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I Hate Facebook
By Richard Rost

2 years ago

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Originally posted January 2023. Updated when Facebook does dumb stuff.

I really, really, really, seriously hate Facebook, and I'm going to tell you why.

Hey fans, I just wanted to drop a quick video to let everyone know why I despise Facebook. I tried years ago to make Facebook work for my business. I attempted to build a page organically at first, and then I even paid for some Facebook ads. None of that really worked very well. And when you do build a following and get people following your page—like I got 6,000 followers on my Excel page—then to reach those people with a post, you have to pay Facebook to reach all the people who've already said they want to follow your page. That's just stupid.

But I've had problems with them and their community standards for the longest time. I got a 30-day or 60-day ban once because someone spammed every post on my Computer Learning Zone page, or maybe it was the Access page, one of them. So I replied to the guy, "Dude, you're garbage; stop doing that." And I got a ban for harassment for calling that guy garbage, for spamming all my posts. Come on, Facebook.

So now, just today, I log on and see that my page has been unpublished. I haven't posted anything on my Excel Learning Zone page since, I think, Black Friday months ago. And the only stuff on there is posts about my Excel videos. What did I possibly do to go against your community standards, Facebook? Someone, help me understand here.

I honestly don't care. The only reason I'm on Facebook at all is that they are the number one social media site, and everyone else is on it. Mostly, I use it to keep in touch with friends and family, as I'm originally from Buffalo, New York, and I don't know a lot of people down here. Apparently, Facebook makes it easier for that.

Please, someone else come up with something better than Facebook and put them out of business because Facebook is run by a bunch of idiots. That's all I have to say about that. I miss Google Plus; I wish they would have stuck around because it was decent and a little more business-oriented.

Okay, rant over. Bye. So, tell me in the comments, what do you think? How do you feel about Facebook?

Update 2023-09-01: So, my Excel page which previously had over 6,000 followers, that Facebook "unpublished" because it apparently went against their Community Standards - with NO explanation why - has deleted my page. It's just GONE. No warning. No answer to my appeals. Nothing. Unbelievable. Do NOT depend on Facebook for your business, folks. It's nothing more than cheap garbage entertainment.

Also, I originally posted this video on my YouTube channel, however I took it down today because I don't want someone from Facebook finding it and complaining to Google and then they give me problems for violating any standards they have for voicing my opinion... which is that Facebook blows chunks. Fortunately here on my own website I can say whatever I want and nobody can do anything about it!

Update 2024-05-10: Facebook flagged one of my post in my own group as spam and deleted it. Details in comments. Facebook sucks.

Comments for I Hate Facebook

Age	Subject	From
2 years	Facebook Marks My Own Post Spam	Richard Rost
3 years	Facebook Deletes My Excel Group	Richard Rost
6 months	Ah Memories... of How Facebook Sucks	Richard Rost
2 years	Me2 Facebook is unproductive	Tyler Dyck
2 years	FaceBook has become irrelevant	Tim Cook
2 years	FaceBook	Rodney Maedke
2 years	I Hate them Too	Sami Shamma
3 years	Facebook	Richard Pitassy
3 years	Facebook	Michelle Koos
3 years	Facebook	Eduardo Benaim
3 years	Facebook	Tony Roberts
3 years	FaceBook	Juan C Rivera

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Intro

This page features a personal rant about my experiences using Facebook for business, including frustrations with organic reach, paid ads, and issues with community standards and page bans. I also discuss why I still use Facebook to keep in touch with family and friends, my dislike for the platform's policies, and my thoughts on alternatives like Google Plus.

Transcript

I really, really, really seriously hate Facebook, and I'm going to tell you why.

Hey, fans, I just wanted to drop a quick video to let everyone know why I hate Facebook. I really hate Facebook.

I tried years ago to get Facebook to work for my business. I tried building a page organically at first, and then I actually paid for some Facebook ads. Not even really work very well. And then when you do build a following and you get people following your page, like I got 6,000 followers here to my Excel page, then to reach those people with a post, you have to pay Facebook to reach all the people who have already said they want to follow your page, which is stupid.

But I have had problems with them with their community standards for the longest time. I got a 60 day or 30 day ban once because someone spammed every post on my, I think it was the Computer Learning Zone page or the Access page, one of them. I just replied to the guy and said, like, dude, your garbage, stop doing that. And I got a ban for harassing, for calling that guy garbage, for spamming all my posts. I mean, come on Facebook.

So now today I log on and I get my page has been unpublished. I have not posted anything on my Excel Learning Zone page since, I think, Black Friday, months ago. The only stuff on here is posts about my Excel videos.

What did I possibly do to go against your community standards, Facebook? Someone help me understand here.

I really do not care. Honestly, the only reason I'm on Facebook at all is because they are the number one social media site and everybody else is on them. So mostly I use it to keep in touch with friends and family because I'm originally from Buffalo, New York, and I know a lot of people up there, and Facebook just makes it easier because they're all on Facebook.

But please, someone else come up with something better than Facebook and put them out of business because Facebook is run by a bunch of idiots. And that's all I'm going to say about that.

I miss Google Plus. I wish they would have stuck around because that was decent and was a little more business oriented.

Rant over. Bye.

So, tell me in the comments, what do you think? How do you feel about Facebook?

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Summary

This is a brief personal commentary about my strong dislike for Facebook, and I want to share some of the reasons behind my feelings.

Over the years, I have made several attempts to use Facebook for my business, hoping to build a solid presence for my pages. Initially, I tried to grow an audience organically and even invested in some paid advertising, but the results were disappointing. Even after accumulating thousands of followers on pages like my Excel Learning Zone page, Facebook expects you to pay again just to have your posts shown to the people who already chose to follow your page. That policy never made sense to me.

Another major issue has been their handling of community standards. I once received a 30 or 60 day ban simply for responding to someone who was spamming all my posts. I replied and told the person to stop, perhaps a bit bluntly, and Facebook punished me for harassment, rather than addressing the actual spammer. This seemed completely unjust.

Most recently, I found out my page was unpublished, and I had not even posted anything new for months, so I have no idea why. The posts there were strictly about my Excel videos, nothing controversial or against their rules as far as I can tell. It is frustrating not knowing what triggered their actions or having any clear communication about it.

To be honest, the only reason I remain on Facebook is because it is the main site where just about everyone congregates. It helps me stay in touch with friends and family, especially those back in Buffalo, New York, where I am originally from. But professionally, I wish there were a better option that could actually give Facebook some real competition. I think Facebook is truly mismanaged, and I find their business decisions questionable.

For what it is worth, I actually miss Google Plus, which at least had more of a business-oriented approach.

That sums up my thoughts today. I would like to know what you think about Facebook too, so feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. Live long and prosper, my friends.

Topic List

This is a personal rant video discussing frustrations with Facebook, including issues with their business tools, reach/pay-to-reach model, community standards enforcement, and page publishing.