08/22/2026
Dear Facebook.
I am tired.
Tired of appealing. Tired of explaining. Tired of trying to prove that the content I created with my own face, my own voice, my own story, and my own phone is somehow authentic enough for the people who watched it, but not authentic enough for your system.
You said my Page showed signs of “inauthentic engagement.”
How you came to that conclusion, I still don’t know.
For the past year and a half, much of my content has documented MY weight-loss journey. My struggles. My progress. My workouts. My food. My setbacks. My victories.
Real life. Real content. Real people responding to it.
People followed because they connected with my story. Some told me I inspired them to start walking, exercise again, lose weight, eat better, or simply take their health more seriously.
Then one day, you labeled the engagement “inauthentic.”
You stopped recommending my Page.
You took away my monetization.
You placed my earnings on hold.
My followers started disappearing.
And after taking away nearly every incentive for me to keep creating, you still have the effrontery to send me notifications saying:
“Things have been pretty quiet on your Page this week. Want to brainstorm what to post next?”
Post for what, exactly?
For the same Page you refuse to recommend?
For the same audience you say engaged with me “inauthentically”?
For content I spend my own time creating only for your system to bury it?
There is something incredibly discouraging about spending years building something organically, sharing a vulnerable part of your life with people, and then having an algorithm reduce all of that work to “inauthentic engagement” without clearly showing you what you supposedly did wrong.
At this point, Facebook, biko, free me.
If you have already decided my Page isn’t worthy of being recommended or monetized, then stop reminding me to create content for it.
Delete the Page if you wish. Mchew!
I am tired of fighting to prove that my own life is authentic.
