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#Facebook #Discrimination #Censorship #Harassment

As this graphic states, Facebook has to be the most antisocial social network in which I have ever participated. After almost nine years of pretty much leaving me alone, and just letting me do what I do — preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ — participating on Facebook became a real annoyance as of early October of 2019. Actually though, the trouble began in November of 2017 when Facebook began tweaking their algorithm. That is when likes, comments and shares on my posts began dropping like a rock!

As I explain in my blog post called “Does Facebook Really Persecute Christians?”, the trouble grew worse in August of 2019 when I began to repeatedly receive on-screen warnings in my web browser regarding so-called “suspicious activity” on my Facebook account, supposed security breaches of my password — which I am sure no one will ever figure out due to its length and complexity — and supposed attempts by others to use my Facebook credentials on other websites. I have no doubt that all of this was bogus, because I am a longtime, seasoned computer user, and I know how to stay safe online.

Finally, as you can see by the table below, on October 6, 2019, I was completely locked out of my account for the first time for a total of 32 days. From that point forward, the harassment never stopped. In fact, it got so bad, that I finally got so sick of it, that I deleted my FB account in June of 2022, only to return 3.5 months later. But prior to deleting my old FB account, I was repeatedly locked out of my account for various lengths of time, forced logged off, forced to repeatedly change my password, repeatedly forced to jump through Facebook’s security hoops, repeatedly forced to upload my personal ID — six times in May of 2022 — and hundreds of my posts were removed from Facebook for no valid reason. During that time period, I was keeping a careful record of all of this harassment from Facebook. Consider the following:

Facebook Lock-Out Dates

32 days = October 6, 2019 to November 7, 2019
06 days = November 9 to November 15, 2019
02 days = November 19, 2019 to November 21, 2019
03 days = November 23, 2019 to November 26, 2019
02 days = November 26, 2019 to November 28, 2019
01 days = December 14, 2019 to December 15, 2019

Please note that there were more lockouts after December 15, 2019 as well, but I am sure the above table clearly makes my point. In fact, according to my records, from July 30, 2019 to December 29, 2019 — Facebook forced me to change my password at least 20 times. Furthermore, I was forced logged out and/or fully locked out of my account at least 27 times during this same time period. Now, if that is not intentional harassment by someone at Facebook, what is? That kind of continuous harassment would frustrate anyone. Is it any wonder that I finally deleted my account and left in June of 2022?

To reiterate, this has NEVER happened on any of the other social networks and blogs where I participate. Never! I have had a few posts taken down over the years, but that is about it.

You be the judge.

By the way, you might want to read this article:

“Why I Am Fed Up With Facebook”:

https://www.billkochman.com/Articles/fed-up-facebook.html

Thanks!