Warning: You Almost got Banned from Facebook

So I know that there are plenty of examples of other people have had issues with facebook and their terms of service and their quick draw to ban people. I have read all these sad stories of people being banned from facebook for no reason at one time or another. Which makes it so sad that today I almost became one.

Forty or so folks added me as a friend on facebook because of Darren’s list of bloggers who use facebook over at Problogger. Well since submitting my name to that list, I decided that I wanted to keep my facebook connections to just my close friends and family. So I was sending each of these forty folks a note to tell them that, and to tell them to find me on twitter or here at my blog. 16 facebook messages into what is a long process of writing individual notes, I got a warning.

Yikes. I guess a warning is better than an automatic boot.

So, that said, I guess I have to wait a while before I get back to the remaining 23 folks. Anyone at facebook able to help me send my notes without getting banned from the best online tool since sliced bread?

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Luke Harvey-Palmer says:

October 27 08 at 7:50 pm

Thanks for getting in touch with me via Facebook! Touchy bunch aren’t they? I had similar problems recently with LinkedIn…so appreciate the issues!

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Joe says:

October 27 08 at 7:54 pm

Hey Luke! They are quite the touchy bunch. VERY Touchy. I guess its better than getting spammed every 10 seconds. My wall has recently been getting spammed, so I feel good they are staying ahead of the game.

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Greg Jones says:

October 28 08 at 12:05 am

You should just suck it up, like a man….you did facebook wrong and you should be banned.

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Joe says:

October 29 08 at 8:52 am

Greg~ Do facebook wrong! That is awesome. If that was the case on all web apps, I would be banned from a ton of them!

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