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Re:Facebook activated my dormant account and won’t let me de... by drusepth on Monday March 27, 2017 @08:00AM (#13966926)
Hey, sorry. I edited my comment to clarify shortly after posting it, but I imagine you probably loaded the page in the meantime and responded later.

I run ads on Facebook for several Facebook pages and additionally promote their posts (using the per-post boosting) fairly regularly.

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Re:Facebook activated my dormant account and won’t let me de... by koolba on Monday March 27, 2017 @09:02AM (#13967316)
Okay that makes sense. I thought it was from the perspective of a John Q. User who has a Facebook account.

In your example though the Ads are the product you're paying for. Not the Facebook account that is purchasing them, though I see how they're inherently linked.

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