I apologize for our absence in the mean time!
As you probably know, this group was banned (permanently suspended) which halted all activity.
The group was impetuously banned for using automation scripts to essentially run the group (bots), and although not all bots are bad, the group was thrown under the bus regardless.
The group was banned in the early weeks of January in which I promptly sent a repeal.




This is the repeal I sent on January 19th:
Hello,

I am writing about group accounts of mine that have been suspended.
Case 1: Happybirthdaygroup
claimed reason: COC Section 1.12
Appeal: In this journal management claims that " While we allow scripts and add-ons (provided they're not malicious or have a detrimental impact to the site)". COC 1.12 claims "spam" however FA itself doesn't define what it considers spam, so i'll reference wikipedia's definition.
the birthday group published daily journals containing users birthdays as well as a birthday shout to their page, after which the previous days journal was deleted. This does not classify as spam since: A) journals/shouts are not ads. B) journals are not comments, shouts, or notes, C) users voluntarily register themselves, therefore page shouts are NOT unsolicited D) i had permission from admins via notes that this system was ok.
Addendum: please take second to acknowledge this groups intentions as positive to the community AND does NOT "put an undue burden on the site and our resources or which has a negative impact to other users."

I was finally told the ban would be lifted on Feb 24th with this email from FA:
... Likewise, I have lifted the suspension from your BirthdayGroup.

Is there anything else I can assist you with today?>

-FA Appeals




However the group remained banned for months after the message.
At this point, because my life was pretty hectic at the time with graduating college and searching for a career, I had given up hope that this account would ever become unbanned. So i shutdown the server and called it a wrap.

It wasn't until today that someone noted me that the group appeared to be unsuspended, and to my amazement, it was!

ANYWAYS
We're back now!
Luckily I backed up the server on my personal computer before I pulled the plug, so everyones birthday information is still saved.
It's going to take me a bit to set up a new server and have everything operational again.
Until then, the birthday add flash application on the front page will not work and the group will not post any birthday journal or shouts.
Since i'm pretty busy right now, it might take me several days at the most to build the operational server.

Until then, feel free to leave a comment here on THIS journal if you'd like to add your birthday.




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