How did you land in Facebook Jail and how to get out of it?

Whether you want to promote your business or do the most practical and popular things, Facebook is the best platform out there. However, before you properly utilize the platform, you must be aware of the site’s rules and regulations.

Knowing about the rules and regulations of Facebook would help in keeping you and your business profile out of getting blocked at some time. Even a minor issue violating the rules and regulations can result in the closure of your account.

Facebook’s rules and regulations help them to know about your participation in the social media platform. If Facebook found that you’ve violated its guidelines and rules, the next time you log in, you would be restricted from accessing your account and blocked from using most of the social features.

In case, you have got the message when you logged in, that you’ve been blocked, this post would help you know how to unblock on Facebook.

What is Facebook Jail

When Facebook suspends your account, be it a business page or profile, for violating their Community Standards, accidentally or intentionally, the term is called Facebook Jail. 

Facebook would also suspend your account if you’re showing spammy behavior, suspicious logins and you would be barred from posting or using specific features. Your Facebook account would be suspended ranging from a few days to few months.

Why am I blocked from Facebook?

There are more than a billion users on Facebook, and it becomes difficult for them to monitor every account. Because of that, Facebook uses algorithms to determine every user’s resource and feature utilization at any time.

Facebook’s engineers have developed complex code to learn how you manage, use or maybe abuse the account. Below are some of the common reasons why you’re blocked on Facebook:

• Overusing of the platform’s functionality and features.

• Copyright infringement.

• Abusive, illegal, and harmful conduct.

The internet’s bandwidth is limited, though Facebook gives you the ability to upload digital files, there are certain limits to it. As technology is advancing so is the size of the files. And if Facebook notices there is an increase in your uploading activity, you’re missing too many people and reaching too many people in a short period, they may prohibit your activity.

Facebook’s temporary blocks last from 20 minutes to a couple of days. However, you must not create too much activity on your Facebook wall, you may be temporarily blocked too.

What to do when you’re blocked from Facebook

When Facebook blocks your account, there is nothing much, you can do about it. All you can do is to avoid such scenarios in the future, we have covered that below. Even though your account may be blocked, but there is still some functionality. You would only be blocked on Facebook from the features and functionality that you’ve excessively used.

How to avoid getting blocked on Facebook

There is numerous behavior that can cause Facebook jail, besides being annoying, you can put a threat to your account’s existence. Your online behavior on Facebook determines where you would be blocked or not on the platform.

To avoid being jailed by Facebook, you shouldn’t send too many friend requests to people you don’t know about. Make sure that connect or send friend requests to people you know. When an unknown you sent a friend request to, rejects your request, Facebook asks whether they know you. If they say no, you may be marked as “Spam”.

Also, if you have a business page, make sure you don’t try to promote your business, by posting or commenting on another user’s business page. Also, don’t “like” their project.

The account users of those business pages may find the behavior unethical and may report you as “spam”. Also, make sure you never use private messages for promotional purposes, to not get reported as “spam” by the recipient.

Conclusion

Facebook is not like Twitter or YouTube where you can retweet viral videos, images, and posts. However, that thing is completely discouraged by Facebook. You get a wall where you can post for yourself and your friends. You can’t replicate and copy your wall over and over again, as that isn’t Facebook’s model.

One last tip, to avoid getting blocked on Facebook, make sure you follow Mark Zuckerberg’s rules, otherwise, you know what will happen.

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