Today, I was going to share a blog post about a PhD supervisor getting a Cameo message from James Marsters (Spike, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) via a student as a token of gratitude,1 only to find…that our Facebook page had disappeared.
“When this happens,” reads the messages on the page that-would-normally-be-our-Facebook-page, “it’s usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it’s been deleted.” I did none of those things. In fact, I also noticed the profile associated with the page has vanished too. What makes this event especially bizarre is that I received no notification of any violations, nothing.
Ironically, this coincides with another post I shared on my personal profile today before discovering this mess: an update on a petition decrying Facebook wrongfully disabling accounts.2 I’m not kidding. And why did I share that link? Because my personal account currently has a week-long restriction from commenting. Why? You tell me. Facebook hasn’t. Once again, no notification, nothing.
I’ve sent Facebook Support a message about my possibly-removed page, but let’s say I’m not exactly holding my breath considering their track record of rarely ever replying to anything. Absolutely deplorable. An absolute clownshow. No wonder people are flocking from the site.
- Sam George, “A Message of Thanks from the Buffyverse,” Blog, Open Graves, Open Minds, February 1, 2026, https://www.opengravesopenminds.com/critical-thoughts/a-message-of-thanks-from-the-buffyverse/. ↩︎
- People Over Platforms Worldwide, “56,000 Supporters Stand Up Against Wrongfully Disabled Accounts,” Change.org, February 1, 2026, https://www.change.org/p/meta-wrongfully-disabling-accounts-with-no-human-customer-support/u/34262608. ↩︎
