Archive for October 8th, 2008

In the immortal words of Dr. Bruce Banner, “Don’t make me angry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.”

So I’ve got a Facebook account (no, you can’t be my friend). I’ve been kinda into it. And they have this little feature where you can import a blog into your Notes. “Cool,” I think, “I’ll just import my blog into Facebook and get additional exposure” (I’m not generally so egotistical to think that people might actually be interested in my babblings, but the Facebook crowd are generally personal friends so it’s cool).

Anyway, I do the import thing. All my old posts show up. So far, so good. And my new posts are showing up correctly. So today I get a comment on a Note and go to check it out. And I’m confronted with this:
WTF? I haven’t done anything other than use a feature they provide. So I visit their FAQ page. Check this out:
Time to call “bullshit”.

Facebook has determined that you were using a feature at a rate that is likely to be abusive. Before you were blocked, you were given a warning to slow down your use of this feature.

[emphasis mine] Um, no, they didn’t. No notification, nothing in my inbox indicating there was a problem. Warning my ass.

So, what are the limits? Seems like a reasonable question. I’d like to play by the rules and avoid this in the future. Let’s see what Facebook has to say:

Unfortunately, Facebook cannot provide any specifics on the rate limits that we enforce. Please know, however, that the speed at which you are acting and the sheer number of actions you have made are both taken into account.

Fracking brilliant strategy. You’ve exceeded the limits, but we’re not going to tell you what they are. Oh, and by the way, if you exceed them again we’ll ban you.

Fine. Be dicks. How long with this stoopid block last?

The duration of the block varies depending on the nature of the offense, ranging from a few hours to a few days. When the block is over, please proceed with your site activity at a slower rate so as to avoid hitting another block or having your account disabled.

Facebook will not lift this block for you until the entire penalty time has elapsed.

You know what? At this point I’m about ready to say “frack you” and delete my account. I tend to post in bursts, put up a bunch of stuff while I’m thinking about it, then move on.

I’ve got to ask myself, how much do I need “flair” anyway?