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What is happening on Indeed and Facebook? | Facebook

Michael Newton — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 03:53:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: What is happening on Indeed and Facebook?
Poster: Michael Newton
Post title: Facebook

Welcome to the wonderful world of cancel culture. "Does not comply with community guidelines"; "does not provide context"; "does not fit the narrative"; etc., etc.

What is happening on Indeed and Facebook? | Two guesses regarding Facebook/Meta

Traductrice_SG — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 03:04:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: What is happening on Indeed and Facebook?
Poster: Traductrice_SG
Post title: Two guesses regarding Facebook/Meta

First - Facebook is weird about duplicate accounts, and they use an algorithm to detect duplicates, so you can't just use a different email and get away with it (already tried - not to catfish, just to keep my personal and business networking separate without having to tediously adjust the privacy settings). You absolutely cannot have multiple personal profiles, so if you used a second personal account to open the business pages, even if your other account was created years ago and barely used, or if the algorithm falsely suspects you of having a duplicate account because there's someone else with the same name and birthdate as you, it may have frozen your account for that reason. I'm not sure about the rules regarding duplicate business accounts, but they also may have decided that one of your business pages was spoofing the other due to similarities in the pages and frozen your whole account. Most of this detection is done via algorithm, not human eyes, so you may be automatically suspended even if it would be obvious to a person that you aren't doing anything sketchy.

My second thought is that you could have been reported by enough people to be automatically suspended without a human review (and thus without a concrete reason). Most of the translation agencies that advertise in public Facebook groups are scammers, so if you posted your jobs or services in any of those or if your paid ads automatically appeared in any of them, you may have been reported by overzealous people who assumed you were also a scammer. And as mentioned above, your account could have been hacked and used for spamming or other activity that was either reported by humans or detected by an algorithm.

What is happening on Indeed and Facebook? | Possible hacking/misuse?

Jamy Balys — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 10:54:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: What is happening on Indeed and Facebook?
Poster: Jamy Balys
Post title: Possible hacking/misuse?

Sometimes it happens to Indeed and Facebook. That's too bad - it's never fun when something like this happens. I'm familiar with the situation - it's happened to me before, too.

What is happening on Indeed and Facebook? | Possible hacking/misuse?

Katalin McClure — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 11:49:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: What is happening on Indeed and Facebook?
Poster: Katalin McClure
Post title: Possible hacking/misuse?

Is it possible that your device is hacked, or has a virus and/or your login info to Indeed and Facebook (and possibly for other apps/sites) is used, without your knowledge for activities (such as spamming) that is indeed against their policies? (Sorry for the pun.)
There are many apps that allow you to use your Facebook login for their app, but some of them are fraudulent and their sole purpose is to steal your login info.

[Edited at 2022-10-11 11:50 GMT]

What is happening on Indeed and Facebook?

Eduardo Lecea Elizondo — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 22:08:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: What is happening on Indeed and Facebook?
Poster: Eduardo Lecea Elizondo

I am a freelance translator and I also manage a translation company. I recently posted an ad on Indeed requesting freelance translators from other countries to join my company's translator team.

On the first day my ad was a success. Twenty-five freelance translators were interested in collaborating and submitted their resumes for review.

On the next day, when I tried to log in to Indeed page, I knew that Indeed suspended my account and I could not post anything more on that platform. The explanation was: “Your account does not comply with Indeed's policies.” As much as I reviewed the policies, I could not find anything that was against them. I submitted an appeal and they promised to respond by e-mail within 48 hours. I did not receive a reply and again, requested reactivation. They responded that my account was not acceptable to Indeed and that this decision was final.

Something similar is happening to me with Facebook.

In my Meta account I created two pages for my company. One for the head office in Brazil and another for the branch in Mexico. I paid for two ads that started to work very well, one targeting the Mexican audience in Spanish and the other targeting the Brazilian audience in Portuguese.

