I figured this would happen eventually. When I changed my phones last, the two factor authentication didn’t carry over, and it refused to input the codes or anything. (Bleh.) It used to be that you could confirm a login with a logged in device, and that’s what kept my accounts alive until now.
They’ve taken away the ability to login with a logged in device.
So, that’s it. I have access to facebook on one device… that can’t build ads or do anything of that nature. So, the ads were shut down. I can kinda-sorta post, but it’s unpleasant at best.
As such, I won’t be interacting much on Facebook anymore. If you want to come say hi, please swing by the blog. I’ll leave the connection with the blog up for as long as I feasibly can, but facebook is refusing to accept my passport (my fucking PASSPORT) as identification, and they’re refusing to inform me as to why. While chatting with me on my own fucking email address.
So, yeah. Sorry about that.
Here are ways you can keep in touch with me:
Discord is the best way to keep in touch, as I’m on it almost all the time. The server linked is with other fans/readers of my books, so you can always find like-minded folks to talk book shop.
I don’t bite too hard.
If you want first crack of news, I highly recommend that you join (as a free member) my Patreon. (The other Patreons will be going extinct in early 2024, as soon as Grave Affairs releases and I have fulfilled my promise to give members of the “per novel” Patreon those books. (I cannot change the price of the books, and with the books costing more to produce and are generally becoming longer, it’s fiscally not going to be an option to keep that Patreon. Sorry.)
So, yeah. Their system for verifying accounts is ridiculous, and well, if I can’t log in with my desktop, that’s all she wrote, folks.
In good news, Patreon is going well, read alongs are being consistent, and it’s a general hopping place, so if that’s your jam, hooray! If not, that’s also hooray!
As for Ream, I have four novels queued in, and the read along is chugging through the first book of the set. In six months, I expect a hefty chunk of the Witch & Wolf series will be on it.
If you use facebook to follow my news, I highly recommend that you subscribe to the blog using the box at the very bottom of the post. (WordPress handles sending you the emails so you don’t miss any news.)
So, I guess out with the old and in with the new, and time to pivot and see what I’ll do next.
And well, if someone at Facebook sees that… is THIS enough proof it was me? Ooooooy.
Wishing you the very best in this world of our home mad.
Hi. I don’t know if you know about this, but Bluesky says it needs an invite code, or I can join their wait list. I’ve joined it, but I don’t know how quickly that goes. It sounds like they are closely curating the community. Which!I think is a good thing.
I’ve enjoyed your commentary on Facebook, but if they don’t believe the US government’s word on your identity, they have issues. Not to speak of cutting themselves off from your ad money.
I don’t get on discord much, but I’m adaptable. But I enjoy the read along on Patreon, and the ask anything posts a lot.
Just another reason Facebook sucks. Have a good evening.
Rebecca
Yep! bsky is a baby social media network, and they’re load testing the servers, making sure their moderation all works, and slowing growth. I got the invite from a friend, so hopefully the wait list does not take long.
And so Farcebook continues to make itself useless, with one ‘improvement’ after another. It has been suggested that a fortune awaits anyone who decides to create a new website like the facebook that once was.
Using Discord is, for some reason, not intuitive for me. I get discombobulated whenever I try to get around on it, so I guess I’ll find most of what I see from you on Patreon.
Best of luck with your continuing battles with farcebook.
I recently had my purse/phone stolen, and quickly realized how limiting the two factor verification process is. I replaced the phone the same day but the whole ordeal made me realize I needed more flexibility on verification. I then tried to modify all my critical accounts so I could verify via email instead of a phone and found that about half of them refused to give me that option. I couldn’t even add my spouse’s phone as an alternate verification number. It was maddening! How have we gotten to the point where trying to protect ourselves online has turned into yet another runaround hassle? No wonder many people don’t even bother to try.
Yep. Phone-based 2fa is really not wise. I like how Apple does it. You have to log into your apple id, and then you have to confirm through email if you don’t have another device that can verify. They have ways of unlocking the account and the customer service willing to help you.
FB? Nope. I suspect I was talking to an AI the whole time, and that the only reason it was a problem was because the AI is fucking stupid af.
Hi!🎃. BSKY wants an invite code.
You need to join the waitlist.
I love reading the chat in discord but can’t comment, as I can’t remember my discord name or password, and can’t sign in. Mostly, this means I realise what I wanted to say wouldn’t be helpful and was better left unsaid.
I find this so weird as I just got a new phone and I had no problem adding my Facebook. I dont really know that I had to put in my password. I just logged into my Google account and then pretty much everything that had a password was set. I’m sorry you’ve been having to deal with that. But Facebook drives me crazy and I’ve been trying to get away from it anyway.
Yeah. This is not a new phone issue. I did my phone a year ago, and it “imprinted” everything correctly on it. This is just FB being ridiculous. And that’s fine, they’ve lost an advertiser… and that’s that. They didn’t want my advertising dollars, so that’s just a them problem at this point.