I'm afraid I can't remember the exact example, but I think about 4 years ago there was some open-source-y, privacy-focused Facebook alternative that got blacklisted in a similar way. Private messages containing the URL or name just wouldn't go through.
Facebook has blocked Dreamwidth
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#22Time to contact your local AG.
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#23I was not aware that Facebook blocked users from posting links to specific domains. Is the list made public anywhere?
I heard they are doing it with Bitchute now, I wonder if there’s an actual list somewhere as well.
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#241. Is Facebook also blocking creation of new posts with links to Dreamwidth? 2. Are other Facebook users with posts linking to Dreamwidth also experiencing this deletion of posts? Edit: Yes and Yes.
I tried to create a new post including the dreamwidth link, I got no error but its just not getting posted.
I bet it was added to some spam list automatically because some ppl really used it for spam.
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#25Time to contact your local AG.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, it's an actually good blogging site. Main thing it has against it is the lack of an app. (And that Facebook has just blocked it)
The lack of an app is something for it. Literally every app of some website has the worse experience. Even worse the website will keep begging you to install their shitty app.
I'd say Apollo (or Reddit is Fun on Android) is a heck of a lot better than new Reddit, and about as good as old Reddit. And Google Maps' app beats their site by a county mile on iOS.
There's no good Hacker News client for mobile though, at least one that's better than the web page. Not that I'm saying someone should make one either, the site is responsive as heck.
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#27I was not aware that Facebook blocked users from posting links to specific domains. Is the list made public anywhere?
It's not a public blacklist, but this thingy[0] from another comment seems to tell you what's up with a specific site if you give it a URL. At least, I think it does, since you have to sign in with Facebook.
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#28If you use FB's url debugger it gives the message: "We can't review this website because the content doesn't meet our Community Standards. If you think this is a mistake, please let us know" So an unhelpful; start but a start to understanding what may have happened. Link: https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/?q=https%3A%2F%2... My guess is that FB should have blocked a sub-domain but instead blocked a whole do…
Of course you need a Facebook account to use the Sharing Debugger. As if I needed /another/ reason to hate this website. D:
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#29In the past there was a news about Paypal banning Dreamwidth. Not sure if its related:
"About six months after opening, PayPal -- our payment processor at the time -- demanded that we censor some of our users' content (mostly involving people talking about sex, usually fictionally, in explicit terms) that was legal and protected speech but that they felt violated their terms for using PayPal."
HN discussion on it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15099761
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
The lack of an app is something for it. Literally every app of some website has the worse experience. Even worse the website will keep begging you to install their shitty app.
I'd say Apollo (or Reddit is Fun on Android) is a heck of a lot better than new Reddit, and about as good as old Reddit. And Google Maps' app beats their site by a county mile on iOS. There's no good Hacker News client for mobile though, at least one that's better than the web page. Not that I'm saying someone should make one either, the site is responsive as heck.
Maps is a good example, it bad on mobile because they made it bad, to force you to use the app. Its still useable but it sucks.
Thats a development I often see.