How to survive the metaverse?
This blog will unveil some truth behind why Facebook bans accounts-
It can also be called “FB Policy tips” in our words to be sure to not have Facebook shut you down.
With the massive global population of Facebook with a size as big as the planet, Meta needs to engineer automations for enforcing FB policies.
It is not possible for human support to match up to the audience size on Facebook so bots are employed to make decisions instead. “Community standards” governs how non-advertisers regularly use Facebook. It would be quite difficult to scan for 2.5 billion active users.
The strained bandwidth of meta due to decreased staff, their dependence on automations, and layoffs has been on the rise.
If you are looking for answers faster to why Facebook had you shut down. Or what to do to not face the same curse in future,
You’re looking at the right blog!
What’s a Facebook ban?
The process in which Facebook permanently or temporarily denies you access to your account is a ban.
It can also happen for a business profile that becomes invisible, unpublished or deleted permanently. It has multiple consequences and the pages most likely cannot be restored.
Mark Zuckerberg can either restrict you for sometime, several days or disable pages and accounts permanently. Many people are getting banned for no good reason these days. Are these mistakes from the AI’s end? But there has to be a cause to everything.
The terms and policies on FB can explain why accounts get banned for looking at what you violated! All activities on Facebook remain monitored by algorithms that are quite formal.
The most common reasons can be familiar to you now that you are reading this. Refrain from using threats, spams, hate speeches, etc for starters.
Activities That Get You Banned From Facebook In 2024
Other than that, these are what you NEED to avoid–
1. Following suspicious people or suspicious groups.
If you have one or two unknown creeps in your account that’s bypassed. But if the platform’s AI traces too many of these suspicious accounts added to yours, it can assume your account would be used for something that is prohibited as per guidelines.
Treating the account as regularly as possible without associating it with shady groups or characters.
2. Too much or too little activity.
If the account demonstrates little to no activity, Facebook can count it as fake. Similarly, if one follows many people or posts too much within a short time-frame, FB’s spammer can take you as a bot.
Avoid deviating too much from the usual norms and regulations.
3. Using only a business account
Ignorance of the personal page and account can effectively get you banned from the platform. The AI’s perspective looks at you as someone who created a page only to have access to a business account, while having spam ads all throughout the platform.
Advertisers can be easily banned.
What is shadow banned in FB?
It involves muting a particular user or their content without actually notifying them. It is a relatively recent term highlighting the discreet practice of hiding participants online without obviously informing them.
What gets you shadow-banned or reduces your reach on Facebook?
1. Content Theft
People who steal content from others must feel that if the audience of that specific creator has engaged greatly with their content, it will be the same for them. It can cause the original creators to obviously report these culprit accounts to FB showing how the content was not original.
2. Inappropriate Content
Fb can frown at certain types of content including or promoting violence, terrorism, child abuse, instigating people to harmful activities and so on. So censor things that portray violence as such for demonstration only to be safe.
3. Spamming Links
If you are posting links on FB frequently aiming to drive traffic, pause a moment.
Affiliate marketers can be guilty of this where they spam links on the comment section of sponsored posts having great engagements. Users who are appalled by this can report your account if you do something similar!
FB algorithm rewards posts that have great exposure, reach or engagement but without affiliate links
4. Using Unauthorized Tools
If you use tools not recognized by FB for content automation, you are at risk. These tools can function as breaking FB community guidelines.
5. Buying Engagements
If you are buying followers to grow your account and compete with the evergreen popularity around, then refrain from it.
What about looking at the bigger picture in the long run?
It is done by most small businesses who are desperate to get viral in a flick. They can gain engagements unethically from freelancing platforms. If a post generates 3k-6k likes and comments in an hour with most comments having the same content, it does look weird ya!
The FB algorithm can detect fake engagement, so a marketplace shadow ban of the account should not pop up as a surprise.
How will Facebook block a group page or a business page?
1. If you delete comments
Disliking someone’s opinion can make you hide or delete a comment. If you are likely to delete comments, Facebook would think you’re hiding essential truth from customers.
2. Ignoring customer complaints
If a business tends to ignore complaints, its reputation would suffer. Disputable retailers are not wanted on Facebook.
3. If you use images different than actual products while creating ads
Mismatch between actual products and their ad would misinform clients and the platform ends up punishing businesses.
4. Using too many automation tools
Social media tends to hate bots and auto-posting. If an individual is using a bot to form a Facebook page, it must be to hide his/her identity. Also if an account is managed by a bot, it would be publishing innumerable unwanted spam posts.
How To Avoid Getting Banned On Facebook?
Keep it real, keep it authentic!
Facebook is a great tool for sharing the voice and getting the brand as well as products to people. They have to face some challenges as they come to the social media platform while trying to promote a business. Fb has full power to throw one into jail if they act too spammy. So follow the guidelines well and abort being banned!
• Tag Carefully
Fb hates it when people are tagged in images or posts that they are not a part of. Same as you, Keep it REAL!
• Do not use a personal account as a business one
So to say use a real name for the personal one and keep your business identity in the professional account. Why do you need to change names if you are not up to mischief?
• Do not add anyone to a group without asking permission
Need to add someone to join a group? Invite politely and get consent, like in real life. If you invite them and they deny it would be quite a bummer!
• Do not post Google Images
Images need to have a good source, and not taken from Google directly. It might mark your account as spam.
• Take a break
Posting heavily with a bunch of content together can effectively tag you as a spammer, so avoid. Do some healthy-paced posting!
• Genuine Likes and Comments
You are not a robot so it would be impossible to like or comment in someone’s post or picture in a second. Don’t act bizarre. Make sure the likes and comments are thoughtful and genuine, too much to ask for?
Last thoughts
It is imperative that getting banned from Facebook, social media or meta as a whole would call for a serious setback for an individual and business alike. But keeping the following factors in mind can help a person potentially sidestep the pitfalls and help in thriving on the platform further. Lasting success can only occur through transparent marketing, and respectfully engaging with the audience.
At the end of the day, you are supposed to have fun with your account and not act fishy, be it at . the intent of personal or business endeavours. Post away!
