[Klug-general] [ot] website blacklisted

[nic dan]

https://www.joindiaspora.com/

looks to be an alternate, but isn't corporate publicised, so may take time to popularise
Not sure how progress is going....

Aitch :)
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> From: peter at sheppey.free-online.co.uk
> To: kent at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 12:23:08 +0000
> Subject: Re: [Klug-general] [ot] website blacklisted
> 
> HI,
> 
> I found it difficult even setting up a Facebook account. It turned out the 
> problem was because of my surname - Apps. I tried setting up a page and it was 
> removed warning me not contravene their rules again.
> 
> I still don't know what the problem was and I was even planning an advertising 
> campaign on Facebook.
> 
> I just found them extremely unhelpful and I used Google Ads instead. 
> 
> Peter.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun 05 Feb 2012 11:44:38 James Morris wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Just wondering if anyone has any experience with this. Links to my
> > site on Facebook are classified as malicious by Facebook's "link shim"
> > mentioning surbl.org. Inputting my domain name into the surbl.org
> > checker says it is blacklisted and I should submit a removal request.
> > 
> > I feel really reluctant to do so. They want my contact details, full
> > address and telephone number, email headers for 'typical messages that
> > advertise my site' sent from my sites email address
> > (james at jwm-art.net) (which is subscribed to a number of development
> > lists and arts lists), and for me to add a page to my site detailing
> > my policy regarding advertising using unsolicited emails.
> > 
> > All this over http and without any mention of their privacy policy.
> > There doesn't seem to be any other way of contacting them to discuss
> > the problem without providing all this data. They have a moderated
> > 'discuss' list but my subscription request as far as I know has been
> > ignored.
> > 
> > It's making me really cross. Seems like there's nothing that can be
> > done without submitting to them.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > James.
> > 
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