I have been using Facebook as one of my favourite social media website but when I recently joined Steemit, I decided to send my friends the links to my steemit posts. I was also trying to introduce them to join me on steemit too. I just sent one link to one of my groups and then when I tried to login to my account it was temporarily disabled and under review because of that link.
Today when I tried logging in again, I found out that it had been permanently disabled. These are the screenshots that I took showing the account disabled message features:
##POSSIBLE REASONS
Can it be that facebook has realised that the Steemit system is more attractive and better and has an ability of attracting more of their users to abandon facebook and join Steemit?
Surely many people who are sharing great posts at a cost just for comments and likes on facebook would rather choose to join steemit and earn great out of their posts according to the way I see it.
If there are more reasons, feel free to post them as comments to this post.
##WAY FORWARD
I would advise you not to share steemit links using your main account otherwise you might lose quite a lot of your facebook work. You may wait until the issue has been resolved.
I love facebook so much but am disappointed in the way they view and treat Steemit. I hope they review their action and accept steemit links as well as they accept other good links
As I said in one of my previous comments - Facebook has always had the worst support for their users. Their algorithm forbids everything they don't like, without any obvious reason or explanation. It's not user friendly social network at all!
yeah...not user friendly at all in such instances. But I wonder why they automatically disable your account permanently if its a Steemit url and not even warn you
Well, one the newest FB algorithm, created in May this year as I know, tends to erase every suspicious link that users try to post (some accounts may be banned as a result). Maybe the Steemit is marked as such (as relatively new network) and maybe FB try to eliminate its competition.
Oh I didn't know about that. But thats not a good way to treat your competitors
Well, in a dirty game there are no rules ;)
hahahaha...but Steemit will not stop gaining momentum because of its rewarding system. Instead of spending my time posting on fb at a cost, I can post here and benefit from the blockchain
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Lol, for now it is steemit seems a spam to facebook. What about five years later? I mean since i joined steemit, i never waste anytime to swipe my phone screen on meaningless posts. There are loads of irrelvant information and stuff so now i just never use my fb again.
You can say that again and again...steemit is just the best. It has quality and more relevant information than any social media platform I have ever joined
facebook is afraid of their true first competitor! they will do anything to kill stemmit.. :/
hahaha..they can try but the Steemit system seems quite strong and hard to deal with
oh for sure!
Well, FB is a piece of shit, we know that.
I hope they will review that because its going to affect many of its users who are also on steemit
They will review shit. They think they make the rules so everybody has to obey them. They are couple of narcissistic bastards with boss who also wants formally to become boss of the world, looking to be a new candidate for president of USA
Its quite a disappointment indeed
Yes, it is. Believe what I tell you. I learned it hard way.
They really got me this time and they killed my passion to us their network
Good for you
the censorship is really getting ridiculous. I cant say I'm surprised.
very ridiculous indeed. People are always having the pleasure of linking their accounts on different social platforms
Not so surprising, it's the beginning of a war. FB buy or destroy every concurrent social platform. We can be sure they won't let us make any publicity on their network.
Personally, I don't care, I quitted FB years ago...
they bought whatsapp but I don't think they will be able to do that with steemit because of our decentralized nature. Maybe banning the links is all they can do. Its quite a disapointment indeed
This is crazy ,my youtube account was also disabled and i dont know why ,its crazy
aaah even youtube is treating steemit as spam? Is there anything wrong with the steemit urls or there is something else
i dont know man kkk i resteemed your post
hahaha..thanks so much for reesteeming it. I hope we will get answers too
That's interesting, I hope facebook resolves the issue for you. I was thinking of sharing steemit links on facebook but might have to rethink it now. Let us know if the issue gets resolved
As for now you will risk your facebook account being blocked and you will loose a great deal of your work there
i recently (a few days ago)posted on facebook that people should try steemit.com ... didn't link to any particular steemit post, just the mainpage... i didn't get banned, and some friends told me that they had seen the link ok on their FB feeds...
