Page 1 of 3 123 LastLast
Results 1 to 15 of 35

Thread: Facebook has banned this forum :(

  1. 18-Jul-2011 #1
    Neil
    Neil is offline
    Webmaster Neil's Avatar
    Administrator

    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    nr London
    Posts
    16,328
    England

    Facebook has banned this forum :(

    For some reason, facebook will not allow a link to this forum. It reports the site as having being reported for spam or abuse.

    Can I ask any facebookers here to going into the LINK option, and try and link a forum page in facebook (eg: http://forum.homepageofthedead.com) - which will fail with:-

    This message contains blocked content that has previously been flagged as abusive or spammy. Let us know if you think this is an error.


    Then click "let us know" and fill in the form to say they think the site is OK. Else it will remain blocked
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
    -Carl Sagan
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 18-Jul-2011 #2
    Tricky
    Tricky is offline
    Feeding Tricky's Avatar
    Member

    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Age
    42
    Posts
    3,639
    England
    I cant do it at work (Facebook banned from our servers) but I'll have a look later! To be honest im growing tired of Facebook, its getting too intrusive with regards advertising. I still like it for keeping in touch with old friends and seeing what they're up to, as well as sharing my photos, but I'm sick of getting spammed through it. I'm hoping this new google+ thing is going to be worth joining, then I'll close my Facebook account
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 18-Jul-2011 #3
    MinionZombie
    MinionZombie is offline
    Team Rick MinionZombie's Avatar
    Super Moderator

    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    The Mandatorium
    Posts
    24,216
    UK
    Quote Originally Posted by Tricky View Post
    I cant do it at work (Facebook banned from our servers) but I'll have a look later! To be honest im growing tired of Facebook, its getting too intrusive with regards advertising. I still like it for keeping in touch with old friends and seeing what they're up to, as well as sharing my photos, but I'm sick of getting spammed through it. I'm hoping this new google+ thing is going to be worth joining, then I'll close my Facebook account
    *ahem* You should get an adblocker for your browser.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 18-Jul-2011 #4
    Tricky
    Tricky is offline
    Feeding Tricky's Avatar
    Member

    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Age
    42
    Posts
    3,639
    England
    Quote Originally Posted by MinionZombie View Post
    *ahem* You should get an adblocker for your browser.
    I don't mean pop-ups though dude, I mean all the adverts that are part of facebook itself, theres a few times I've mentioned things like hobbies or such as a car accident or something either in private chat or on my status, and all of a sudden all those adverts on the right of the news feed page are all about what I've just mentioned, and I also get emails sent to my hotmail account (which is what my facebook is registered to) relating to the same thing. Its only a small irritation but I just find it intrusive that they are obviously tracking words that people use on there in order to direct adverts at them. Facebook is free so I guess thats where they get their revenue, but its annoying!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 18-Jul-2011 #5
    Andy
    Andy is offline
    Desiderata Satanicus Andy's Avatar
    Administrator

    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Posts
    3,532
    England
    Quote Originally Posted by Neil View Post
    For some reason, facebook will not allow a link to this forum. It reports the site as having being reported for spam or abuse.

    Can I ask any facebookers here to going into the LINK option, and try and link a forum page in facebook (eg: http://forum.homepageofthedead.com) - which will fail with:-

    This message contains blocked content that has previously been flagged as abusive or spammy. Let us know if you think this is an error.


    Then click "let us know" and fill in the form to say they think the site is OK. Else it will remain blocked
    Surely we can contact them and rectify this?
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 18-Jul-2011 #6
    AcesandEights
    AcesandEights is offline
    Just Married AcesandEights's Avatar
    Super Moderator

    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Location
    Mid-Hudson Valley, NY
    Posts
    7,479
    United States
    As requested, I linked, was declined and posted a report on it to facebook.

    "Men choose as their prophets those who tell them that their hopes are true." --Lord Dunsany
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 18-Jul-2011 #7
    Purge
    Purge is offline
    Dead Purge's Avatar
    Member

    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Age
    45
    Posts
    541
    Undisclosed
    "Spammy"?!

