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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

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Post by jessriedel »

zmmmmm wrote: post #91

What I find most frustrating about this is that they straight up lie to you. They don't actually review your account and the ban isn't permanent. The minute people in this situation get through to a human (one with any autonomy, anyway) the ban gets reversed. So it's all about the cost and efficiency and convenience for Facebook/Meta. I definitely think there need to be laws made about this. Because it's really clear…

But why is it not in Meta's interest to have a human take a quick look at this? Or ask the user to pay for a human review? How much can it cost, in human time? $20?

Re: Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas

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Post by x0x0 »

miki123211 wrote: post #344

Other similar cases I'm aware of. * The Scunthorpe problem, AOL didn't let users set their hometown to Scunthorpe because of the "cunt" substring. This is a classic. * Amazon banning sales of Guns N' Roses merch (because guns). * People named Miranda having issues with bank transfers (because of the substring "Iran"). * Some games displaying the nickname "Nasser" as "N* er", suggesting that it is the n word. Alexa no…

In other "we can absolutely totally build ai, no really guys, this shit works" news: A friend is losing some weight via diet and exercise changes. We have a messages convo wherein I congratulated him and we discuss both our exercise routines.

One of Google's autosuggested response emojis was a kiss. This has happened repeatedly over the 6 months-long conversation.

Re: Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas

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Post by miki123211 »

klibertp wrote: post #347
miki123211 wrote: post #330

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The fact that it's at the top now is not surprising, Google probably knows you're a programmer and is likely to show you programming-related results. Even if you turn off all tracking and use a private window, there are ways. In my case, the combination of a Polish IP address, Safari on Mac OS and English as the browser language is enough to profile me as "tech-savvy, probably interested in science and edutainment, n…

No. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=kafka also mentions Apache Kafka before Franz's wiki page. DDG's very existence hinges on NOT profiling you, in any way.

DDG's userbase is also pretty particular, though.

Your average DDG user is somewhat privacy conscious, so they probably know much more about tech tan your average Google user, and are a lot more likely to be a programmer than anybody studying literature.

If you base your algorithm purely on what results get clicks (but not on who clicks them), you essentially target your average user.

Re: Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas

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Post by cvccvroomvroom »

Needs someone to submit an "oops."

When I started there, the mere act of visiting the 2FA page caused an irreversible hellban... not once, not twice, but 3x. Each page on Facebook is really a Hack controller with many layers of abstraction and various byzantine messes behind them.

Re: Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas

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Post by plorg »

miki123211 wrote: post #344

Other similar cases I'm aware of. * The Scunthorpe problem, AOL didn't let users set their hometown to Scunthorpe because of the "cunt" substring. This is a classic. * Amazon banning sales of Guns N' Roses merch (because guns). * People named Miranda having issues with bank transfers (because of the substring "Iran"). * Some games displaying the nickname "Nasser" as "N* er", suggesting that it is the n word. Alexa no…

In the early 2000s I couldn't download Winamp 3 at school because the URL contained the string 'mp3'. I'm sure the school did not care about the distinction.

Re: Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas

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Post by colpabar »

kayxspre wrote: post #413

I will never understand why Facebook isn't willing to take action against known phishing pages/advertisers, and even let them boost post with advertising, while legitimate advertisers get much less impression. At one point, a scam about high-return investment targeting elders are very common. The same applies to online gambling (it may be legal in many countries like the Philippines, but not in my country) and 419 sc…

It's pretty simple really, they allow all that because it makes them money. If that ever changes, they'll crack down.

Re: Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas

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Post by johnnyanmac »

NullPrefix wrote: post #124
CalRobert wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In theory the GDPR means you should be able to request all your data as well as opt out of automated decision making (which would address the "why was I flagged?" and "stop being stupid this is clearly not a snake") side of things. Of course, that's only in Europe and it's not a very easy law to avail of, sadly.

> you should be able ... And then you get banned for life

retaliation against legal compliance sounds like an easy lawsuit, even for the EU.

Re: Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas

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Post by _DeadFred_ »

josephcsible wrote: post #343

Water companies, emergency rooms, and the Post Office basically aren't allowed to ban people. Meta is so big that they shouldn't be allowed to either.

My mother had cancer and was unable to get to her mailbox in a timely manner. The Post Office turned off her mail. She appealed and upset the local postmaster. Over 3 years after her death I still can't get mail at that address.

Re: Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas

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Post by laweijfmvo »

fauigerzigerk wrote: post #76

I'm banned for life from all Facebook properties (except for WhatsApp) because of my surname. They believe it's fake (or too controversial) and a copy of my passport hasn't changed their minds. I used to have a Facebook account ~13 years ago before their real name policy came into force, but I closed it because I found it awkward to refuse or accept so many contact requests by people from my distant past. Now unfortu…

In my experience, once you close your facebook account, good luck re-opening one. The only way I was able to do it was getting hired by Meta (then facebook) because they required me to have one in order to on-board.

Re: Meta is banning people from advertising after running ads for Python and Pandas

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Post by johnnyanmac »

unethical_ban wrote: post #339
lbriner wrote: post #47

The whole issue around not telling you what rule you broke "because then you might work around it" is total BS. It's like a company I complained to the other day because they didn't label one of the inputs on their password reset form because "it would help a hacker know what to type in it" (it was the password reset password they expected but you wouldn't know). How much quicker would this be resolved if the first A…

I've been banned from Reddit several times for absolute b**** reasons. Most recently I was banned for report abuse. But it has an incredibly huge problem with a particular style of spam account that reposts old content on certain subreddits. I was reporting those and also commenting on threads as to why I was reporting them so that others could see it. Without any discussion, comment, or initial warning to say " hey…

>Most recently I was banned for report abuse

yeah that was one of the last straws for me. When you get banned instead of the spam or harassment you report, you know the site no longer cares about real people. I don't bother browsing with an account anymore. just quick checks on some niche communities I have yet to replace.

Sucks I can't hide posts, but I can still ignore annoying users or subs with RES. So I get most of the benefit.

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