Facebook blocks me… from spamming???

Posted on October 9th, 2008 by Tim.
Categories: General/Misc..

Facebook has blocked me from writing new notes. WTF?

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Something tells me their spam detectors have gone awry. Frankly, not only is this block completely ridiculous (I post once a week perhaps) I find the wording of this error message to be threatening and aggressive… not the sort of tone you should adopt with your customers, the people that are the source of your daily bread.

2 comments.

Angelo

Comment on October 10th, 2008.

Just received the same pop-up message, and I only wrote 3 notes/posts this week. Do you import your notes? I do. I’m thinking that has something to do with it.

Tim

Comment on October 18th, 2008.

Yeah, that’s likely the cause. My imported notes were probably no more than 1 a day. Their spam detection needs some work I think.

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