A local group banned me for posting about a city council vote, so I started my own page

Our town's Facebook group had a rule against 'political talk' but they only enforced it one way. I got a 30 day ban for sharing a link about a new zoning vote that would raise property taxes. Instead of fighting it, I made a separate page called 'Plain Talk [Town Name]' with clear rules about facts over feelings. In 4 months we got 800 people, more than the old group's active users. The key was letting people post links and data without fear of a random mod deleting it. Has anyone else had to build a new space from scratch after being pushed out?

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hannaho521mo ago

That part about "facts over feelings" is a good start, but it can get tricky. Even data can be picked to support a feeling. I saw a zoning map once that left out the flood plain lines, made a whole project look way better than it was. Your new page sounds like it's working, just gotta watch that the facts are the full picture.

evan_dixon671mo ago

Read a study last year where they found like 40% of public data sets had missing info that changed the whole story. It's wild how common that is.