Operation Rango: Facebook Shame
Somewhat Vapid on the Tracks
you guys, i’m still blocked. Facebook hates you, but they hate me more. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE stop sending me add friend requests, friend suggestions, etc. i can only message some of you for the next 20 days, not even 1/2 way through my sentence for being popular and having balls enough to ask for requests from famous people with whom i share common friends and an equivalent or superior Klout score
the fact that there is a ‘sentence’ at all should be a red flag to you. ??basically: it’s the most punitive, disgusting software i’ve ever used, and they have total disregard for their users. all i did was push the Add Friend or Accept button they showed me, and now i’m punished again for the for the 4th time in as many months, although the other 2536 requests were fine, 4 dudes were like ?? so now its HE’S A SPAMMER, SEE!!!!. no accountability, no justification, just shut down and forced to check a box conceding i’m either a filthy spam whore or an asshole incapable of reading, not sure which because i didn’t read it. thank you Facebook. does it feel good to be sheriff? did you have a mean daddy or something? i like how the word ‘social’ is baked in, accept that it isn’t. what assholes. i’m not a spammer, this system is pathetically broken, and you’re seriously ill if you think an organization with a policy of not responding to user emails is functional and healthy. imagine that policy at Walmart or Target, or Denny’s, and then get over yourself.people, consider alternatives. facebook’s lame, seriously guys, get a clue. it’s myspace with glorious shame, the joke of a thousand generations. they censor, they punish, they give you one link in blue and white and demand money to show it to the other 75% of your finely cultivated friend’s list, and their leader is a notorious brat but everybody follows him because he was somewhat cool before he got rich. but you know what? he was boring and had a trust fund when was born with that silver spoon rammed in his mouth. he just got rich too young and can’t manage his power, and quite frankly doesn’t deserve it. but that’s his lesson to learn.
facebook: i hate you, too. but kind of like plagus and rango, i still need you even though we both hate each other. i’ll never call you back about your inquiry to work there, but i’m going to call some attention to your most ridiculous and heinous policies on the air over at Audioburger Blast and in print on their related stream at The Audio Burger, and you can either maintain the status quo (lame, 75% myspace already) or listen to me and the folks that get it, all the names you see here every day. collectively we represent millions of people and deserve a voice and some accountability.why? i can do a lot of things but i can only do one thing really well: be cool. that gives me the authority to make this finely honed public relations announcement:(clears throat, pretends to be fancy)this whole policy of blocking is just bullshit. we need accountability, and an end to stealthy countermeasures. just grow up, and post our friend status on our walls. you can invite this many people. you’re allowed to invite this person or you’re not. but certainly stop showing us links that will punish us, even after we’ve been blocked and insulted and forced into some arbitrary concession of shame.this post contains no links because if it did, facebook would bury it and demand money. i can literally think of dozens of ways to make money off the largest social graph in the history of computing without outright demanding it. that’s just weak.
i promised my girlfriend i’d be more positive this weekend, but i just tried to send a message and got blocked. and now all i think of is one word. this is the word:
moo. mooooo. mooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Addendum: 12/27/2012, from my Facebook post:
since there’s no way to find out how much longer your blocked for, i just tried to hit the Add Friend button to see, someone suggested by Sumptuous Sign named Larry McGreg. thanks to Facebook for creating the most punitive, condescending social networking application ever. all i wanted to know was “how much longer”, kind of like when i wanted to know “how many friends can i add today”. but instead of just a simple solution like posting the number on your wall, i got slapped again. and there’s no recourse, no appeal, no contact information. imagine if Walmart did that, the arrogance is profound. this was the message:
You’ve continued to send friend requests to people who don’t know you, even though you’ve been warned. Sending friend requests to people you don’t know personally is against Facebook’s Terms and could be considered harassment. If you don’t change your behavior, you could be permanently blocked from sending friend requests. Learn more.
The block will be active for 10 days and 20 hours more.
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