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How To Get Kicked Off FaceBook - Follow Their Rules
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By way of full and fair disclosure, let me state that recently my Jim Neusom, FaceBook account was permanently terminated... But I’m not a hater! As an online social activist (see MySpace From A Social Activist Perspective, on www.blackwebportal.com/wire/AuthorContent.cfm?PartnerID=57), I write about my experiences on the Web, so that others may learn of the benefits, and avoid the pit falls, of this brave new world called the Information Superhighway.
Now back to the subject at hand. If you Google, Facebook complaints, you’ll find millions, who are upset with FaceBook’s policies and procedures. It is definitely a walled garden, harking back to the early days of Apple and AOL. FaceBook is about FaceBook, and if you’re not paying…you don’t get to play. But wait a minute you say, FaceBook is a FREE social networking site…what do you mean by Pay-to-Play?
If you’ve followed any of my post, you know that I’m an advocate for Net Neutrality legislation. Net Neutrality is the basic concept that Internet users have the right to access the legal content they want; run the applications they want; connect to the devices they want; regardless of the ISP, content provider (think FaceBook), or digital platform (see Net Neutrality And You, on www.afromerica.com/columns/neusom)
FaceBook violates the principals of Net Neutrality from just about any way you look at it…Privacy, Access, Content, you name it. They claim to be a free and open social networking community that helps people connect and share with the people in your life….NOT! If you simply do nothing more then follow their written company statement (see www.facebook.com/facebook): Millions of people use FaceBook everyday to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet….You Will Be Terminated!!!
Facebook routinely terminates users for, excessive use of FaceBook features and applications such as uploading photos, sharing links, and sending to many messages to people they meet on Facebook. The only way around FaceBook’s terms of service (TOS) is to set up a fan page and pay for advertizing. And even then, whether you’re an official pay-per-click advertiser, FaceBook developer, political/charity organization Bloger,….They can terminate you at any time for any reason!
If you follow their friendly suggestions, such as poke a friend, invite them to join your Mafia Mob, or respond to a “Friend Suggestion” that FACEBOOK sent you (based on your private activity and associations)…. They will terminate you with no recourse and/or explanation. Facebook shuts down accounts of users who are exhibiting ANY behavior it finds remotely suspicious. As paradoxical as it sounds, "suspicious" often means just using the site too much! Sometimes they warn people and give them the chance to change their behavior, and sometimes the account termination is sudden and permanent..
Facebook remains intentionally vague about what "bad behavior" looks like, and so it's no wonder that people get confused, angry or despondent when they get the ACCOUNT DISABLED message. To help people avoid having their accounts disabled, Thor Muller of www.GetSatisfaction.com (a great site to vent on) listed the most common reasons why people report having their accounts abruptly turned off.
Keep in mind, that this list is almost surely incomplete, and until Facebook changes their policy to embrace more transparency and two-way communication we'll have to live with a bit of uncertainty when using Facebook. FaceBook, like MySpace, BlackPlanet, Ning, and other responsible, social networking sites should adhere to the basic principles of Net Neutrality, and allow the end user to be the finial arbitrator, as to when someone is abusing their friendship…it’s called delete em.
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13 Reasons Your FaceBook Account Will Be Disabled
By Thor Muller
http://getsatisfaction.com/facebook/topics/13_reasons_your_facebook...
**Editors Note** (Make sure you visit the link above to read the full explanations and visitor commentary)
1. You didn't use your real name
2. You joined too many groups
3. You posted too many messages on a wall or in a group
4. You posted in too many groups, too many user's walls
5. You friended too many people
6. Your school/organization affiliation is doubtful
7. You're poking too many people
8. For advertising your app on wall posts
9. Using duplicate text in multiple messages
10. You are a cow, dog, or library
11. You are under eighteen years old
12. You wrote offensive content
13. You scraped information off Facebook
You have been warned. Remember that the hand of justice is swift and merciless.
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Fearus Ignoramus – What the..Monkey Got Out ?
Have Mercy it’s Tricky Ass Tuesday; On A Mixed^up Monday
“The Virus Has Gone Earborne – they hear something and they want to believe it, they just believe it; even if it’s retarded..” – Fearus Ignoramus
The Stupid Virus
When a lab-monkey declares that President Obama wasn’t born in America, he becomes Patient Zero for a new brand of fear-based news virus – Fearus Ignoramus. We watch as the virus goes ear-borne, spreading from Rush Limbaugh to Bill O’Reilly, all the way to “twilf” Sarah Palin.
okay so now we have a Monkey who is Patient One in the Stupid Virus? Is That the Romper Stomper Character from Mad Maxx ? what is going on in this video ? so many questions,, ohhh this is making my head hurt.
What are they gonna come up with next. oh no why did I ask, when I already know that these are the folks who brought us a debate between Marijuana and Meth. Yeah..
… ContinueRacism is a seductive mistress for those in glasses houses
This lovely lady is a Nubian – which is why this song by Haifa Wehbe confuses us so much. this woman is from the same tribe that we originate from. we are all Nubians, and of many colors and hair types. not one of us looks like another. if Haifa Wehbe is a Nubian, she wouldn’t have sang those lyrics about herself. she would have known better than to be so defamatory, about herself and her family origins.
“We are one of the oldest civilizations on earth,” said Isaaq. “Instead, our image is constantly perpetuated as the uneducated doorman or waiter.”
Racism is a very seductive mistress; even for those who are products of it. Haifa Wehbe must not have looked into that date grove where she originated, very closely. Very sad indeed in 2009. a star of the stature of Haifa Wehbe being openly racist and ignorant. then thinking she can just be excused for it.
The line, Nubian representatives say, infers that members of the black Egyptian minority are monkeys.
