I want to Thank everyone who stepped in and asked FB to review our site.... The issue was finally worked out Saturday afternoon and we were placed on the white list so the algorithm will leave us alone...
FB took us out Monday and as far as I can tell it was related to someone else's post that had our domain and a photo of our "Make Pool Great Again" hat. Her post was removed and when she reposted we were blacklisted and her post was removed again.... The other possibility floated by a FB tech is that the algorithm thought that Outsville might have been a term for outting members of the LGBT community without their consesnt...
They never could tell me what it flagged but they could tell me that we had not been reported for anything on any of our accounts and none of them had "notes" so it was not anyone being vindictive or trying to play PC police....
It has opened my eyes that our decision to stay small has to be revisited. I like being able to make small changes as more pro players use our products and give us feedback.. This has kept us from looking to larger retailers like Seyberts and Pooldawg since I don't want anyone stuck with a bunch of inventory and "there he goes changing chit again". That will change 3rd or 4th quarter more than likely.....
Hope all of you are doing well and shooting them straight... We have a few things coming but man R&D is slow going right now as we are staying busy.. Who knew if you started a pool and billiards company you likely would never have much time to play the game after that =)
Thanks again =)
FB took us out Monday and as far as I can tell it was related to someone else's post that had our domain and a photo of our "Make Pool Great Again" hat. Her post was removed and when she reposted we were blacklisted and her post was removed again.... The other possibility floated by a FB tech is that the algorithm thought that Outsville might have been a term for outting members of the LGBT community without their consesnt...
They never could tell me what it flagged but they could tell me that we had not been reported for anything on any of our accounts and none of them had "notes" so it was not anyone being vindictive or trying to play PC police....
It has opened my eyes that our decision to stay small has to be revisited. I like being able to make small changes as more pro players use our products and give us feedback.. This has kept us from looking to larger retailers like Seyberts and Pooldawg since I don't want anyone stuck with a bunch of inventory and "there he goes changing chit again". That will change 3rd or 4th quarter more than likely.....
Hope all of you are doing well and shooting them straight... We have a few things coming but man R&D is slow going right now as we are staying busy.. Who knew if you started a pool and billiards company you likely would never have much time to play the game after that =)
Thanks again =)