Comments on: 9/11 Truth News Included in Facebook's Political Censorship

By: Julian

Julian — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:36:51 +0000

What most likely happened is that people reported Jon’s posts as spam and it happened enough times to have him automatically blocked. Looking at our wall I’m gunna guess it was Kevin Ryan fans frustrated with his comments on the ‘Secrecy Kills” post.

We can dislike Facebook’s policies, but I don’t think anyone there is acting on a grudge against 9/11 truth in this case.

http://www.facebook.com/communitystandards/

http://www.facebook.com/help/search/?q=spam

By: cosmos

cosmos — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 02:28:15 +0000

Update from Jon Gold: "On Monday, it was reported that I received a ban on Facebook. The warning said that my "ability to post on Page walls has been suspended for 15 days." However, I'm noticing that I can post on anyone's wall, and comment on any post. I just can't comment on anything on 911TruthNews.com's FB page. See below: Unfortunately, I don't know who to contact at Facebook to try and remedy this situation."

By: Julian

Julian — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:30:45 +0000

I figure it’s more about stats on average behavior.

In order to avoid this you need to include fewer links in your posts and not post as often with few words. Spammers are generally trying to do link building and Facebook probably has automatic functionality detecting potential spammers. Either that or they are just trying to post a keyword. I figure the computer blocked Jon based on non-average behavior. You’re a statistical outlier Jon. Not sitting in their box.

My real problem here is the “irrelevant’ part of that warning. Exactly which algorithms determine relevance? Sorry, but personality is far too dynamic for that to work fairly. Who says I can’t respond with a link all the time. Or one word? Who wants a social network that’s hinders expression?