Grrr… FB post was deleted from a ’Group’ (8 posts)

  • I posted a link to a blog, the ‘Group moderator’ then deleted it. Now,  do I address it & post something on the group wall like this ->

    You deleted my post? I thought FB was supposed to be engaging, a virtual party, with conversation. Not a group full of just one person selling their product… read through your posts – you are the only person talking at your party & you tell everyone else to shut-up.

    Or do I ignore it? Leave the group? Advice please! I don’t want to start a FB war, but I also think it needs to be addressed.

  • Hi Sherry (@ursa),

    Does this group have a TOS document (terms of service)? If they do, is linking to your blog contrary to the TOS? If they don’t have one, or if they have one and this wasn’t addressed, then absolutely, I would ask. 

    Heather

  • @ursa, I’m not sure if the same is true with groups, but I know that Facebook has been a little temperamental lately with pages – one time I’ll look and the most recent post added (a photo with introductory comments) will be there; the next time I look, it’s gone.  It’s been playing hide and seek with me now for close to a week.

    Without knowing the nature, content, and ground rules of the group or what the blog post was about or what inspired the share/post, I’m not sure that any answer you receive here can be a fully informed one.

  • @clusterwebdesign – They have no TOS & thank you for your reply :)

    @hjelliott  – No, it’s not a FB issue. All the posts in the group are advertising for his company, only he adds @ Michigan, or @ Minnesota, etc. before he copies & pastes the same ad

  • Well,  @ursa, that being the case, it sounds as though the group is more of a self-serving one, at least for the group moderator, and s/he is not likely to “get” your objections. 

    I can’t imagine you’re getting much out of the group, but getting confrontational with the group moderator is not likely to get you anywhere.   Instead make an inquiry, something along the lines of:  “I know Facebook has been acting up lately, at least with pages, where posts appear and disappear.  So I just wanted to check and see if, from your end, you were able to see the link to the blog that I posted earlier but now am not seeing in the group posts.  Do you have any idea what happened to it?” 

    Depending on whether s/he responds and the nature/tone of any response, then I’d decide whether I wanted to reach out to others in the group and/or quietly leave the group.  Taking a confrontational approach is not going to help you gain any ground, but maybe subtly helping him/her see and understand that “playing nice” would better serve their objectives … 

    If they don’t get it, then participating in the group or trying to engage toe-to-toe with the moderator is not a worthy investment of your time and energy.

  • If it is obvious that the group is self serving for the moderator just leave the group – the more people that leave the less of a group he will have ;-) .  There are plenty of groups out there and why waste your time and energy being negative – If you can’t find a group of like minded individuals then ask your Facebook friends that are in the same field/arena as you to add you to some of their favorite groups and see if you feel more comfortable in those groups….chances are you will feel like ‘home’ in a great group in no time. 
       Be sure to read the terms of the new groups before posting though.  Eden R

  • I’m sure if you post something like that @ursa, it will be deleted and isn’t worth your time.  There are plenty of groups that are more into collaboration.  I think that having a posting guide is great for groups so people know what types of things are acceptable and what types of things the group considers spam.  I doubt that the group is very effective for this person since they aren’t allowing any other conversation.

  • @andrea-vahl@edenrudin@hjelliott@clusterwebdesign -Thanks, I left the group. Something freaky happened, whether it had to do with the person that started the group, idk. I was on the group page looking through it & a chat box popped up that I had 24 hours to change my password – it took me to an outside site & wanted my email pass, etc, etc. Related to that group, idk, but I feel safer out of it.


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