Facebook Account Disabled ?

[Pravin]

This is happening with countless facebook users all around the globe everyday. Facebook disables the accounts of users who are doing suspicious submissions. The definition of suspicious, often means just using the facebook too much. Normally, Facebook warns the people and gives them one more chance to change themselves and at times they just terminate the account suddenly and permanently. Mostly, they turn back the disabled accounts, automatically after a calm down or after sending a humble request to the facebook authorities. But in some cases, they just ban the account and forget it.

Facebook has not declared about what type of bad behavior can get the facebook account disabled, and this is the only reason that is leaving the people confused, angry or desperate when they gets the message ACCOUNT DISABLED. I have listed some of the most common reasons on “why the facebook accounts are disabled?” so that people can keep their accounts safe from getting it disabled by facebook. Keep in mind that the list mentioned below is absolutely not a complete one and as the time passes, policies will keep on changing according to requirement, we will have to live with a bit hesitation while using Facebook.

Here are the reasons that can kick you off from facebook:

• You did not use your real name

Never use nickname (or initials)in lieu of the name on your birth certificate, because Facebook will find you and spit you out.

• You joined a lot of groups

Keep in mind that the limit set per user is 200. More than that just looks desperate, isn’t it?

• You posted countless messages on a wall or in a group

Even one of my close friend had his account disabled for "excessive evangelism."

• You posted in n number of groups, and too many user's walls

You may be axed for being too verbose in too many places. That's what spammers do, silly. On Facebook it is better--or at least safer--to be seen than heard.

• You sent the friends request to too many people

This was to be the prime cause of disabled accounts in past, but Facebook has set a maximum number of 5000 friends that can help you to protect from yourself.

• Your school/organization affiliation is doubtful

The overlords are sometimes not very trusting, and they may accuse you of not graduating from Harvard (or Plum Senior High School). The impertinence! Better have your diploma ready.

• You're poking too many people

We've heard this from multiple sources, and it's easy enough to avoid. Save the pokes for people you *really* like, as mum always said. But beware the odd FB app that pokes on your behalf.

• For advertising your app on wall posts

The line between spam and self-promotion is a thin one, but let it be known that pimping your shiny new Facebook app is definitely considered SPAM.

• Using duplicate text in multiple messages

Some people paste a generic welcome message into friend requests to save time. DON'T DO THIS! It makes you look like a spammer. (Ironically, pro spammers are probably randomizing their messages to avoid this trap)

• You are a cow, dog, or library

Being a real person is not enough, you must be a homo sapien. Accounts have been deleted for cows, dogs and libraries.

• You are under eighteen years old

According to one report a user's account was suspended when they suspected her of being under 18. She was required to enter a work email address to prove her maturity, at which point her account was reinstated. [note: other users have pointed out that being under 18 is fine if you're part of a High School group, though underage home schoolers have been told to bugger off]

• You wrote offensive content

Reports of "sudden death" on accounts have been reported by users who were told they had posted offensive content, but were not provided details of the offense.

• You scraped information off Facebook

They have a zero tolerance policy for page scraping (i.e. pulling content off their web pages via a script). Unfortunately, they don't have a reliable way of proving it's you who's doing the scraping (IP matching is probably as good as they can get), so you may find this a difficult charge to defend yourself against.

Finally, you may be disabled without any clarification. One Indian member reported his experience:

"I was blocked for some days because i was misusing certain features of Facebook" Naturally I closely examined their conditions of use etc for some insight on where I have done wrong. I couldn't find anything...

"Upon request for clarification I was told that they were not at liberty to divulge which features or of course any thresholds of use. Then they warned me not to do it again or i would be banned permanently without recourse to reinstatement."

You have been warned. Always keep in mind that the hand of justice is swift and merciless.

I’m living in fear

If you find your Facebook account disabled for one of these (or other) reasons, there is only one thing you can do: you will need to send an email to Facebook at one or all of these addresses:

- disabled@facebook.com
- appeals@facebook.com
- info@facebook.com

[Mantresh]

That's a useful article, thanks for posting it here. I am curious about using your real name though. How could Facebook be sure if you are using your real name or not, while name verification is not included in the process of account creation.

[Pravin]

Originally Posted by Mantresh

That's a useful article, thanks for posting it here. I am curious about using your real name though. How could Facebook be sure if you are using your real name or not, while name verification is not included in the process of account creation.

Facebook has started asking for Phone number verification to track whether the user is fake or genuine. To make it more effective, they might start asking for identity proof in upcoming time.

You can also refer Social Networks and the Internet to learn more about Facebook, Linkedin and Friendster..

[charlesallen]

Thanks for sharing such a useful and informative about facebook account. Since facebook has been restricting some of the things which a lot of people were using for advertising on facebook. It is important to get to know what facebook is allowing and what it doesn't allow so that everyone can get full benefit from this ever increasing popularity website

[anjulj]

Very useful information is provided in this post. The very fact I liked was the advertising part explained, its true that self promotion should be genuine and natural enough to get a proper response as well to avoid spamming.

[Shalaka]

Great summary!

I was once, too, temporarily suspended for unknown reasons, and for an unspecified period of time. But I was definitely told not to do & again, or else! lol

I couldn't find in the terms of service what I had violated, and to this day have no idea what happened.

Thanks for sharing these tips. They are more specific and give an idea of what to watch out for.

Might be, i broke some of their rules! lol

All the best,
Shalaka

[Darren Malo]

Hi,
I tried to check my Facebook account this afternoon, and when I tried to log in, it said it was disabled. I don't see why it did that, for I didn't do anything. I posted no nudity or anything bad. So I was wondering why it was disabled. I heard that the Facebook help doesn't reply.