Oh No, Facebook Threatened To Restrict Me!

Apparently you can’t say “throat punch” in Facebook groups without it triggering Facebook's AI robots sending you a scathing message on how it goes against their community standards pertaining to violence.

The group was talking about how an elderly man was forced to buy a phone so he could scan a QR code to make an appointment at the barbershop.

And I replied “sure I’ll scan your QR code if you let me throat punch you first”. Then I went on to explain that I so dislike when elderly are taken advantage of. And I even offered to send money to the chap for his troubles.

But clearly FB doesn’t care about the plight of the elderly they just don’t want me inciting violence.

So I decided to disagree with their decision and voice my concerns. Because honestly if they actually read the group post they would understand the context of my well-meaning stance.

Alas...just 3 minutes later I received another message saying we confirmed your comment didn't follow their Community Standards.

Three minutes. Yup, my fate was first determined by an AI robot then a second opinion rendered by another AI robot. Imagine if the justice system worked like Facebook. Everyone would be under house arrest. Or worse.

Twelve years on Facebook and I get scolded because I dare to take a stand and voice my concern over an outrage. The artificial intelligence does not take into consideration contextual meaning, nope it just slaps you on the wrist and says, "you're in violation".

Well, someone at Facebook needs a throat punch for creating such a flawed system.

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