It baffles me that Meta can’t stop these scams when they occurs on its own messaging platform.
If you manage a Facebook page then you’re used to receiving scam messages telling you your account is about to be deleted. A typical message looks like this:
We have detected that your Facebook page has been schedule for permanent deletion due to a post that violates intellectual property rights [or impersonation, et al].
If you believe this is a misunderstanding, we kindly ask that you file a complaint to restore your page before we remove it from Facebook.
The messages try to get you to click on a link to submit a request to stop the page cancellation.
I found it humorous when I received a message from Meta this week telling me to “make the most of your messages.” It encouraged me to “Respond to more messages”:
Your response rate is the percentage of messages that you respond to. We recommend you respond to at least 80% of all incoming messages.
OK, but what if 99% of my messages are people impersonating Facebook?
What I don’t understand is how Meta can’t detect these scams on its own messaging system and block them. It’s obviously a problem for Facebook if its page owners are getting duped.





Ed Zitron of Better Offline has written/podcasted extensively on this. Short answer: they don’t care and just want “number go up” over all other. He did a dive into the number of “Facebook Support” groups and it’s heartbreaking. And reported to Facebook repeatedly yet they take no action.
Thanks for this – do you mind including a link?
You can read at https://www.wheresyoured.at/were-watching-facebook-die/ or if you want to listen it’s at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/were-watching-facebook-die/id1730587238?i=1000656591205. Ed is a guy who really loves tech, owes his life to tech, and is miserable seeing how bad big tech is today on so many levels. It’s a really great podcast.
Thanks
What does meta do?
Do they grow food so we can eat?
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