<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Scobleizer]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://scobleizer.blog]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Robert Scoble]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://scobleizer.blog/author/scobleizer/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Has your Facebook account been &#8220;erased&#8221; by&nbsp;Facebook?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Damn, ever since Facebook blocked my account for a little less than a day people have been calling me with some real sob stories about how their accounts got turned off by Facebook and that they have no recourse.</p>
<p>I seriously don&#8217;t know what to do either, but I&#8217;m going to collect them all and then write a post. Maybe a little &#8220;A list blog attention&#8221; will get some accounts relooked at.</p>
<p>Many people admit they were doing something naughty, like I was, but others say they weren&#8217;t doing anything wrong and didn&#8217;t get an answer about what they were doing that got them kicked off Facebook.</p>
<p>Either way, there&#8217;s a lot of people out there who&#8217;ve been &#8220;erased&#8221; and who haven&#8217;t gotten the same treatment my account got for some reason (I was turned back on).</p>
<p>Drop me a line, or, better yet, leave a comment on this post.</p>
<p>Personally, Facebook should have a citizen review board where appeals of &#8220;erasure&#8221; could be taken and where a decent answer could be attained.</p>
<p>Some things that have gotten people kicked off?</p>
<p>1. Using a fake name. Mini Microsoft was kicked off.<br />
2. Behaving like a spammer. Sending out lots of birthday party invitations got one person kicked off.<br />
3. Using automated systems like what I was doing to look at things.</p>
<p>But, again, lots of people who&#8217;ve been emailing me and calling me say they haven&#8217;t done any of those three and still got kicked off and had no appeal.</p>
<p>Another place that people should go is to Satisfaction. <a href="http://getsatisfaction.com/facebook/topics/13_reasons_your_facebook_account_will_be_disabled">They have a bunch of info for banned people there</a>.</p>
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