This Is Pretty Ironic
This just made me laugh. I am now blocked from sending messages on Facebook due to what they call an “overuse of the feature”.
Being admin on a 130,000+ member group means receiving loads of messages every day, and I have done my best to answer every single personally.
I guess it was time for me to take a break or something..
“Facebook has determined that you were sending messages at a rate that is likely to be abusive. Please note that these blocks can last anywhere from a few hours to a few days. Unfortunately, we cannot lift the block for you.
When you are allowed to resume sending messages, keep in mind that it’s possible to run into a block based on how many messages you send and how fast you send them. It’s also possible to be blocked when either starting a new message thread or replying to a message. Lastly, deleting old messages will not allow you to send more messages. In the future, please proceed with caution to avoid hitting the limit again. Please be aware that further abuse of such features can result in your account being permanently disabled. ”
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yojibee on February 24th, 2009
I feel at least one blog post coming up..
Facebook’s groups still have a long way to go before they can be used as such.
yojibee on February 24th, 2009
The limit is 5000 messages, but I don’t know the time frame.
When you administer a group with 130 000 members 5000 messages isn’t much.
Vincent H. on February 24th, 2009
Maybe the deal is that too much Facebook may be considered as selfabuse? At least now you got an excuse to ignore some of the messages you recieve. What’s their limit anyway, do they say anything about that?
påljoakim on February 24th, 2009
Been there, done that. I think I was allowed 10 consecutive messages before I got a warning, thus having to setup a web page in order to share 100 Spotify invites.
Since you’re already in the game – maybe you should create the group “Group creators who want to send unlimited messages to group members”?