Comments on: Facebook Error Forced Mother To Remove Photos of Her Child with Down Syndrome

By: Dolores

Dolores — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:59:24 +0000

Facebook’s flagging mechanism is completely automated, and trolls have discovered that if they want to bother or censor you, all they have to do is follow you around facebook and flag every comment of yours or picture you post that they can find as being abusive “hate speech” no matter what you actually said. The account warnings and blocking mechanism will kick in, with no human reviewing what you actually said. There seems to be no way to appeal it – a troublemaker can get you blocked over nothing, just to harass you. Facebook refuses to do anything about this. Some of us have tried to get their attention.

By: 605pete

605pete — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:11:01 +0000

error fixed, apology issued, what more can she want? its a free service, she isnt entitled to anything.

By: AKA

AKA — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:59:19 +0000

They did apologize though. Is this woman wanting financial compensation? They were pictures. They said sorry and that there was an error. Move on. So you had to go a few days without posting to facebook. FB takes away too much time with your loved ones and friends anyway. Should have used that time tto enjoy more things in life.

By: Seriously

Seriously — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:42:29 +0000

Computers only do what they are programmed to do. And I agree, i am so glad I do not have a Facebook account and have not given in to pressure to get one. I see too many people wasting their time posting nonsense. Of course I think Pintrest is equally a waste of time and many friends just love it. I don’t get it!

By: Al Frank

Al Frank — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:23:53 +0000

The situation was handled well by Facebook. Unfortunately, this woman is still very emotionally-charged and is overreacting to the whole incident. Software sometimes makes errors. Deal with it.

By: Just sayin

Just sayin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:19:08 +0000

Thank goodness I don’t have a facebook account. I regularly get facebook request to friend someone who I have never heard of. Just so these social inept people can feel important postiing the minuate of their boring lives. Most useless thing next to the obnoxious cell phones. Complete waste of time for facebook. Write and mail a paper letter, talk to someone face to face, read a good book.