What I've Learned

*This is my final post on my Facebook ordeal.*

On the slim chance that a reader in a similar predicament manages to stumble across this quiet corner of the Internet, here is what I've learned from the whole thing:

1. Your account is fragile. No matter how established you are, you can be banned from Facebook without warning.
   
2. The decision is not final. I got my account back 16 days after the "final" decision. Don't give up.
3. Facebook uses generic emails. You could probably just copy/paste this email, fake a correspondence using the other generics I've posted, and attach your ID pics. (This hasn't been tested, so use at your own risk.)
4. Get your friends to email. If nothing else, it'll help you find some familiar names on the admin staff to email.
5. Facebook admin likes poems. Strange, but true. There's still a lot of untapped space here; I never got into sonnets or free verse.
6. Facebook admin doesn't like contests. Or toothbrushes. I'm not sure which. Either way, don't waste your time.
7. If at first you don't succeed, try try again. Your account is only gone for good when you give up the fight.

Thank you, and good luck!

--Jeff G.