Facebook suspended my account this morning. The reason was the same as on Indeed: "Your pages do not comply with the Facebook's policies."

I immediately went through their "policies,” and I could not find any violations.

I have already made an appeal. Before to send it, a pop-up window warning you about that the decision will be final.

All this leads me to think that these companies are no longer allowing micro-entrepreneurs to advertise or offer jobs from one country to another. Until recently, there was no problem in advertising or soliciting collaborators. Now, when you search for groups or people, they are limiting the results not only to your country, but also to the city or locality where you live.

What is happening? What is the reality behind this virtual "prison" that does not allow free communication outside your location?

#Twitter #hashtags for the #translation industry | long ago

herry zuk (X) — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 23:26:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: #Twitter #hashtags for the #translation industry
Poster: herry zuk (X)
Post title: long ago

[quote]Anne Diamantidis wrote:

Hey Romina,

Thanks for sharing the info!

I'd like to add a few more industry hashtags as well:

#t9njobs for translation/localization/interpreting jobs
#xl8marketing for marketing in translation
#xl8SMM for the social media marketing in translation Twitter chat

Have a great day!

Anne
(@ADiamantidis on Twitter ;) ) [/quote]

wow! how long ago it was ... now twitter uses hashtags, I don't have time to figure out what is relevant and what has already come out of the discussion ... nevertheless, it is very pleasant to look at and remember those times of twitter

Interesting article on Social Media Addiction | Nothing lasts forever on the internet

Viesturs Lacis — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 11:44:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: Interesting article on Social Media Addiction
Poster: Viesturs Lacis
Post title: Nothing lasts forever on the internet

Looks like the original article was published by what was little more than a short-lived blog, or possibly an aggregator service. The domain itself gets re-registered from time to time for various purposes. For example, according to the Wayback Machine, in 2013 it was being used by some restaurant in Florida.

Interesting article on Social Media Addiction | Not available...

Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 11:27:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: Interesting article on Social Media Addiction
Poster: Giovanni Guarnieri MITI, MIL
Post title: Not available...

probably because the original post is from 2012! ;-)

Interesting article on Social Media Addiction | Hmmm

Tom in London — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 08:58:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: Interesting article on Social Media Addiction
Poster: Tom in London
Post title: Hmmm

Interesting article on Social Media Addiction | Article not available

Paul Dixon — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 13:47:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: Interesting article on Social Media Addiction
Poster: Paul Dixon
Post title: Article not available

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Tente executar o Diagnóstico de Rede do Windows.
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Your help is needed! Survey about freelancers email usage | Same here

Paul Dixon — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 13:39:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: Your help is needed! Survey about freelancers email usage
Poster: Paul Dixon
Post title: Same here

Same here, 'deactivated by the owner'.

This is a lack of respect - as the 'deactivated' message only came AFTER an explanatory message and AFTER I had answered the first question (about whether I had a dedicated e-mail for business use). The best solution would to be to present the 'deactivated' message when the potential respondent clicks on the link, BEFORE any questions are answered.
And further to previous answers, two more oddities were absorbed by one of my bilaterally situated visual organs (caught my eye, in other words): 1) No photograph and 2) strange link address (business tariff non-user). Why not use your name or at least the name of the project, possibly: freelancersemailusage.questionpro.eu

Your help is needed! Survey about freelancers email usage | So…

esperantisto — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 17:37:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: Your help is needed! Survey about freelancers email usage
Poster: esperantisto
Post title: So…

I clicked the link only to discover that:

This Survey has been deactivated by the owner.

Very arrogant of the topic starter not to update the thread. I will ignore this person's postings.

Your help is needed! Survey about freelancers email usage | ... and you are ...?

Mervyn Henderson (X) — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 13:54:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: Your help is needed! Survey about freelancers email usage
Poster: Mervyn Henderson (X)
Post title: ... and you are ...?