This woman is lebanese, and that means she is a product of the Nile Valley. does she not know the truth of who originated there ? obviously not since her song belies her ignorance to her own dna and origins. She is a decendant of Nubians; thereby making her a Nubian.
Please Haifa, Get a Book and do a lil reading; it does a brain good.
| Lebanese pop diva under fire for song comparing black Egyptians to monkeys By Hadeel Al-Shalchi, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thursday, November 19, 2009 |
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| In this Tuesday, May 19, 2009 file photo, Lebanese model, actress, and singer Haifa Wehbe arrives at the 62nd International film festival in Cannes, southern France. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Joel Ryan, File) |
CAIRO, Egypt – A famous Lebanese pop singer, who normally stirs controversy for her seductive dresses and provocative dancing, has now been accused of singing a song with racist lyrics that compares black Egyptians to monkeys.
Haifa Wehbe, considered by many as one of the sexiest women in the Arab world, has the minority Nubian community in Egypt distraught over her latest children’s album “Baby Haifa” and the community’s activists have launched several lawsuits over the lyrics.
The Nubians took issue with a verse in the song “Where is Daddy?” in which Wehbe croons: “Where is my teddy bear and my Nubian monkey?”
The line, Nubian representatives say, infers that members of the black Egyptian minority are monkeys. In November, they slapped separate lawsuits on the singer, her record label and Wehbe’s Egyptian song writer.
“It may not be intentional racism on the part of the song writer, but it is still highly racist and offensive,” said Motez Isaaq, with the Committee for Nubian Issues.
Nubians come from the southernmost region of present-day Egypt, where a culture later known as Nubian first arose around 3,800 B.C. along the Nile and in northern Sudan. It was one of Africa’s earliest black civilizations, complete with an independent kingdom.
Isaaq said that stereotypes of minorities are so entrenched that referring to them in popular culture media is frequently done unconsciously.
“We are one of the oldest civilizations on earth,” said Isaaq. “Instead, our image is constantly perpetuated as the uneducated doorman or waiter.”
Isaaq alleged that Nubians are discriminated against because of their darker skin, and stressed that the community still holds in painful memory the political oppression in the 1960s, when the Egyptian government forced tens of thousands of Nubians to leave their homes and resettle elsewhere in southern Egypt, to make way for the building of the High Dam, 425 miles (685 kilometres) south of Cairo.
Wehbe has in the past tested the limits of a conservative Middle Eastern culture for her revealing outfits, suggestive lyrics and dancing.
But this time, Isaaq said the danger of her song is that it targets children.
“Kids can soak up the lyrics so quickly,” he said. “They could start calling their Nubian classmates monkeys.”
Isaaq’s group has held protests against the song, he said, and is also suing Egypt’s culture minister and the country’s state censorship board for allowing Wehbe’s latest album to be on the Egyptian market.
The Nubians want a formal apology and an end to airing the song in Egypt, Isaaq said, expressing also hope that the action would change the way other Egyptians treat their Nubian fellow countrymen.
“Egyptians have to stop treating us as second class citizens,” he said. “We are the original Egyptians and the country needs to remember it.”
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Gunter Wallraff uncovers racism in Germany; thru a White Mans’ Eyes
You Know It’s bad when a whiteman goes undercover and then says it’s bad. check out this clip, where he is applying for a flat.
Apparently he wanted to get the real “flava of bavaria” uncut. in this clip we see him getting sprayed up and then on a bus with some rather unhappy soccer fans; who are not down with his steelo.
this is more representative of what I’ve personally seen in germany when attending sporting events and you are the sole darker face. many other darker people have remarked to me over the years that they did not enjoy their trips to germany.
in the 90’s quite a few of my african american business associates remarked to me that they had experienced the same cold and differientiating treatment; because they were darker skinned. one was a senior account rep for amex who basically rejected the treatment and shut down a major account for purchases; due to their lack of sensitivity to minority contractors and associates. he cancelled their ghost card on the spot. bamm.
Clearly they just didn’t realize that He Wasn’t The One..
yeah, been there did that. never again..
… ContinueMr. Holder So Really – Whos’ Above The Law ?
What confuses us is why Mr. Holder seems unable to locate the real parties who clearly instigated and caused this crime; when they are appearing live in news venues across the US daily.
Are They Above The Law ?
the basic questions have already been answered, and we know who decided to do it. now what we need to get is the answer to why. that’s what we all want to know. it would seem logical to us that if Mr. Holder is the Attorney General; and his job is to prosecute those guilty of these crimes against the US – then he should be actively working on making it happen. we don’t see it.
The US Citizen shown in the story at the bottom; was snatched in a rendition. many of us remember the renditions and rumors of kidnappings and black prisons in third nations. apparently the US has alot of friends in eastern Africa. Ethiopia and Egypt; as well as Kenya are all showing up as partners to this gangstyle kidnapping of innocent citizens. there are rumors of others who were involved in the kidnapping and holding; of many individuals at various times, without any redress.
In Case You’ve Forgotten Mr. Holder – This Was August 24, 2009
This is why we think that each reminder we send Mr. Holder needs to now contain a time limit. this must help him to see that we have expectations and need to see this crime prosecuted. if you say you will do it, Do It.
The people being held in Guantanamo Bay in detention; who will be exported into the US to stand trial very soon, should be able to see that their trials are being held in Fair and Equally Just Courts – as those who created this farce.
Only by finally getting to the bottom of the lies and games can we finally be clear on what maniacal planning a genocide of this magnitude involved.
Today we ask - Mr Holder, Do You Need Someone with a Firm Pimp Hand to Show You How to Use It ?
… ContinueDo We Need to Get Steven Segal to Get These Ishes for ya Mr. Holder ?
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