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Changed my mind about being banned from a local Facebook group after a conversation with the admin

I got banned from the Oakdale community Facebook group six months ago for saying the downtown parking problem was because of too many new apartments. I thought the admin was just silencing anyone who disagreed with her. Then I ran into her at the grocery store last week and she explained she gets 40 reports a day on those posts and it was easier to ban me than moderate the chaos. She showed me her phone with 12 nasty messages from other members that I never saw. Now I run a small email list for neighbors who want to discuss local issues without the trolls. Has anyone else had a ban turn into a better way to communicate?
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patriciam22
Oh yeah, totally. I ended up starting a text thread after getting booted from my neighborhood page too.
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jenny580
jenny58029d agoMost Upvoted
Honestly that text thread probably just made the drama worse.
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