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A comment on Ask HN: Anyone getting their items removed for no reason from FB Marketplace?.

Re:Ask HN: Anyone getting their items removed for no reason ... by Mindwipe on Monday March 28, 2022 @10:38AM (#30830942)
It is crazy how dumb and basic keyword linked FB Marketplace moderation is.

Got a GI Joe figure and want to say he includes the guns? Instablocked.

Mention Netflix? Same.

Like I understand a legitimate desire to control the reselling of probably illegal acquired accounts, and of dangerous weapons. But to do it in a blocking anything with flat keywords with no appeals process? Facebook always tells regulators how clever it's moderation is, and it's as dumb as a post.

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone getting their items removed for no reason ... by chestnuttrees on Monday March 28, 2022 @10:47AM (#30831019)
I guess just blocking literal “Netflix” will cause 90% (99%?) of searches by consumers that “just want to watch Netflix” to fail. And if no one is finding scammers’ ads, maybe there will also be fewer scammers.

So perhaps the dumb approach is “effective enough”.

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone getting their items removed for no reason ... by talhof8 on Monday March 28, 2022 @11:46AM (#30831737)
Exactly.

Turns out they were deleting it because it had the word “orthopedic”.

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