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I realize this was a weird time and masks have been a complicated topic. However:

I advertised some masks my grandma has sewn on FB. It was ok, expansive clicks like always but ok. This was running for at least a week or two. But when I changed some text it triggered a new ad review and within no hour my account was banned. It didn't even took a hour to deny my appeal as well and my account was lost forever (without ever naming any reason)

This account had 50+ (harmless) groups with way over 100k followers as well as a few thousand dollars in ad spend just that year. I didn't socialize at all on Facebook which I guess made my account fishy to some degree but all data was correct and passport verified.

This is the reason I completely ignore Facebook and all its platforms for whatever reason these days. I don't care if it could help my business, it's not worth the trouble.

> This is the reason I completely ignore Facebook and all its platforms for whatever reason these days. I don't care if it could help my business, it's not worth the trouble.

That's basically my stance since 2004 when I first heard about them. I lost some opportunities, I guess, but it also allowed me to tell everyone how I feel about data privacy while keeping a straight face.

> it also allowed me to tell everyone how I feel about data privacy while keeping a straight face.

Same here. I not only don't condemn people for using Facebook, I almost always defend their use of Facebook. But since I mean what I say when I'm talking about the site, I haven't had an account in at least a decade and I block the domains. I dislike the site, not its users.

In my experience, Meta doesn't care about you unless you have a multi-million budget or your buying through an agency that has the right connections.

I think we have even seen one or two examples here on HN of multimillion dollar accounts which hit inexplicable walls suddenly.

I don’t know if any one customer has enough money to get proper first class human service with Facebook.

Did you ever consider starting the arbitration process with Facebook?

I am not aware that is a thing. My googling back then led me to believe that there is nothing after the appeal.

But honestly I don't care anymore. Their ad platform barely worked for me and their numbers didn't match my log numbers for years before this happened.

I haven't had any other use for the platform either way.

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