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Facebook bans adafruit ‘s Ladyada… Facebook finkd « Adafruit Industries

36 points| mikecarlton | 8 years ago |blog.adafruit.com | reply

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[+] reustle|8 years ago|reply
What a bizarre post...

Copying it here

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Facebook banned our founder Ladyada. Nothing public, just trying to log in and manage our company page. We reached out to the people including the CTO, no reply, so that’s that.

[ screenshot of "content not available" fb error ]

11 years ago, Limor was doing electronics, Mark Zuckerberg was doing other things. 7 years ago, same thing.

[ screenshot of what seems to be zuck joking about ugly people https://imgur.com/a/K9M4y ]

2010 
Zuck: "I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS
[Redacted Friend’s Name]: What? How’d you manage that one?
Zuck: People just submitted it.
Zuck: I don’t know why.
Zuck: They “trust me”
Zuck: Dumb f*cks"

[+] jsjohnst|8 years ago|reply
> screenshot of what seems to be zuck joking about ugly people

I wonder if that’s the case? The blog post was made on a Tuesday just after the times shown and the screenshot references being drunk. Could be coincidence, but maybe not?

[+] kakarot|8 years ago|reply
Yeah, I was really confused by that. Good call, it will probably be removed or edited later.

Maybe someone's been drinking behind the keyboard again?

[+] jsjohnst|8 years ago|reply
Does anyone else get the feeling this was potentially a drunk post? The incoherence and rambly nature make me think the poster was potentially intoxicated when posting.
[+] ghostbrainalpha|8 years ago|reply
Why would Facebook ban this person? What it is a Ladyyada?

There is very frustratingly little information on this article.

[+] oldmanpants|8 years ago|reply
Ladyada is the founder of Adafruit. Adafruit is a company that sells hobby electronics, micro controllers stuff of that nature. She has a bit of a following in that diy community from her articles and videos.
[+] j_s|8 years ago|reply
Follow up in two days, this seems like an overreaction.

Ask HN: Why does FaceBook insist on attaching business account to personal one? | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15492981 (Oct 2017, 8 comments)

>thisone: once I try to access anything in the dev pages, my account gets locked, I have to submit a photo, wait two days, my account is back

[+] davidkuhta|8 years ago|reply
Agree with this being a bizarre post.

On an unrelated note, be sure to check out the unique and awesome captcha they use at the bottom of the page!

[+] ProAm|8 years ago|reply
When you play in someone else's yard don't be surprised if one day they ask you to leave. FB is not your property, you're a guest and they can kick you out anytime they'd like for any reason they'd like.
[+] r00fus|8 years ago|reply
Facebook however is has near-monopoly status in social networks.

FB would probably rather regulate themselves than be deemed "a public good" or "necessity" and have someone else do the regulating.

[+] pavel_lishin|8 years ago|reply
The profile linked to in the blog post loads for me currently...
[+] mplewis|8 years ago|reply
Her profile loads, but you'll notice you can't add her as a friend, follow her, or view any associated content like comments or likes. I think this indicates Facebook has banned the user, but I might be misinterpreting stuff caused by her privacy settings.