The Truth About Community Standards on Facebook - Comments Page 2

People need to find something to do with their time other than Twitter and Facebook. Facebook and Twitter are beyond boring.

Well, I respect your feelings regarding the death threats by cowards to that girl. Very fine. But, what made you write this : "...Albert Einstein and Mahatma Gandhi will continue to foul your news feed with their cloying idiocy..."

These two people do deserve respect (of their thoughts) and calling them idiots is not what I would appreciate.

EDITOR'S NOTE: I wasn't calling Einstein or Gandhi idiots. I was referring to the usually insipid "inspirational quotables" genre shared on social media, often alongsided photos of people who never said those things.

Interesting analysis - this reminds me of the BBC here in the UK.

Is there scope for 'moderator analysis'?

It might be quite entertaining - just what is it that makes someone so sure that they know what's 'balanced' (a bbc responsibility) or 'fair'?

Better perhaps to err on the liberal side - as long as the vitriol throwers are identified.

This is nothing new. They also had a Cliven Bundy Must Die, Obama Must Die, Harry Reid Must Die, and at that time the same uproar. It was then explained that it was a scientific fact that everyone must die.

They have refused to consider other movements to pull down pages saying "kill whoever" even those that go about posting home addresses of those the page creator despises. Community Standards seem to be randomly enforced. A person can be chastised for saying something without being allowed a chance to appeal the decision, yet pages threatening harm are allowed free rein until they become viral or make the news.

I noticed the same attitude at other sites, as long as we are happy, so is everyone. Or so they think. Remove, and be happy.

I will never join Facebook. Google chasing me for advertising dollars is more than my nerves can handle.

Personally, I hope Facebook crashes and burns and the sooner, the better.
They should also be investigated and sued if warranted, but it wouldn't surprise me the gov't was behind the whole thing in the first place. They are just doing a better job of hiding.

I suppose you think I am a racist also Dan Crawford because I believe President Obama is incompetent and and leftist President. People like you find it real easy to use the race card when you can't defend lousy president.

Your analysis is dead-on. All the verbiage about "community standards" (they don't even have the guts to say "Facebook standards") is about keeping the herd quiet.

Thanks,Bob. I just posted this to my Facebook page.

Perhaps it is just old age, but I always thot that FB was on the complex side. I am always getting emails saying that I've got notifications, messages, pokes, jokes, and hoax. And when I click on the link, there's this big gamish (thank you, Spell Czech. Practicing for Halloween?) of stuff that appears to be unrelated to the content of the email that I received. Are the people who are outraged really the ones that are manipulated 23.5/7?

I appreciate the info, and why, even though I do have an account, I do not post habitually. I also appreciate others comments and insight that make your articles that much more fun, 146% smarter than the rest, and why we need good folks like you. Thanks!

I use FaceBook and I find some of the comments written here on Ask Bob Rankin about Facebook users kinda like what I would expect from some of the idiots that filter their way into my feeds on Facebook which I then unclick notifications on.
I have connected with many of my childhood friends and old Army buddies from the late 60's.
I've never heard of Ms. Kendall Jones until I read it here.
It is all about what you use Facebook for and if you are searching for something to cry, scream, hate and rant over you will find it there; if that's what interests you... it not what interest me.

I agree that Facebook is(was) a great place to find old friends from yesteryear. But it is also welcomes some of the most innane, repetitive posts from those that mistakenly believe anyone is interested.

Management or support even, is almost non-existent; there are 'articles', of course but the one area that concerns you is either non-existant or obsolete due to one of those "Work Fast, Break Something" code festivals Face book is so famous for.

Too many Programmers; not enough Customer support or management! And as you discovered Bob, when Support or Management IS discovered, they present opposing opinions concerning the same topic or policy!

A "Bob Rankin" Profile? Yes there WAS one but not at that precise name; it was "AskBobRankin" wasn't it? I am unable to check it anymore you see... I deactivated a year ago and have little desire to rejoin the idiotic Libtard vs.
Right WingNut attacks with some Faceless Facebook Programmer manipulating Posts from the sidelines.

Does that make me 146% More Intelligent? ...It don't hErt!

Social networking - You reap what you plant so what do you expect in return applause?
David Guillaume

I'm running into a lot of people who say, "Yeah, I have a Facebook page but I rarely look at it." Surprisingly, and unfortunately for Facebook, they're mostly young people. This is how MySpace died.

I have enjoyed your articles for several years. You are current on lots of new technology. Is there any chance you could stick to that? If I want to read controversial opinions I can go to the news sites.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Valerie, the article wasn't about the controversies. It was about how Facebook handles situations like this, and "shapes" your social media experiences.

dear bob,i so agree with u...we need more of u to stand up to the trash that is out there...I don't get on facebook very often just to connect to my family and a few friends...but I will stand with u on this...take care...

” I suppose that “we” refers to some low-level, anonymous moderator who probably wears a Greenpeace T-shirt."

No, it goes higher in the organization than that. Given the known political affiliations of Zuckerberg and the other high mucky-mucks at FB, Instagram (which, IIRC, is now part of FB) & Twitter, I am utterly unsurprised that these vile attacks don't violate their community standards. Just another reason I have never had anything to do with any of those "services" and won't any time soon.

With limited time to read all that pulls on me these days, I always try to read and appreciate your posts on so many issues. I am more and more staying off Facebook, b/c of the time it takes (I would rather be doing other things, like working in the yard or actually being with friends)and because of issues like this. So many people are so angry these days and looking for something to pounce on... sigh. Thank you so much for posting this, as well as all the more tech related posts.