This is a heads-up for all who own Facebook pages, whether community, businesses, or even personal pages. Facebook will remove pages without warning despite your page having no violations. That means all your posts and images are gone and are not recoverable. It does not matter if you did nothing wrong.
They will not tell you what triggered it or why other than, if you are lucky, the vaguest reason. The "review" process, if you are fortunate to get one, is open-ended and stretches for weeks on end. There are no email correspondence and no transparency. You are just left in limbo. And you are not always granted an "Appeal."
Everything I read online regarding how to contact someone or appeal the process was wrong and didn't work. All the email addresses do not respond. All the "contact us" do not respond. I lost track of how many emails and contact forms (when they did work) I sent and filled out. Not one response.
So if you are thinking of running or posting on a Fiat community or business page on Facebook, I would be leery. Especially because it seems possible that the name "Fiat" gets connected to Fiat Currency and Crypto Currency discussions, and the FB algorithm screws up.
You don't have to worry about Big Brother or algorithms on a forum.
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Background:
Despite no violations, my apolitical and uncontroversial page was removed after 13 years without warning. And it took me 3 1/2 weeks of work every day until I got to someone to ask to look into it. There were no promises, no time frame given, and no email confirmation they would even look at it. I found out by accident my page was reinstated. There were no apologies or explanations given. I was lucky.
This is my Facebook page recommendation:
" We're helping you grow your audience because Pages like yours bring people together. Your Page is now in lists where we suggest Pages to new People."
My page had NO violations.
Be careful folks. You are being watched on FB.
]]>They will not tell you what triggered it or why other than, if you are lucky, the vaguest reason. The "review" process, if you are fortunate to get one, is open-ended and stretches for weeks on end. There are no email correspondence and no transparency. You are just left in limbo. And you are not always granted an "Appeal."
Everything I read online regarding how to contact someone or appeal the process was wrong and didn't work. All the email addresses do not respond. All the "contact us" do not respond. I lost track of how many emails and contact forms (when they did work) I sent and filled out. Not one response.
So if you are thinking of running or posting on a Fiat community or business page on Facebook, I would be leery. Especially because it seems possible that the name "Fiat" gets connected to Fiat Currency and Crypto Currency discussions, and the FB algorithm screws up.
You don't have to worry about Big Brother or algorithms on a forum.
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Background:
Despite no violations, my apolitical and uncontroversial page was removed after 13 years without warning. And it took me 3 1/2 weeks of work every day until I got to someone to ask to look into it. There were no promises, no time frame given, and no email confirmation they would even look at it. I found out by accident my page was reinstated. There were no apologies or explanations given. I was lucky.
This is my Facebook page recommendation:
" We're helping you grow your audience because Pages like yours bring people together. Your Page is now in lists where we suggest Pages to new People."
My page had NO violations.
Be careful folks. You are being watched on FB.