Facebook

FB is made up of approx. 94% ** males, so what does that tell you? They just circle jerk when I ask for a review just like they do on the BBB complaint website. FB personnel from what it seems, maybe trump supporters and routinely ban for 30 days, comments not in violation but because they are not legally handling these type matters and big on banning non-violating posts. They even allow a group that posts ** as an open topic in their group. This is not allowed on FB, has been reported numerous times but it still remains.

Another thing I was doing was deleting ppl off my friends list. About a month or two ago, I set a goal that I was raise 5,000 ppl. It was in covert and fun. After I hit 5,000 ppl, I started deleting ppl off my friend list. As I was doing that for four days then Saturday morning, I got disable from my account without a warning. How can Facebook staffs disable my account but there is no Facebook customer service available??? What kind of business is that when there’s no one available at Facebook? Can I have my own account back please?? I have a lot of pictures in there that I want to save.

When I initially signed up for Facebook in 2016 I found that I did not even have access to Marketplace. They apparently have a undetermined waiting period. I found it disturbing that they would invite you to sell items yet block anyone new to Facebook from seeing your items for months - even for over a year as some others have reported. Could you imagine eBay or Amazon doing this? An utterly insane form of doing business.

After ignoring Facebook I checked back in 2019 and now see I have access to the Marketplace. When I attempted to list my first item I was told there suddenly an issue with my account and they needed to send a verification code to my phone. I provide them with my landline number and failed to send any code. I provide them with a cellphone number and I complete the process. They then claim there is an issue with my account and they need me to provide a copy on my license. I replied that I was not going to provide a photo or any other information as they already had a verified phone number, a verified email address and my physical address where I've lived since 1973. I told them if they had an issue with this then I was going to contact my U.S. Senator and my State's AG to inquire about their unwarranted requests.

After a few days I was able to list items. I initially posted 15 items and sold two within a couple days for $61 with buyers coming to my home. I then prepared 106 further listings. While posting the first 45 of these Facebook suddenly started sending messages that certain items violated their so called Commerce polices. I then find my ability to list further items removed. For each item I am expected to enter in the item's description as an appeal. Gee, how about Facebook checking that on their own first. They act like they don't want your business.

After doing research I find that Facebook employs bots to check your item titles for keywords or phrases and to flag items. These include terms which are related to their list of banned items. Thus if you list a art print of birds your listing will be flagged because "birds" is in the title and animals can't be sold on Facebook. List some animal figurines they are flagged for the same reason. A art print of children created in the imagination of the artist is flagged as it contains "children". They apparently didn't spend any of the $22 billion they made in 2018 on their bots. This type of behavior is not seen with sites such as eBay and Amazon, where I've sold since 1999. If you list an item in a category such as Native American on eBay, eBay might display a general warning to read but your items are not flagged unless an actual person reports them. None of the items I listed on Facebook would be flagged on eBay.

Other items appear to be flagged because they contain a brand name. It is illegal under The First Sale Doctrine for Facebook and third companies to conspire to prevent you from reselling authentic goods you own as long as you are not representing yourself an an authorized dealer for the company or otherwise connected with the company. Most of the things they are flagging, apparently due to brand names, make no sense at all as we are not talking about fake Gucci bags here, but every day items. In some cases they flag one-of-a-kind handmade items.

Within days of listing items another Facebook user sends a message claiming they had setup an appointment and that I was not home to complete a transaction. I had no such appointment and there are no Facebook messages stating this. Another member sends a message request with the phrase "scammer" as a form of harassment. There is no prior messages from this person and I don't respond as Facebook displays a little warning message stating that this person will have access to my phone number if I respond. That is strange because my settings are set to hide my phone number. So someone can send you a harassing message request in order to harass you and try to get further contact information and Facebook does nothing about it.

I suspect a number of the items being flagged are in fact being falsely reported by other competing sellers in order get rid of the competition. Once again there are no consequences for these users as they can do this completely anonymously. Each time two or more items are falsely flagged or reported Facebook then suddenly prevents me from listing any more items although they do not send you a message they've done this. Your items simply will not post any longer. They also never provide a specific reason.

Each ban can last multiple hours to a day or more after which time you might be able to list one more item or several, some of which are also falsely flagged or reported thus setting another ban cycle. As I was not able to list items I used the time to create some drafts to be listed later. After the second one Facebook suddenly starts requiring me to complete one or more picture captchas just to save a draft. After saving three drafts they suddenly display a large message stating the following:

"If you think this goes against our Community Standards let us know"

Yes, folks Facebook does not want you to use its site too fast. So now I can't even complete drafts. If I am such a bad seller how come 9 nine people have picked up items for $424 in the last four days? So why exactly are advertisers paying Facebook when they go out of their way to prevent users from using the site and provide a horrible experience? I'd be spending my advertising dollars elsewhere if I were them.

I didn't complete the process of setting up a Facebook store after determining that they wanted store owners to input a base shipping price for all items and a base shipping price for reach additional item. That is the sort of thing you's see on a third rate website a decade or more ago. Anyone with even a tiny amount of online sales experience knows you need to a calculated shipping system based upon package sizes, package weights, the distance a package travels and a host of related inputs. Facebook is utterly clueless about selling physical goods online.

Facebook lacks any type of customer service and thus has no accountability. It is time Congress, state legislators and state AGs start telling Facebook exactly how they must operate as opposed to how Facebook thinks they can operate. Facebook has no inherit right to do business in any state. That is a privilege granted by the citizens of the state via their elected representative. Well Facebook, you've now are going to get a written complaint with the FTC, my state's AG, and my US Senator. If you advertise on Facebook I for one will not being buying your products because you support a abusive monster.

Since I can no longer access my account, and Facebook failed to contact me AFTER receiving a copy of my ID, I feel my ID was gotten fraudulently, and plan to delete Facebook, Messenger, and anything else Facebook related. BUT NOT UNTIL I RECEIVE PROOF OF SOME SORT THAT MY ID COPY THEY RECEIVED VIA UPLOAD IS. DELETED FROM THEIR POSSESSION. I also plan to file a complaint with whatever regulatory commission overwatches sites of this sort. But in the meantime, there seems to be no one I can speak to at Facebook to gain assurances about the copy of my ID being deleted from their records.

This occurred directly on Facebook’s Messenger App, not a website. I feel like a fool for having provided my identity to Facebook! And I still can’t access my account, despite having my user ID and password, and they refuse to reply. Facebook is definitely obtaining personal information fraudulently, and holding users' accounts hostage to get it!