Early this morning Facebook did something to apparently large numbers of groups. Their names were deleted and changed to “group title pending” (you find a lot if them by doing a Facebook search) and you no longer get updates from them and they no longer shiw up in your list of groups. I had it happen to several of my groups (some with hundreds of thousands of members) and it seems to be a very widespread issue
So who knows what’s going on. Mistake? Hack? Intentional enshitification?
I did some searching, and I’m surprised that this is not being reported or cited in any of the normal news media. It strikes me as kind of newsworthy. Even though I’m not on Facebook.
If you think we made a mistake, you have until December 20, 2025 to appeal.
Clicking a Review Details button took me to a page that suggested I had violated every standard. There was no button or link for an appeal.
I went into the Instagram account. It wanted a phone number, which I grudgingly provided. I reloaded, and suddenly received a pop-up that essentially said, OOPS! OUR BAD! WHOOPSIEDOODLE!
I don’t know if this is a related phenomenon or just Instagram trolling for my phone number. Either way, unimpressive.