Fixing the holes
Tuesday, 7 February 2023 10:33![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
maugornOne of my more-distraction-than-comforts filling in the gap from missing FB is sorting and decluttering. Between decades of neglect and the mess of the addition and other renovation, there is SO much crap to sort, re-sort and fix. I'm doing a lot of that. And with the amazingly convenient extra swap space/buffer in the new addition (now that it's done), I'm able to do that alot more effectively and with incredibly less impact on the ordinary life stuff.
But first, a bit of catching up. For close to three weeks now, I haven't had access to my FB account and have zero idea when or if that will ever be fixed. It got hacked and accessed remotely. Whomever did that then tried to friend someone I have no idea of, and then (or simultaneously) posted no less than NINE highly offensive, dangerous, hate filled things or links or (something - I never got to see past the thumbnail), that looked like pro (ISIS) propaganda- terrorist stuff. I got the notification of the remote login (several, in fact), but as I was going through all of the steps that my very panicked brain said I should do- changing my password, banning the non-friend, I never got to the point where I could see the offensive crap and delete it... before the account was shut down. BAM! I honestly can't blame FB for that, but the fact remains that I (ME!) did not post that stuff and so after I was trying to go through what looked like steps to make things right, request a review, etc, I have been shunted to a screen that essemtially says "You disagreed with the decision to suspend your account and so now we have to review it and if you don't pass the review, the account will be permanently deactivated". With some helpful intercession, I managed to gain *just* enough access to delete (hopefully) the offensive posts. However, that has not changed the status of things and that stern, ominous sounding screen is still ALL I can see if I try to log into FB as me.
Time is apparently ticking down to some deadline where the account will be automatically shut down. I have a bit more than a week before that happens. It's also unclear whether it's just my account that will be shut down or ME who is now "off" of FB, with no apparent course for recourse or appeal.
Why is that such a big deal? Well, it just is. If I lose my FB account, I lose contact with a lot of people; A LOT OF PEOPLE. Sure, if I get a new account, I could build all that back up, but I also lose photos, tags to photos, writing I haven't archived, access to lists I used as publicity for my gigs and (now also) webconcerts, contacts for gigs, contacts for potential gigs, on and on and on. It's a setback; a MASSIVE SETBACK, that could not have come at a worse time as this time of the year is when I line up a lot of my paying work. I have other avenues for some, but not all, so I have to do workarounds. Building it all back up will take time AND there WILL be things permanently lost, some of which WILL be work related.
So between work and other things, I am NOT one of those people who can just walk away from FB, clap some dust from my hands and claim that I won't miss the time sink of arguing with idiots and endless cat pics. I USED FB for a lot more than that, and I enjoyed the extended contact.
I also missed a place where longer and deeper posts were more normalised, which *had* been LJ back Before The Black Ships Came and everyone fled here. I had been intending to move my LJ over to here, and this latest crap just reminded me that I was past due to do it.
In the meantime, there is LOTS that needs doing, and LOTS of neglect to undo. I resent seeing this as an expanded opportunity, but I will take it nonetheless. My future self will no doubt thank me for it, as will Sonya. But just as with all to many other times that I've fixed things and stubbornly put one foot in front of the other to get past the wreckage of yet another stupid setback, I don't have any pollyannaish notions of making lemonade from lemons or some shit like that. The stuff has to be done, and while getting more done is good, this is not a Good Space. I won't look back from the future and see me having been done any favours right now. If you comment, please, PLEASE refrain from saying that.
But first, a bit of catching up. For close to three weeks now, I haven't had access to my FB account and have zero idea when or if that will ever be fixed. It got hacked and accessed remotely. Whomever did that then tried to friend someone I have no idea of, and then (or simultaneously) posted no less than NINE highly offensive, dangerous, hate filled things or links or (something - I never got to see past the thumbnail), that looked like pro (ISIS) propaganda- terrorist stuff. I got the notification of the remote login (several, in fact), but as I was going through all of the steps that my very panicked brain said I should do- changing my password, banning the non-friend, I never got to the point where I could see the offensive crap and delete it... before the account was shut down. BAM! I honestly can't blame FB for that, but the fact remains that I (ME!) did not post that stuff and so after I was trying to go through what looked like steps to make things right, request a review, etc, I have been shunted to a screen that essemtially says "You disagreed with the decision to suspend your account and so now we have to review it and if you don't pass the review, the account will be permanently deactivated". With some helpful intercession, I managed to gain *just* enough access to delete (hopefully) the offensive posts. However, that has not changed the status of things and that stern, ominous sounding screen is still ALL I can see if I try to log into FB as me.
Time is apparently ticking down to some deadline where the account will be automatically shut down. I have a bit more than a week before that happens. It's also unclear whether it's just my account that will be shut down or ME who is now "off" of FB, with no apparent course for recourse or appeal.
Why is that such a big deal? Well, it just is. If I lose my FB account, I lose contact with a lot of people; A LOT OF PEOPLE. Sure, if I get a new account, I could build all that back up, but I also lose photos, tags to photos, writing I haven't archived, access to lists I used as publicity for my gigs and (now also) webconcerts, contacts for gigs, contacts for potential gigs, on and on and on. It's a setback; a MASSIVE SETBACK, that could not have come at a worse time as this time of the year is when I line up a lot of my paying work. I have other avenues for some, but not all, so I have to do workarounds. Building it all back up will take time AND there WILL be things permanently lost, some of which WILL be work related.
So between work and other things, I am NOT one of those people who can just walk away from FB, clap some dust from my hands and claim that I won't miss the time sink of arguing with idiots and endless cat pics. I USED FB for a lot more than that, and I enjoyed the extended contact.
I also missed a place where longer and deeper posts were more normalised, which *had* been LJ back Before The Black Ships Came and everyone fled here. I had been intending to move my LJ over to here, and this latest crap just reminded me that I was past due to do it.
In the meantime, there is LOTS that needs doing, and LOTS of neglect to undo. I resent seeing this as an expanded opportunity, but I will take it nonetheless. My future self will no doubt thank me for it, as will Sonya. But just as with all to many other times that I've fixed things and stubbornly put one foot in front of the other to get past the wreckage of yet another stupid setback, I don't have any pollyannaish notions of making lemonade from lemons or some shit like that. The stuff has to be done, and while getting more done is good, this is not a Good Space. I won't look back from the future and see me having been done any favours right now. If you comment, please, PLEASE refrain from saying that.
