24/03/2023
#17 GENERAL INFO ABOUT FACEBOOK:
How can a post in a private group get removed without it showing up in the Admin logs?
I’m taking a detour with all of this and posting some general information I’ve learned. If you are an Admin or Mod, you may want to take note of this.
There are 2 ways a member can report a group post.
Option 1:
The most commonly known way is for a member to use the Report Post Option. This post would then get seen my Admins and they would make decision on whether to allow the post to stay or not.
Option 2:
The less known way is for a member to use the option to Report to Facebook (Mets) directly. This option bypasses the logs for the group, the mods and admins and the person reporting the post remains anonymous. I only have experience with my post being reported directly to Facebook as spam using the option to “Report Spam”. That post, depending on content, is immediately removed. Nobody gets any notification when it happens, not even mods and admins.
Then, approximately 24 hours later, fb sends a notification to me, the original person that made the post, that the post violated community standards for spam.
The person that anonymously reported the post to Facebook as spam also gets a notification. That notification can be deleted very quickly and easily.
This type of post reporting is not good for any group. Facebook policy says they may delete a group if this happens enough.
There is a misconception that a groups admin log will see every deleted post and this is absolutely FALSE.
If this is confusing, pm me and I can use my own group to experiment with you to show you the difference.
The pics below are not official FB posts and I haven’t taken the time to find the official policy in Facebook rules. I know this is factual information because I researched it thoroughly when it happened but never expected to need to share it.