Well apparently somebody did something, they got their accounts back!

You can use this thread to celebrate.

W00t!

Mucho thanks to bunnyfire for starting that group and the various people who joined.

Luckily, our accounts are back and while I don't believe it was the Facebook group was the sole reason (there were an interesting private message or two), I am astonished and grateful to everyone who pitched in and gave me and my wife a hand. It warms my sometimes too cynical heart and left me smiing from ear to ear about how nice people can be.

Thanks and hugs to all!

wb Brandon. Glad it worked out even before I got through both threads :)

This incident has me wondering how many people have vital business data on Facebook that would be unrecoverable in a similar event. This may be something an entrepreneurial type would want to explore.

I messaged the AskMeta thread over to Facebook using their Suggestion box- glad to hear that it all worked out for good!

Pretty sure they're not going to like that I signed up as Middle Class Tool. Ah well, it's not like I ever go there anyway.

Though it is stunning to me how many people from my past, like high school, have friended me, even though my name is nowhere on my profile.

I find it funny that the issue was that they needed "real first and last names," yet your notification was only signed:

Jackson
User Operations
Facebook

Jackson WHO? Jackson WHO? Are you even REAL?

Hey, Brandon. Glad you and your wife got your accounts back.

It's a little troubling to me that one company should have that much power over people's communication. Now, I don't have an account myself and, in all likelihood, never will. But it is important for a lot of people out there, for business and networking and such.

It's almost like having your telephone service taken away from you. It seems that important to people.

Again, it's a little troubling.

See, another reason to not use facebook. As if we needed any more.

Too late- Facebook is #1.