What do you do when your Facebook page is Unpublished?

[Zippy-Bungle]

The page in question has been there for about 5 years and has about 80 followers. It is for a business that sells steel plate (B2B) and everything is totally compliant with Facebook T&C as far as I can tell.

It's been unpublished with the statement "Your Page has been unpublished and it cannot be published again."

We did an appeal about 6 weeks ago and heard absolutely nothing....

Generally we got no likes, no comments and reached about 20 people with each post. So I am lost as to why we were banned and lost as to what we do next

It's fine if they want to unpublish - it's their site - what's frustrating is the arbitrariness, the lack of information as to why it was banned and lack of communication. It's fine if it's a spam site (except if you are a spammer) but I'm selling boring steel plates.....

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[MoosaHemani]

Ok, there could be multiple reasons that include the violation or their T&C and more. I have checked the picture you have attached and it says the button “Learn More”. My advice would be to check and see what exactly has gone wrong and what possible options you have to fix the problem.

As far as the B2B businesses are concern, facebook is not really an ideal social platform where they should engage as their targeted audience is normally not available there.

I know my answer is not actually helping you but I would be glad if it gives you a hint towards the right area.

[Zippy-Bungle]

Thanks Moosa. That didn't give much insight at all - generic babble

"Sometimes, we place limits on Pages that don't follow the Facebook Pages Terms. For example, Pages that post spam may be unpublished, or the Like button may be disabled on Pages that deceptively get likes. These limits apply to activity coming from the Page, not to posts other people make on the Page.

If you believe your Page received limits by mistake, please let us know by going to your Page and clicking Appeal below the limit's description at the top of your Page."

So in my case with so few followers - 95% of which I know personally - it is really not obvious.

But totally agree with what you say about the total pointlessness of FB for B2B.

[EricaMcGillivray]

It's pretty hard to say why a page has been been banned from Facebook without actually hearing back from Facebook. Here are a few common reasons why pages get banned (some which obviously don't apply to your brand):

• Straight up scams
• Hate or bigoted content, such as neo-nazi groups
• Running contests through your FB page, not through the approved FB app
• Running contests to get "likes" to your page
• Your FB fans reporting your content as spammy or otherwise irrelevant
• Copyright violations
• Promotion of the sale of pharmaceuticals
• Promotion of online gambling without prior permission from FB