Well… I’ve just had a weird and quite upsetting FB experience. I guess it also reveals what an absolute wuss I am?
I’m trying to sell some Yamaha drum and cymbal hardware. I called several official UK Yamaha stockists, including the UK branch of Yamaha Drums, in London.
None of them could really help me that much. Partly cause my gear is quite old (20+ years old). But one or two of the folk I spoke to suggested I join Yamaha Drum groups on FB.
So I just joined one, called YAMAHA DRUMS Marketplace and Information. Note the last word. Ok, it also says drums. And talking hardware. But surely that isn’t the issue?
Anyway, I successfully negotiated this private groups membership questions, only to have my first post declined/blocked, and my membership if the group suspended when I had the temerity to ask why my perfectly innocent post was blocked.
The initial ‘your post has been blocked’ cited violation of group rules as the cause. I reproduce the group rules below. And also the text of my post. And I’d ask anyone reading this (that’s poss’ only me, as far as I’m aware) if they can tell me which rule I’ve broken.
So, here’s what I posted:
And here are the group rules: