Saturday, May 9, 2009

Is Facebook Another Temple of Syrinx? - Part One

Recently and without warning, my Facebook account was suspended. I was the admin for the Facebook group, "Supporters of Rush Becoming Inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame." When I attempted to login, I received an error message stating that I had violated the Terms of Use.

I don't do much on Facebook except discuss recent events in my life and, lately, discussing this grassroots movement of showing support for inducting Rush into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The closest I have come to "controversial" is posting links to our group on other related pages and groups. I don't feel that posting an internal link to a group constitutes spamming or misrepresentation. If this is against the Terms of Use, then why does Facebook enable us to do so? In any event, if I had inadvertently violated the Terms of Use, I believe that I should have been notified first and given a chance to either stop what I was doing or explain myself.

This somewhat heavy-handed action on the part of Facebook is disappointing. Hopefully, it is merely a misunderstanding that can be resolved without me being forced to create a new account. Even moreso, I hope that this is not an attempt at squelching our effort to show support for the greatest rock band of all time.

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