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gvfsa • today at 7:32 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

That goes against Facebook policies and the account would get banned. Not to mention that’s a gigantic strawman.


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oenton • today at 9:28 PM

> That goes against Facebook policies

Yes.

> and the account would get banned.

Might get banned? Sure. Would get banned? No. You can’t say that with certainty. From my own experience reporting comments exactly like that the automated report is almost always closed the first time. If I appeal to a human reviewer (if they still have those?) it’s a 30/70 chance, 70 being the chance the report is closed again since “this doesn’t violate our…”

> Not to mention that’s a gigantic strawman.

A strawman of what? Are you claiming this doesn’t happen or do you just have qualms with the frequency claimed that it happens? I encounter deplorable comments like that daily. Granted I’m one data point but you haven’t presented your data points that lead you to conclude GP’s comment is a gigantic strawman.

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alex1138 • today at 9:44 PM

> That goes against Facebook policies and the account would get banned.

lol. the "lol" isn't directed at you. I'm not laughing at you. But FB is infamous for "we will ban you due to some stupid innocuous or mostly innocuous thing but you can report the worst things imaginable and that 'doesn't violate community standards'