Having had my own Medium stories branded by Facebook as fake news, I am all too aware of Facebook’s heavy hammer. And of the the impossibility of meaningful appeal. Speaking of reduced distribution, by the way, that’s quite a euphemism.

When Facebook suspended me, one popular LGBT-related Facebook page went from seeing the average story reach a few thousand people to reaching fewer than 20 people.

The only way to get distribution back was for me to stop contributing to the page. Which is what happened. Possibility of talking to a Facebook rep and working the problem out? Zero.

Jim