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Re: Show HN: Pls Fix – Hire big tech employees to appeal account suspensions

#51
Please add…

Emergency Room staff willing to get you looked at faster because you think you are “really sick”

Building inspectors willing to sign off on your home house wiring because you’ve “done it for years and it’s fine”

Burning Man ticketing because you swear your internet was fine but died at noon on the sale day.

Dang because your downvoted comment was just misunderstood and deserves more upvotes.

/s

Re: Show HN: Pls Fix – Hire big tech employees to appeal account suspensions

#52
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How do you verify that the requestor isn't just some Joe/Joeline Schmo who's account has been blocked for no reason, as opposed to someone who has been legitimately blocked, say for CSAM or other legislative reason, or is otherwise operating against the service's TOS? When Mike Meta gets canned because he's tried to un-suspend an actual terrorist account (because you know that they're monitoring internal mentions), a…

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Re: Show HN: Pls Fix – Hire big tech employees to appeal account suspensions

#53

Seems insane. Surely every single company would fire you for doing that. If you put this in its proper term it is "corruption" and you should definitely worry about the legal implications of doing this.

At the same time it’s Airbnb for tech support. It just needs a note that people performing the fixes aren’t employees in this context, they’re independent contractors acting in their own name.

Tongue in cheek. I like how it highlights the enshittification brought by both 1. lack of customer support and 2. by gig economy.

Re: Show HN: Pls Fix – Hire big tech employees to appeal account suspensions

#56
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I had to check if it was April Fools' Day. This is one of the most disturbing posts I've seen in a while. I sincerely hope that people who profit off of this will get fired at the very least.

If you’re one of the employees who sign up for this, beware. Facebook will surely sue this guy and the payment paper trail will be the first thing he’s required to give over in discovery. I don’t see how he can guarantee you’ll be anonymous for long.

On what grounds could they sue?

Re: Show HN: Pls Fix – Hire big tech employees to appeal account suspensions

#57

Seems insane. Surely every single company would fire you for doing that. If you put this in its proper term it is "corruption" and you should definitely worry about the legal implications of doing this.

For meta/facebook at least it’s long been an open secret that the fastest way to get something done on the platform is to have a connection that works at meta.

Same thing with Google Ads, often your account will get suspended for no sane reason and you need an insider to reactivate it, or you're starting from scratch. Appealing only sends you through a kafkaesque circle of hell of support staff who are unable to answer any questions or fix anything, they won't even tell you what exactly you violated or how to return into their good graces.

It's effectively a black market that formed because the official channels abdicated from their responsibilities or provide a terrible service even to paying customers, at least SMBs who aren't big enough for a Google to care.

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