Meta disabled my account
Weird day. I’ve been in London for work, and I’ve just checked my emails for the first time today.
I discovered that, at 11:37, I had an email from Meta saying they were suspending my account due to suspicious activity, and that I had the right to appeal.
Less that 2 hours later, a second email came in saying that they had reviewed my account — apparently at my request — and decided that my account would be permanently disabled.
Sure enough, I can no longer sign into Facebook, Messenger, or Instagram. I have no idea what caused this problem, and I appear to have missed the chance to put things right (despite the first email promising 180 days to appeal).
I have super mixed feelings about this. On one hand, I have lost access to some pages/accounts for my choir, and the app I work on. I can also no longer participate in my singing-related Facebook communities, which is kind of a bummer. I have also lost access to all my conversations in Messenger; the impact of this will become clear as time goes on, but could be a reasonably huge problem. Thankfully, I still have WhatsApp.
On the other hand, I have hated Meta and everything they do for quite some time. I have maintained my accounts for the purposes described above, but I guess this gives me a good excuse to stop using their products from now on. That will probably be a net positive for my life, even if it’s slightly unexpected and inconvenient in the short term.
Weird day with a weird outcome. But there is a strange sense of relief, and I don’t find myself rushing to regain access to my accounts anytime soon.