I think when you said steemit.com it automatically reflected as a link to them but because you didn't post a definite link your article not flagged as a spam. I think posting a definite link is the one they easily automatically find and block
I've never used facebook since i joined this steem. because there are lots of reasons but mainly it's full of advertisement. at first on facebook, individual share their story and so on.. now .. what happened? they are all filled with greedy people on facebook i guess. not many people are sharing their story these days at least in my country. SO that's why i like steem for now.
Yeah you are right. And I think that's one of the reason they are trying to eliminate steemit links. I think they fear many of its users will migrate from facebook to steemit for good
Are you sure that it is because you were sharing your Steemit links? As much as I remember you would first get warning that you are posting spam links or they would be disabled. If not, this is really stupid move by Facebook.
Yeah. It was the only thing I shared that day. I was even surprised that I didnt even receive a warning message
Facebook is full of irrelevant information. Social media platform built on blockchain. STEEMIT is the future
especially the adverstisements are too irritating because they are now too many that personal writings from people
I have been using the share to facebook link button at the bottom of posts and haven't had a problem yet. With titles like "I'm in love with Steemit" , lol. FB sucks I haven't done anything but glance at it for about 4 seconds every other day. As a web developer with client fanpages to maintain, I have to check in as they are always going viral, but that is it! I can't stand to spend any more time on fb than I have to. Since I found Steemit there's no point! Steemit 4 Life!
ooh I never tried the "share to facebook" button. I used the copy and paste link option. I just shared that link only and I then got my account deleted. I will never be worried about it though because I have seen that steemit is the future
So true. For years I have been talking down fb to clients in regards to social media interests as it's a horrible advertising platform. Of course I still have to create a damn fanpage with every friggin' website I build but I am also currently adding Steemit as an option for my firms clients. Next year when there are millions of users Steemit will BLOW UP! Being here today puts you on top a year from now once the world starts to learn of Steemit.
Yeah you are quite right on that. Have you yet tried and see how your clients will respond to the Steemit idea? It will be one of the sharpest ideas because you will be making money on steemit while discussing and sharing business things at the same time
FB is becoming like a cyber police in its own ground, protecting its own interest.
Any giant would do that especially a contender is strong.
Any monetising social network is not welcomed to FB. I have experienced that from another social site that pays to post and can help charity organisation. FB started blocking them at first but eventually that new social site was clammed down for reason probably only US treasury will know.
So you do the math.
If you really want your friends to join steemit, do it off FB Grid to play safe.
you mean after facebook blocked it, it was then shut down by the Us treasury?
but facebook is already a giant and must not suppress its rivals like that. They make their system boring
it had some "financial challenges" i am told, even though they followed through the books. But at the time that social media was a rising star.
If you think FB should not bully contenders, you are actually very naive in the twisted narrative of free and fair capitalism world :)
time for the red pill :-P ?
I just hope the same thing will not happen to Steemit because of that. someone got blocked on youtube after sharing a steemit link too
They might think that Steemit is a threat. Theyre afraid sooner or later Steemit will be bigger than facebook
I think so too. Steemit seems to be the future of all social media platform. Many Fb users will migrate to Steemit if they grab the concept
Sure they'll do.. There time and effort will be worth something if they do steemit than facebook.. Steemit wil be the future!!
You are right there. It's gonna happen soon
I hope soon.we just keep introducing steemit and inviting people we know
the response here is quite amazing. How is it over your side?
I just started steeming last 2weeks and im still catching up..pretty soon ill invite friends
I hope things will normalise one day between Facebook and steemit, or else Facebook will vanish one day.
I hope so too bro
I have a post about steemit on my facebook page https://www.facebook.com/olaseni, I dont have any issue with them at all.
Was it a link or it was just a post? The link is what I had a problem with
I had post a post with a link to my comment page
Lucky you. Many people are getting blocked. I had to confirm it with other steemers before posting it and some confirmed experiencing the same issue
Update: I was sending a message to my friend with a link to a steem post and it was recognized as unsafe by facebook.. But I tried again without the https and still the same, and then I complained to them in the following seconds, and somehow the initial message went through.. Facebook remains forever a dodgy place.. The only reason I'm still over there is to tell people to go out ..