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Sometimes, after making a comment under one of my graphics on Facebook, people become a little confused, offended, or even angry, and they will say something like “Where is my comment? I can’t find it. Why did you delete it?” However, what some of you need to be made aware of, is that things are not always what they seem. Allow me to explain.

First of all, I very rarely ever delete comments from my Facebook friends. If and when I do that, it is usually because a person has been or becomes very disrespectful, combative, argumentative, or because they have posted something which I strongly feel is contrary to the Scriptures. If they persist in their negative activity, I will warn them a few times. But if that doesn’t work, then I will either unfriend them so that they can no longer comment on my posts, or else I will block them altogether, if the situation merits it.

The bottom line — and this applies to every single person who owns a timeline, page or group on Facebook — is my page, my rules. If you can’t respect the rules which I have established and adhere to them, then please just don’t comment, or leave, unfriend me, or do whatever you feel you need to do.

Having said that, as I have been explaining for a number of months now, there are times when your comments will indeed disappear. However, it is NOT because I removed them. Here are the facts. Since October of 2019, I have been repeatedly harassed by Facebook. I have been forced logged off, locked out of my account, forced to upload my personal ID, forced to change my password, and forced to jump through Facebook’s security hoops literally dozens of times, to the point of being absolutely ridiculous.

But something else that Facebook has been doing a lot of in recent months, is actually removing my posts from their platform. I am talking about many dozens of my posts being deleted because they supposedly go against Facebook’s “Community Standards”. Actually, a better name would be Facebook’s “Liberal Community Standards”. I know that many of you fully understand what I mean by that.

But the point is, when Facebook removes my posts, that means that all shared posts — meaning my posts which you share on your own timeline or page — all likes, and all comments likewise disappear. They are gone, as if they had never existed. So that is one big reason why you may not be able to find your comment.

There is another reason why people become confused, and think that their comment has been deleted. It has to do with the fact that I make the same posts on my timeline, on my page, and in the BBB group. In other words, in three different places on Facebook. Of course, if you are commenting on one of my posts while you are in your news feed, you may not realize exactly where your comment is being posted.

It is for this reason that if you visit my timeline, page or the BBB group directly, you will notice in the cover image that it says “You are here:”. This will be followed by “BBB Timeline”, “BBB Page” or “BBB Group”. That is obviously so that you know exactly which one of the three you are visiting.

So what does all of that mean? It means that when you comment on one of my posts in your news feed, you need to look carefully, and note exactly where you are posting. Stated another way, if you make a comment under one of my images which is on my timeline, and then later visit the BBB group and see the same image, you are NOT going to see your comment there. Why? Because you did NOT post your comment under the image that is in the BBB group. You posted it under the image that is on my timeline.

So you see, if you do not understand how Facebook works, then you will erroneously be led to believe that I have deleted your comment, when such is not the case at all. You are simply looking for your comment in the wrong place.

There is yet another reason regarding why you may not be able to find your comment. If a person is the first individual to write a comment under one of my status updates, and if you — or anyone else for that matter — comes along later and replies to their comment, if for some reason the first commenter decides to delete their comment, then all replies to their comment will be deleted as well. Again, that is just the way that Facebook works. Perhaps they do it to avoid confusion. But whatever their reasons, I have no control over it.

Now do you get it? Great! Now carry on! 🙂