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CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
Sat Sep 11, 2021, 03:30 PM Sep 2021

I think my neighbor might be headed for Facebook "jail."

His latest tirade is a rant about Biden "starting a vaccine war on 80 million Americans. Justify it with dubious claims and add more intrusions. Then shuffle off thinking you just distracted us from the hostages and stranded Americans in Afghanustan, the dishonorable withdrawal and other Biden made crises. People don't trust government and politicians for a reason."

Facebook managers posted a reminder after his rant of where people can go to get information about the vaccine. So that algorithm worked.

My guess is that this is a gentle reminder. Does anybody know how you get out of Facebook jail?

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underpants

(182,791 posts)
1. Usually it's a time period like a week.
Sat Sep 11, 2021, 03:33 PM
Sep 2021

My brother joined Facebook and got jailed in something like a day and a half.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
2. My neighbor has been at this for a long time. I'm sorry for him. He's a decent guy and the kind of
Sat Sep 11, 2021, 03:41 PM
Sep 2021

neighbor you want to have -- always helpful and every week he or his wife or one of their kids takes our garbage and recycling bins down to the curb for pickup. They always tell us "please call us if you need help with anything!" and they really mean it. Several years ago they lost a baby born just too early to survive. They started a fund in her name and I've started giving to it every Christmas. I got the kindest note back from his wife. She always bakes gingerbread for us at Christmas.

She's not a problem; it's him.

He also was on a rant that the last election was rigged by the Dems because he "saw" it with his own eyes (on one of those vidiotapes that claimed the election was rigged).

3auld6phart

(1,046 posts)
3. Serve
Sat Sep 11, 2021, 03:59 PM
Sep 2021

your time with pride. Then leave FB for good. I did
two days, then one week and then thirty days. You
cannot say anything bad about Right wingers..At first
I kind of missed it. Now not at all.

Silent3

(15,210 posts)
4. When it comes to vaccination, anything at all, correct, incorrect...
Sat Sep 11, 2021, 04:04 PM
Sep 2021

...or even neutrally vaguely related triggers that "more information" thing these days. So I doubt this comes very close at all to invoking a suspension.

Demsrule86

(68,556 posts)
5. There is a certain amount of time...hubs is in Facebook Jail. He is out in two days...
Sat Sep 11, 2021, 04:08 PM
Sep 2021

He said something mean about Trump supporters.

Polly Hennessey

(6,794 posts)
6. The tape in their head can't be rewound.
Sat Sep 11, 2021, 04:09 PM
Sep 2021

I live in the middle of two county’s, Placer and El Dorado, that are predominantly peopled by folks like your neighbor. Yet, I like them. They are helpful, they know how to fix things, and if I was in trouble they would come to my aid. I decided they are just cranky souls who believe they answer to no one. Sigh! In spite of all their rants and raves there is something intrinsically good about them.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
7. Yeah, the same with my neighbor. Super helpful and nice but believing in fake ballots, faky tallies
Sat Sep 11, 2021, 04:48 PM
Sep 2021

of votes. Not one word about Trump when he was in.

To me, his biggest failing was with the issue of Biden's son, his military service, his cause of death. He thinks he was a big phony and Pres. Biden got away with a lie about Beau's service and whether it had something to do with Beau illness. That's just awful.

samnsara

(17,622 posts)
11. nope.. my friend posted too many dog rescue stories and got put in FB time out....
Sat Sep 11, 2021, 06:20 PM
Sep 2021

..this is really why i stay OFF fb.....

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
12. Actually, it was on my husband's facebook account. I have one too but I am rarely on it.
Sun Sep 12, 2021, 10:39 AM
Sep 2021

It's just not my thing, like DU is. But I go on to see what our neighbor is up to. He never discusses it with us, but we are not terribly friendly.

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