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Post by ysee » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 3:55 PM UTC

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Post by nikivi » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 4:01 PM UTC

encrypted messages on whatsapp ahah

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Post by frob » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 4:02 PM UTC

Can you give more details? What sort of group is this? Is it public or private? How large is it? How long has this been going on? What links are you trying to post that got blocked?

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Post by loceng » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 4:05 PM UTC

If true then not surprising they'd act quickly to suppress news being spread when it will hurt their bottom line.

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Post by _2d30 » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 4:05 PM UTC

Highly doubt FB is doing this unless you're like doing it in a group run by FB or something and then of course they are because you're a spammer.

Mods/Admins? That's not even a thing on FB more broadly, right?

Amazing this gets upvoted. User has absolutely no other pots/comments.

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Post by SeyelentEco » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 4:06 PM UTC

Just random guess but you probably triggered link spam rules. People posting the same link over and over. It looks a lot like a spam attack to an algorithm.

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 4:06 PM UTC

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Post by dijit » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 4:06 PM UTC

frob wrote: post #3

Can you give more details? What sort of group is this? Is it public or private? How large is it? How long has this been going on? What links are you trying to post that got blocked?

I want to err on the side of caution and upvote this so that it doesn't get drowned out, but I'm sceptical unless there's proof.

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Post by xhkkffbf » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 4:06 PM UTC

Got to say that this is another reason I'm shying away from these place. Some days their "moderation" seems smart. But the power is too great.

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Post by ysee » Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 4:07 PM UTC

frob wrote: post #3

Can you give more details? What sort of group is this? Is it public or private? How large is it? How long has this been going on? What links are you trying to post that got blocked?

I posted a message on my timeline. Suggesting people should switch to Signal with their link https://signal.org/install