๐'๐บ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ.
Like really surprised. Normally the alarm bells in my head would be clanging and shrieking, forcefully demanding attention.
Why? ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐: You come back from a mini-vacation that you spend with friends over the weekend. Feeling recharged you decide to turn on your phone and open the Facebook app to catch up with your notifications. It says you are logged off. Hm... strange. You could have sworn that you have been logged in since leaving for the trip. Not expecting anything too out of the ordinary you put in your login credentials.
"๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ."
What? How can it be disabled if you were literally AWAY all weekend? O.K. You get on your laptop to try logging in again. The same message pops up. By now the voice in your head is SCREAMING because your whole business was built on that one account. Breathe... Breathe... Keeping your cool you go to the Facebook website to "appeal" their decision.
It has to be a mistake right?
I wish it was.
Well, ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐: You write up an honest appeal that is written from your heart. They ask you to submit your "id" which is to be expected since they've done this before. You click on "submit an appeal".
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"No way." as the world around you collapses.
"๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ."
Gone.
Years of work, effort, and relationships flushed down the drain overnight. Your only source of leads and income vanishing in the air.
This is what happened to me.
๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป: You have to make it crystal clear in your head that FB owns ALL of your information. At any moment they can shut you down without any way of recovering.
So what can you do to avoid taking the "L"?
๐ญ) ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐๐ฝ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ!
Right NOW (seriously do this right away): Go to your "Timeline Settings", Click on "My Facebook Information" then "Download my information".
From this week onwards you want to make this a habit of backing up your friend list, posts, likes/comments, and images/videos.
Like most people, I never took that part seriously. If I had someone give me this advice I wouldn't have to start from zero.
๐ฎ) ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐๐! ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐๐! ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐๐!
Make it a primary focus to move as much of your following to your email list as possible. Social media platforms can snuff out your account overnight, but your email list is YOURS. If I had focused more on building my list things would be MUCH different. Do better than me.
๐ฏ) ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ๐!
This is more of a speculation, but I DID share links in my post that MAY have flagged my account. Although there is no way of knowing: Be careful with placing links in your post, short bio, and making any sort of big claims.
After reading the community standards yesterday FB HATES BIG CLAIMS. Get creative when using them. Their robot is very very smart. (Except the part where it disabled me. DUMB! DUMB! ROBOT! LOL)
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ: There is always a massive positive to any situation if you look for it.
Let me take a moment here to say that, at this point, you may be saying, "How could any of this be Positive? What happened SUCKS." Well, what I say is that the Universe has a way of teaching you lessons that will be for your highest good. Even when it looks like the opposite.
So why am I shocked?
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐บ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ.
It's thrilling.
And I'm more determined than ever to document this journey so you can tag along with me as we Start From ZERO!
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ: Someone once said every man's life has value if for nothing else than to be used as a bad example. Maybe that's me. You're a dumb bunny if you fol