    To hell with them--FB is way overrated anyway.
    The Savage Nation!

    Ron Paul was right.

    Join the Third Party revolt!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 18-Jul-2011 #8
    Neil
    Neil is offline
    Webmaster Neil's Avatar
    Administrator

    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    nr London
    Posts
    16,328
    England
    Quote Originally Posted by AcesandEights View Post
    As requested, I linked, was declined and posted a report on it to facebook.
    Thanks! Odd thing is, if you just share normally, and NOT thru the LINK option, it seems happy?!?
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
    -Carl Sagan
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 18-Jul-2011 #9
    MinionZombie
    MinionZombie is offline
    Team Rick MinionZombie's Avatar
    Super Moderator

    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Location
    The Mandatorium
    Posts
    24,216
    UK
    Quote Originally Posted by Tricky View Post
    I don't mean pop-ups though dude, I mean all the adverts that are part of facebook itself, theres a few times I've mentioned things like hobbies or such as a car accident or something either in private chat or on my status, and all of a sudden all those adverts on the right of the news feed page are all about what I've just mentioned, and I also get emails sent to my hotmail account (which is what my facebook is registered to) relating to the same thing. Its only a small irritation but I just find it intrusive that they are obviously tracking words that people use on there in order to direct adverts at them. Facebook is free so I guess thats where they get their revenue, but its annoying!
    AdBlockers block more than pop-ups, dear friend. They block all picture adverts too, and almost all flash adverts (you can also selectively block ones that aren't already blocked) - so therefore no adverts. Facebook does bring up suggested pages of interest to "like" or "join" relating to words you've typed into a status or a post, sure, but that's not uncommon.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  10. 18-Jul-2011 #10
    Mike70
    Mike70 is offline
    has the velocity Mike70's Avatar
    Zombie Flesh Eater

    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Location
    Ohio
    Age
    54
    Posts
    5,543
    Canada
    still blocked. i just tried linking this very thread and got the same bullshit message. needless to say, i've fired off a salvo at facebook.
    "The bumps you feel are asteroids smashing into the hull."
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  11. 18-Jul-2011 #11
    Neil
    Neil is offline
    Webmaster Neil's Avatar
    Administrator

    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    nr London
    Posts
    16,328
    England
    Quote Originally Posted by Andy View Post
    Surely we can contact them and rectify this?
    Contact who? I've looked and couldn't see any contact address for this sort of thing
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
    -Carl Sagan
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  12. 18-Jul-2011 #12
    Mr. Clean
    Mr. Clean is offline
    Dead Mr. Clean's Avatar
    Member

    Join Date
    Aug 2009
    Location
    Tennessee
    Posts
    765
    United States
    must be working now....

    No problems on my end...

    hold on....I misunderstood the directions

    -- -------- Post added at 12:55 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:50 PM ----------

    Yeah, I got the message too and submitted error request.

    I thought orginally you were asking to do www.homepageofthedead.com.
    Last edited by Mr. Clean; 18-Jul-2011 at 06:51 PM. Reason: ....
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  13. 18-Jul-2011 #13
    BillyRay
    BillyRay is offline
    Twitching BillyRay's Avatar
    Member

    Join Date
    Feb 2009
    Location
    Mill-wacky
    Age
    52
    Posts
    1,117
    United States
    Tried, got error message, reported as requested.

    Well THIS sucks..
    Those aren't real problems, Sam.

    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  14. 19-Jul-2011 #14
    Neil
    Neil is offline
    Webmaster Neil's Avatar
    Administrator

    Join Date
    Jan 2006
    Location
    nr London
    Posts
    16,328
    England
    When you report this issue (as described above), the comment suggests you will receive an email. Has anyone got one? I haven't!?
    Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam. [click for more]
    -Carl Sagan
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  15. 19-Jul-2011 #15
    AcesandEights
    AcesandEights is offline
    Just Married AcesandEights's Avatar
    Super Moderator

    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Location
    Mid-Hudson Valley, NY
    Posts
    7,479
    United States
    Just double checked my spam folder to be certain: nada.

    "Men choose as their prophets those who tell them that their hopes are true." --Lord Dunsany
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules