Recently I posted a short video of actor Denzel Washington talking about how Satan will leave you alone if you aren’t bothering him. Conversely, if you’re doing something right, Satan will do his very best to interfere. It turns out that Satan’s best might turn out to be very effective. Earlier this morning I received this rather ominous email/warning from Facebook:
Greetings The God Conclusion,
We have received numerous reports against your activity and the content you have published violates our rules.
Reports sent proof that your advertisements, posts or the overall fanpage activity violated Facebook Policies regarding third party intellectual property rights and based on our policies robotic growth of followers, sensitive content, human rights violators, animal rights violators or even the smallest copyright infringements should be prohibited and permanently punished.Referring to these claims which target you as the fanpage representative your page has been set up in the deletion process and it requires immediate attention.
We try to stay as transparent as possible with all of our customers henceforth compliance with the Facebook Policy is required to ensure a quality and brand-safe environment for Facebook’s users.
Please check your website activity closely and if you think this is a mistake, appeal in the form as soon as possible.
For appealing and more information on the status of your website follow the link below:
https://facebook.com/100310942791795Contacting us too late, respectively more than 48 hours after this email is received might not be taken into consideration.
Sincerely,
Facebook Team
If I had any doubts about the nature and seriousness of the threat, those were satisfied when all of my previously approved and running advertisements were rejected. As of this moment, my Facebook page is basically on life-support, and someone is ready to pull the plug.
Clicking on the link in the email wasn’t terribly helpful, as the only cryptic message it offered was this:
Your page has been scheduled for review after violating Facebook Terms. If we don’t hear from you within 48 hours, your Facebook page will be automatically unpublished.Repeated violations could lead to your Page being deleted. Learn more about this policy.If you believe your account was reported by mistake, submit an appeal by visiting your support inbox below:https://meta-new-88843.herokuapp.comRegards, Media Operations Team Facebook.Lenna,—————–Case No. 62046597XXX
The words “unpublished” and “deleted” are attention-grabbers, that’s for sure. What would be amusing about all of this nonsense is that nothing I’ve received gives me any sort of clear explanation for why the Facebook page is suddenly in peril. I don’t know “who” reported the page (meaning which unhappy atheist decided to complain to Facebook) but I know WHO is ultimately behind this potential setback: Satan, the Prince of Darkness himself, not to be confused with Phil, Prince of Insufficient Light.
Ironically, all of this fuss is about a book that currently is grossly underperforming when it comes to sales, especially when compared to the popularity of the Facebook page. I’ve gotten well over 7,000 Facebook likes, but sold fewer than 700 books. It’s not like I’m asking people to buy a $10,000 painting, either. At the moment, it’s still a six-dollar ebook, but the ebook price will increase next month.
So, what can be done? At the moment, not much. I’ve appealed the ad rejections, and hopefully a human being will intervene and restore sanity to what seems to be an insane problem, because I’m fairly certain that I haven’t violated any of Facebook’s policies. However, it remains a distinct possibility that all of my time and money spent on this intense marketing effort will ultimately go to waste, and I will be shut down because of an anonymous complaint.
There’s only one thing that anyone could say or do at the moment that would make me feel better: you could buy a book. Ideally, you would buy one of mine.
You could even buy The God Conclusion, if you really want to upset Satan.
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