Maybe I'm wrong and thousands upon thousands of us have already done our bit and filled in the questionnaire, but I've got a feeling not many people are going to click on a link from:

Anke Radek. Blank profile. Joined forum, June 2020, so either today or yesterday. Based in the US, but "EU" domain on link.

Can't see the point, Anke. Is there a prize?

Your help is needed! Survey about freelancers email usage

Anke Radek — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 06:55:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: Your help is needed! Survey about freelancers email usage
Poster: Anke Radek

Hello everyone,

I'm currently writing my bachelor's thesis and I would highly appreciate if you help me by filling out my survey. This survey is about freelancers usage of email services in the US.

Click on the following link to take part!

[url removed]

Thank you very much in advance.

FB account for SALE | You don't say 😒

Fatine Echenique — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 01:04:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: FB account for SALE
Poster: Fatine Echenique
Post title: You don't say 😒

[quote]David Hop wrote:

I even don't support to buy someone accounts. But rather you can create your own. Though it will take some time to grow and connect with more people. [/quote]

I am speechless...

Buying established accounts is meant to deceive people and usually scam them.

And yet you're being pretty nonchalant about it...

FB account for SALE | Lots of people sell fake accounts!

David Hop — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 07:50:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: FB account for SALE
Poster: David Hop
Post title: Lots of people sell fake accounts!

I even don't support to buy someone accounts. But rather you can create your own. Though it will take some time to grow and connect with more people.

FB account for SALE | Quite common

Sonia Ordóñez — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:34:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: FB account for SALE
Poster: Sonia Ordóñez
Post title: Quite common

Apparently, it's quite common. Take a look at this link:

[url removed]

FB account for SALE

DZiW (X) — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 07:15:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: FB account for SALE
Poster: DZiW (X)

A friend of mine told me that his colleague was offered some $50 for the obsolete FaceBook account which he had not been using for a couple of years. While the prospect buyer agreed all photos/contacts be removed and the name changed, he didn't want to explain the reason behind such a shady deal.

But what's the point? Any precedents?

Proz on Linkedin | @Colleen

Robert Rietvelt — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 12:53:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: Proz on Linkedin
Poster: Robert Rietvelt
Post title: @Colleen

[quote]Colleen Roach, Ph.D. wrote:

Robert: Someone else also posted something recently on a Linked In translators' forum almost identical to yours, asking "are the moderators sleeping?" (I don't know if that was you and I can't recall if it was the PROZ site). I check pretty regularly about 3 or 4 translators' forums on Linked In (not just Proz) and they are all pretty much the same -- literally. Full of the same ads for various companies offering seminars, conferences, etc. + ads by individuals advertising themselves. Every once in a while someone gets scammed and there's some advice offered, or an interesting article to read, but that's fairly rare. Just the other day, in fact, I was thinking about these ads/commercials on Linked In and concluded that commercialism in all of its guises has pretty much taken over the translation profession. [/quote]

Yes that was me, but I didn't get a lot of response, so I decided to ask the question again, but this time on this forum, in the hope that at least one of the moderators will wake up. :-)

Proz on Linkedin | Okay...

Samuel Murray — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 11:32:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: Proz on Linkedin
Poster: Samuel Murray
Post title: Okay...

[quote]Colleen Roach, Ph.D. wrote:
This is the URL: [url removed] [/quote]

Okay, so I tried to sign up for it now.

It's got around 80 000 members (I wonder if they were all added individually by a poor sleepless moderator). There are also 7 moderators (some of them ProZ.com staff). The group is first mentioned on the forums in 2010 (Romina), at which time there were "over 11 000" members. I get the impression the creation of this group was part of ProZ.com's marketing team's decision to create a page for ProZ.com on all major social media sites, when it was the in-thing to do.

I'll have a look at what's going on there as soon as my join request is approved.

