My Facebook introduction was inauspicious. About 15 years ago my husband had been sent across the country by the national bank he worked for to effect a software merger with a local company. I went with him for a couple of months. He started a Facebook account for me to keep in touch with home.
Right away, a gal at his work had just gotten Facebook too, and she sent notifications of everything she did from the moment she awakened ’til bedtime. I was not impressed. It was annoying and there’s no way I would use it in that fashion. A few years later a couple of college, even high school friends, had found me and sent vacation, family and pet photos. My Canadian family sent event photos occasionally.
I gave it up for years until the Navy Captain who married us died and the only way I could reach his son was by private Facebook message. Years later, about two years ago, I think, I was in touch with him privately again, after his mom died.
Now, I’m temporarily in a small town in Texas keeping busy doing some volunteer work. The town recently lost its only print news, and only gets national news through either Dallas or Oklahoma. One brave soul started a Facebook page to keep residents apprised of local events such as the Saturday Farmers’ Market being cancelled last weekend due to potential rainstorms.
I forgot my sign-on (yahoo or my current one?) and tried a couple of passwords, finally signing on thru Apple ID. They asked me some really strange stuff, like demanding a selfie. Then they said they’d review what I’d sent at their request.
Next thing I get an email saying that my account is permanently disabled because I didn’t follow community standards, moreover I’m not allowed to request “another” review. Huh?
I’m no hacker, just an old lady who likes an old-fashioned blog to share cooking tips and promote democracy through subversive means such as promoting access to voting. And in my volunteer work, my next effort is jump-starting reading with kindergarteners and first graders at the local elementary school, and in my spare time I’ve been caring for a rescue dog for the past several months. On facebook, nothing controversial, ever. More dog photos than anything else, as I recall.
What’s up with Meta? I’m preparing to go through their review procedure, but it requires me to send the offending text with an explanation and apology. What? I couldn’t even get online to read the local news! the only words I wrote were my email address and password. Any ideas? It’s not exactly that I’ve Mark Zuckerberg’s number in my Rolodex, folks. Any ideas would be welcomed. Cheers! Dee
Cooking with Dee 