Comments on: Another tale of Facebook account suspension

By: Jake Billo

Jake Billo — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 08:50:01 +0000

Saw this post from Robert Scoble’s shared items and figured I’d play the devil’s advocate. (No offense to yourself or Kelli intended, though.) I find it slightly difficult to sympathize with people who violate the terms of service.

Yes, I know that apparently nobody reads the TOS, but when the account sign-up page clearly states

Note: This is for personal profiles. You may also create an ad or create a page for a business or band

it’s sort of hard to justify continuing on behalf of a company. It’s a social utility that’s widely known to be for exclusive personal use, and there’s been a precedent set for this type of account suspension recently.

It might seem unfair, but at the very least Facebook didn’t go as far as to revoke her site access permanently - which they certainly could do, and can do to anyone for any (or no) reason as in the TOS. Personally? If I see spambots or organizations posing as people, I’ll certainly report them as it diminishes the value of truthful social connections.

By: francine hardaway

francine hardaway — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:43:49 +0000

I loved Kelli’s astrology posts and emails in the 90s. I wondered what happened to her, so give her my best wishes in her fight against Facebook

By: Christoph Jaggi

Christoph Jaggi — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 09:25:54 +0000

At the very least Facebook should provide Kelli with the means to notify the Facebook friends she has assembled, so that they have the opportunity to follow Kelli from the profile to the group. Facebook only claimed that they cannot move the individuals over to the new page.

Thanks Marc for bringing this up.