I asked from answers from people like you who would counter what Kaju said. I see no reply from you there.
What I see is you wasting time with a heroic defense of my comment questioning, legitimately, If Cinderella likes all these appeals.
She can answer if she wants to, she doesn't need the WA police to come to her rescue.
here, scroll down and answer this, please?
"Well, unless I'm missing something (I'd love to see other super- experienced people chime in on why this post is right or wrong), it's pay or don't play."
That would be a useful and influential application of your valuable time, imo.
Marc
I like that Debs, and can sink my teeth into your meaning. I'll respond in detail later, but I will say here, that both Koju and Rich have posted some trainings on LinkedIn. They have done so in this series of posts, so the information you seek is available, although I don't know the depth of it.
I plan to read them and see what's up.
All the best, Marc
Where there’s a will there’s a way people are smart and they are outsmarting Facebook through groups. It is easier now to get referral through groups without paying a dime 😀
The mind is powerful and can find solutions we are using groups to find referrals and communities just join a lot and engage and like and walla no dime spent but you will sure find clients trust me
I'm no telling anybody to do anything. Whatever works for them is cool. I'm simply sharing views and MY experience, that's all.
Answering to the constant appeals would drive me absolutely crazy, Marc! Why must someone have to go through this unnecessary "stress" by jumping through 9 different hoops."
It's disrespectful to the dedicated user, and its a disgrace!
Hey Debs,
Thanks I always agree for someone to "do what works for them" of course and not be influenced by others.
Call it "Hate Facebook" stuff, but its really not, I am simply reporting my experience. That's it.
But there can be no denying, that what I share here in my article is as Concrete Evidence as Could be.
Debs, I know Marc for a long time, sorry but I have to disagree. There is no venom in his comments. All he is trying to do is provide his own helpful alternative view.
Because Cinderella already had a large following, FB is working for her. I've already stated throughout my 3 posts (both in the body and within comments) that Facebook could still work if you were already active there for a considerable time and had built a large following. In her situation, I can definitely understand why she is willing to tolerate those appeals.
Cinderella is always very respectful. Great I'm truly happy for her.
Once again Debs, this post (whether one agrees or not) is sharing an experience and many people want and need to hear it.
Kaju
Understand! Kaju I may have been amendable to doing this because I would have already been deep deep in Facebook success, that's one thing. But I would find it alarming indeed, often being tasked to appeal a decision, after all that work.
The end of that story doesn't sound like it will play out well, for me to start using FB.
For those of you who are happy and successful with it, fantastic for you :)
I'm with you this is all about my own decision, not trying to convince someone else to do something they don't want to do...
cheers Marc
I'm all with you on that Cinderella! Where there is a will there is always a way! Even wrote a post about that here once.
Since you already built up a big following before, you are smart to be leveraging Facebook in different ways and tolerating those annoying appeals. I've said throughout my last 3 posts, FB can work if you already had built a large following. By all means, use it.
The last 3 posts address focus on the people who unlike yourself, are restarting on Facebook or are opening their first FB accounts and intending you use them for business for organic traffic.
For so many like us, with the changes they have implemented since the scandals of 2018, Facebook is no longer a good environment.
Well said to Debs and regarding Cinderella and thanks for your recognition of my intent. I could see how it might have come across as overly critical, but truly I think people know I'm not a trouble-maker, even if I speak my own mind directly.
Embedded deep in FB with success is entirely different to breaking in for success. Is it worth it, is the question I must ask myself. I think the info you have provided is insightful and not a call to arms, so to speak :)
Good to know Cinderella, let Groups work for you. I hope you will continue to succeed.
However, I am sure you aware of the most recent restrictions FB have made on Groups, and how it is now more difficult to leverage your engagement within them,
AlenkaV and Alan Curtis wrote some excellent articles recently about these current restrictions on FB Groups effective as of Aug 22.
I posted their links in my a post "Kyle, Why Are we Still Focusing on Facebook?", but in case you didn't see them, I will post them again here: New FB Group Rules You Need to Know About Facebook Curtails Chat in Groups
I read the posts but I don’t believe in impossibilities we will find s way within the restrictions Thanks a lot
Hi Debs,
Glad you mentioned that. I did share a post about LinkedIn recently, sorry if you missed it
Here it is: Start Posting Blogs on LinkedIn Kaju
Thanks Marc,no doubt you are right - "Embedded deep in FB with success is entirely different to breaking in for success."
