Facebook PhotoBot Goes Rogue

Two facilitators of Facebook pages related to WNBR Houston have recently received temporary bans from posting, commenting, and various other activities on that platform. The reason given has to do with violating community standards for nudity and sexual activity. For the record, none of the photos we have posted contain actual genitalia or nipples not involved in breastfeeding, and there is certainly no sexual activity depicted. We were in the process of removing any photos that might cross the line when the ban-hammer came down.

Other users of our acquaintance have noted that the Nipple Police algorithm has been far more active than we have ever seen. It doesn’t mention anything about individuals actually reporting offending photos or pages; however, for the first time in WNBR Houston’s nine-year presence on FB, our content has attracted some unwelcome attention from said Nipple Police.

Sometimes the messages do not even point out which photos are problematic; sometimes they do. However, even after deleting the photos, we get messages accusing us of violating standards.

We also don’t know at this time whether other WNBR pages and groups are feeling the heat. If such information becomes available, we will pass it along here.

Henceforth, anything WNBR-related that has even the potential of offending the PhotoBot will be posted here. Once our privileges are restored, we can still announce rides and other events. Mostly, however, we need to get this whole show off Facebook, except for posting links to this site, and move the content here.