Eureka...

[Bbbananas]

Thanks to all who tried to help me get back into my Facebook and Messenger accounts after 5 weeks’ abstinence/
banishment.
Especially Ellipsis xx

Ooh what a palava...
I’m now back on line to once again sort out the wheat from the chaff. Mostly chaff, cats and ads, but it’s nice catching up on the wheat x

[wolf63]

You talk about Cats? Must have missed that.

:-)

[Bbbananas]

It’s other people’s posts. They seem to find their way to my wall rather too frequently!!!!
(Although I have grown quite fond of one called Linus van Pelt. Great name... and cute. For a cat.)

[Ellipsis]

Great to hear! Well done, Salla ...

[Buenchico]

You've done better than me then, Bbb!

Ages ago, an online (Ukrainian) friend of mine invited me to view her photos on Facebook. I looked through a few of them but then got a message saying that I'd have to sign up to Facebook in order to see any more. So, even though I have no great interest in Facebook, I joined the site and returning to looking through my friend's photo albums. A short while later I got another message, this time telling me that my account was being suspended due to "suspicious activity".

Since then I've confirmed my ID with Facebook (e.g. by sending a scan of passport) several times and sent several messages to FB's admin. Everything has simply been ignored, so I still can't use Facebook!

[Bbbananas]

In the end it was mostly due to different phone numbers.
The first code was texted to my present number, the second verifying one for some reason was sent to my old number.
And two-factor id stuff as well. I was just about to give up on FB, but missed the messenger side of things.

[Bbbananas]

Buenchico: I sent my driving licence id about 5 times. I tried multiple ways.
FB admin after 4 weeks sent me an email to say they had noticed I had been having problems & sent a link to recover my account. It didn’t work (for the phone number problem I am now aware of).
I remained persistent until eventually they sent me a password of their own making.
It stumped my partner whose career is in computer coding & software design. He lost patience weeks ago, but I’m not a quitter !!

[Buenchico]

Although Messenger is officially part of Facebook, it seems to largely operate independently. I've been on Messenger for several years, including well before I signed up for Facebook and also now after apparently being banned from FB, without any problems.

[Bbbananas]

I didn’t realise that?
But for some reason, both were affected and locked me out. IT is not my ‘thing’.
All swell that ends swell x

[Bbbananas]

Ellipsis.. are you on Facebook yourself, or even known to myself on there (or is that a frowned upon question on here?!)

[Ellipsis]

I am on Facebook, not known to you. I don't like Facebook but have family all over the world who do like it, so it's a good way to keep in touch with them. And I have local family who are completely technically incompetent, so I'm always having to help them out.

Incidentally, Chris, from recent experience I know that you can no longer open a Messenger account without creating a Facebook account, even though that used to be possible ...

[Buenchico]

I didn't even open an account, Ellipsis. I just filled in the 'Contacts' section on my Android phone and found that anybody among them who was on Messenger suddenly appeared on the Messenger app!

[hellywelly4]

I was only thinking about you the other day. I used to enjoy your posts and was very sad when you left. Welcome back.

[Bbbananas]

Thank you helly, that’s a lovely thing to say xx