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by pookha 1253 days ago
If you don't like somebody on Facebook you can report them for offensive content. I posted something that some asshole facebook friend didn't appreciate and they dug through my facebook feed and found one image that was borderline (somebody in politics in their drawers) and sent in a complaint to facebook. Got my account banned for a first strike. Same douche could have sent in more complaints and facebook would have happily given me three strikes. It's a Stasi system. Don't like your boss or your neighbor, report them...
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dncornholio 1253 days ago
What if my boss or neighbour didn't post anything that's against the TOS?
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Nextgrid 1253 days ago
It's not about what's against the ToS, it's about getting the monkeys who review the reports to judge that it's against the ToS. Given their working conditions, they have little incentive in making an accurate determination and may just be pressing buttons at random, so spamming enough reports will eventually yield a ToS violation even on perfectly clean content.
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jerf 1252 days ago
Your question contains the implicit assumption that "TOS" is some bright shining line that everyone, from all posters, to all of the AIs and humans analyzing whether something conforms, completely agrees with. Therefore, "just don't break the TOS" is a reasonable solution.

This is manifestly and obviously false, in numerous ways. I don't even need to cite capriciousness, cultural differences, or potential political bias; even ignoring those things, it simply isn't and can not ever be a bright shining line.

This is even before we consider that TOSs have been known to retroactively change. YouTube just made such a change; doesn't affect whether the videos are removed but the retroactively changed the monetization standards, with large effect. "Just don't break the TOS" is a non-starter in such an environment.

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nhtsamera 1252 days ago
That would be unusual, so you could probably report them for being a bot.

After all, Meta's TOS stipulates that you must provide accurate information about yourself, and that you cannot share anything that is misleading.

It also prohibits making groundless reports or appeals, so maybe you could take an eye for an eye it you get unfairly targeted.

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subradios 1253 days ago
They absolutely have, just gotta dig.

Remember the wave of people being in hot water over tweets sent in 2008?

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