Proz on Linkedin | A Spruce Goose

neilmac — Fri, 28 Dec 2018 11:03:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: Proz on Linkedin
Poster: neilmac
Post title: A Spruce Goose

LinkedIn is a waste of space. Surely I can't be the only one who finds it irritating to keep receiving links in my e-mail inbox which, once clicked, expect me to jump through additional hoop of signing in again before I can see the latest frippery.

Proz on Linkedin | PROZ URL on Linked In

Colleen Roach, PhD — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 16:02:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: Proz on Linkedin
Poster: Colleen Roach, PhD
Post title: PROZ URL on Linked In

Samuel: this is the URL: [url removed]

At the top of the page it's listed as "Professional Translators & Interpreters (Proz.com)

It's listed as a "Standard group."

I can't recall, but I think you have to sign up for it.

Proz on Linkedin | All Linked-In translators forums the same...

Colleen Roach, PhD — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 15:58:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: Proz on Linkedin
Poster: Colleen Roach, PhD
Post title: All Linked-In translators forums the same...

Robert: Someone else also posted something recently on a Linked In translators' forum almost identical to yours, asking "are the moderators sleeping?" (I don't know if that was you and I can't recall if it was the PROZ site). I check pretty regularly about 3 or 4 translators' forums on Linked In (not just Proz) and they are all pretty much the same -- literally. Full of the same ads for various companies offering seminars, conferences, etc. + ads by individuals advertising themselves. Every once in a while someone gets scammed and there's some advice offered, or an interesting article to read, but that's fairly rare. Just the other day, in fact, I was thinking about these ads/commercials on Linked In and concluded that commercialism in all of its guises has pretty much taken over the translation profession.

Proz on Linkedin | It is called "Professional translators and interpreters"

Eva Stoppa — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 15:09:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: Proz on Linkedin
Poster: Eva Stoppa
Post title: It is called "Professional translators and interpreters"

If you search for something like this in the groups section, you may find the group. I think the name "proz" is referred to in brackets, if I am not totally mistaken.

Proz on Linkedin | URL?

Samuel Murray — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 14:58:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: Proz on Linkedin
Poster: Samuel Murray
Post title: URL?

[quote]Robert Rietvelt wrote:
Anybody visited ProZ.com on LinkedIn lately? What has happened with this group? [/quote]

I find no group for ProZ.com. There is a company profile, though. What is the URL of the group you're referring to?

Proz on Linkedin

Robert Rietvelt — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 13:57:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: Proz on Linkedin
Poster: Robert Rietvelt

Anybody visited Proz on Linkedin lately? What has happened with this group? I thought it was a discussion platform for profesional linguists, just like this forum, but it looks more like a bin for unsollicited adds and junkmail.

Just for the fun of it, have a look at the Group rules, specifically rule numer 1 and 3. Are all the moderators sleeping?

Seven Facebook myths | Well, maybe

Tom in London — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 10:11:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: Seven Facebook myths
Poster: Tom in London
Post title: Well, maybe

[quote]liviu roth wrote:

Regarding the "catastrophic" plunge of FB, here is the stock value for the last 5 years! [url removed]
[/quote]

Well, maybe you have invested in FB.

Seven Facebook myths | Tom, why should I delete my FB?

Liviu-Lee Roth — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 22:23:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: Seven Facebook myths
Poster: Liviu-Lee Roth
Post title: Tom, why should I delete my FB?

Regarding the "catastrophic" plunge of FB, here is the stock value for the last 5 years! [url removed]

Seven Facebook myths | #DeleteFacebook

Tom in London — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 08:01:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: Seven Facebook myths
Poster: Tom in London
Post title: #DeleteFacebook

Anyone who has a Facebook account should either delete it completely or at least delete all the personal information about who they are, where they live, their likes/dislikes etc.

[url removed]

Seven Facebook myths | Facebook value plunges $37bn amid data concerns

Tom in London — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 08:44:00 +0000

Forum: Social networking
Topic: Seven Facebook myths
Poster: Tom in London
Post title: Facebook value plunges $37bn amid data concerns

[url removed]