Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas
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Re: Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas
#2I'll take two pandas please.
I'm convinced you'll be better off advertising elsewhere anyway, Facebook is a big advertising platform for sure, but are your coding students there? Maybe. I think they're here and on YouTube. :-)
Re: Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas
#3I'll take two pandas please. I'm convinced you'll be better off advertising elsewhere anyway, Facebook is a big advertising platform for sure, but are your coding students there? Maybe. I think they're here and on YouTube. :-)
I'm going to be redoing my site and offerings in the coming months, and I was thinking of doing some advertising along the way. There are definitely other platforms, and YouTube is one I'll be trying, but I figured it was worth a shot. Not any more, I guess!
Re: Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas
#4Someone you know works for Meta ?
Re: Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas
#5Just create a new account and advertise with that. Or even a fake account. I know a lot of people who have dozens of fake accounts even for legitimate products and ads. Facebook is notorious for not providing any kind of support for its ad platform. Not to mention that they don't seem to do anything to stop fraudulent traffic.
Re: Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas
#6Wow, this is incredibly stupid (on Meta's part). Way to shoot yourself in the foot.
Is it just me, or does it seem like Facebook/Meta has always been much dumber about how to actually run a business than other big tech companies? I think they just got where they are because they filled a void with Facebook and took advantage of network effects. Nothing they've ever done has really seemed all that "good" to me overall, except little bits and pieces.
Most recently, I got forced onto their "Messenger" app, because they basically disabled the "Messenger Lite" app. This new app is MUCH larger and more bloated, has a bunch of features I don't care about, and now won't even let me log in because "waiting for network". A little searching online seems to show this is a common problem and everyone hates this app, and many more are pissed that they've been forced off the Lite app.
Re: Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas
#7This is why we should be fighting tooth and nail against both walled gardens and monopolies. These are literally some of the most profitable companies in the world, there is no excuse for not providing a human contact who can at least verify the grounds for suspension, and some kind of appeal system.
I don’t really care how good Meta is on the open source side of things. They’re still a horrible company when it comes to literally everything else.
Re: Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas
#8Someone you know works for Meta ?
They checked with three Meta contacts, but because the data retention period had passed, the evidence wasn’t available anymore and the contacts were unable to progress.
Re: Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas
#9Wow, this is incredibly stupid (on Meta's part). Way to shoot yourself in the foot. Is it just me, or does it seem like Facebook/Meta has always been much dumber about how to actually run a business than other big tech companies? I think they just got where they are because they filled a void with Facebook and took advantage of network effects. Nothing they've ever done has really seemed all that "good" to me overall…
> I think they just got where they are because they filled a void
Don't forget the brazen theft (remember Stories and 'Suggested for You', aka Snapchat and TikTok).
Or the cozy relationship with power, or all the ad money from scammers that would be easily blocked (were there any intention to do so).
I guess all that could be called 'taking advantage of network effects', in the same way you can call torture 'enhanced interrogation' or a coup 'regime change'.
My point may be murky - I'm saying, they're not just dumb; they're immoral bullies too... I don't expect high morality from giant corporations, but I wouldn't Occam's handwave all this away as incompetence either.
Re: Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas
#10Damn. Perhaps I should rethink the name of my new programming language, Children.
Pretty weird how they delete the evidence after 180 days, but apparently the automatic review is still able to pass final judgement after that window closes.