My 3 articles speak to the latter not the former.
Kaju
On My, How Cute!!
Sondra just wrote a post about ME - I am Flattered!
In fact, I even responded there.
Marc, why don't don't you go over there and "Say hello to Sondra", and Offer a Comment about what she said:) Facebook - 2 Examples of Business w Engaging Posts K
Yes it is Cinderella, thanks for sharing.
That's why these conversations are Important!
Kaju
I wish you the Best, if you find ways for "new Facebook users" to get around those new restrictions, please share it completely as I would:)
I did check it out and commented. She's not a big FB user at the moment by her own admission and I didn't find her 'comparison' relevant because there wasn't one.
Like any significant structure, Facebook is going to have people who find it wonderful, even if parts of it are falling down (out of their sight).
The way I see it, FB is getting creaky...even if those on the inside don't see its censorship as a vice that, if unchecked, will lead to its demise.
Engagement with FB has never been high on my priority list due to this vice and I see nothing changing on the horizon; if anything, it's moved further down my list!
You may ask. By the way, I also live in the U.K. and by no means are the absolute standards of etiquette set here, just for the record.
If you follow the course of my conversation with Kaju, you'll be able to ascertain who she is because in this society its absolutely ok to refer to individuals previously referenced with pronouns -- but don't worry, as they say on I'm a Celebrity, 'it's not you.'
Glad you check that post out, I see Sondra made a response to my comment, but I have not read it yet. I will though.
Absolutely! Facebook has moved way further down the list. I believe that the majority of users here (save the ones that already used FB consistently for a long time and had a big following) can see "right though" Facebook.
How can you not, considering ALL of the comments we have received the past 2 posts of the people who shared the same experienced (like me) of having their Pages Unpublished .
The proof lies in my screenshots Mark.
Backed up my 1000's of people.
You see Facebook - Run!!
Sayonarra Facebook!
Kaju
Wow Marc....Now you've even got me curious who she is!
(Didn't even know we were looking for a "she", must've lost that somewhere during our conversations)
Oh, you asked me to check out Sondra's comments because she had brought up your FB postings and had mentioned you in there regarding het perception of two sites on FB compared to yours.
Speaking of sheilas, I guess Debs decided to vacate this chat by deleting all of her comments! At least I don't see them anymore.
Yes I did respond to Sondra I think I also mentioned that earlier here, but it got lost in the noise probably. She's also responded to me on her post.
Great, I haven't been there since she responded the first time. heading over to Sondra's post now. Thanks!
I personally think you will be better off out of it. I understand that Facebook is a huge platform, but it is also not the only way to get your message out there.
Use this as the opportunity to be creative and find other, better sources to share your content.
I know it is annoying when things like this happen but use it positively and when you write your books in the future, you can say "I did it despite of Facebook"
Take care my friend and go from strength to strength.
Best wishes
Gaz
Thanks Gaz. As I've stated in my posts I never wanted IN anyway..
I was only posting on Facebook to complete the homework assignment for this months SAC Challenge on August 26.
I'm already out of it, in fact I'm Gone!
Good Riddance Facebook:)
All the Best,
Kaju
ugg. what a miserable experience.
Well, unless I'm missing something (I'd love to see other super- experienced people chime in on why this post is right or wrong), it's pay or don't play.
Kyle says this is to try to help themselves survive; perhaps it is, but it seems Facebook is no longer viable to drive free organic traffic. I can't say I'm displease as I've always viewed Facebook askance.
Indeed Marc. Thank You.
This is all "Pay-to-Play" Marc, and this is irrefutable proof.
It really has nothing to do with "helping them survive". That would be acceptable.
This is about Good content "spewed out" to the wayside. Unless you Pay for Ads.
Sayonara, Facebook!
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I stopped Facebook a long time ago, It's a waste of time as the attention span on there is low.
It's only good if your running paid ads
You're absolutely right Mubs, and my last 3 posts (especially this last one) prove it.
I haven't had a Facebook account in over a year (or had any interest to), but I had to open a new one just to complete this month's SAC Challenge Assignment due 8/26.
Boy, I didn't miss much!
Kaju
Hey Mubs, great to see you:)! Here's a great Tokyo story for you on my new YT channel:) Send me your YT link and I will Subscribe. You can Subscribe to my channel here:)
http://bit.ly/2T21P2N
If you don't yet, I will happily return the favor when yours is up.:)