Stupid Facebook

“Warning! Your account could be disabled.

You are using this feature to spam other users. Continued misuse of Facebook’s features will result in your account being disabled. If you have any questions or concerns, you can visit our FAQ page.”

So I sent a message off to a friend on Facebook this afternoon, and the above message came up. It makes me so mad because there is no way in hell that I was spamming anybody. I was just sending a damn message to one friend, so I don’t even know how they came to the conclusion that I was spamming people.

It doesn’t even make any sense at all. The FAQ page says that maybe you were performing an action which could be construed as spam too frequently. Firstly, I have not sent a message since YESTERDAY (Sunday), so that is a load of crap. Secondly, I don’t even message people that often anyway, so how the hell can I be spamming people. Thirdly, it’s the third message I’ve sent to this person, so how can it be spamming?

Also, don’t get me started on the whole policy in general, because that is also so flawed and blatantly stupid that it doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. I mean, you’re going to penalise people for using your service? You may as well just sue them for using it then. It just seems to me a really heavy handed tactic to try and stop spamming, by threatening people who are legitimately using the service that you provide. Kind of like dropping ten tons of poison to kill one cockroach.

I suppose the blanket policy they have in place is intended to catch every instance of abuse, but their software is so pathetic that it can’t distinguish between legitimate actions like what I was doing and spam. Which is really stupid. I think they need to upgrade their software, and in short, get their shit together and stop threatening their loyal customers. Pathetic.