Facebook blocking WordPress posts

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  jebarker · Member · Jun 7, 2012 at 3:41 pm

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  This is what I see when posting WordPress stories to Facebook:

  The content you’re trying to share includes a link that’s been blocked for being spammy or unsafe:

  files.wordpress.com

  Any suggestions?
  Blog url: http://nationalpostnews.wordpress.com/

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Jun 7, 2012 at 3:42 pm

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  There are several other threads on this issue immediately below your own on this forum. All have been flagged for Staff attention.

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  eleanorofp · Member · Jun 7, 2012 at 3:57 pm

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  None of my blog links are working either, on both of my sites. All posts I have previously shared have disappeared.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jun 7, 2012 at 4:40 pm

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  We’re sorry for the trouble!

  The block is definitely Facebook’s end, and we’re trying to work with them to resolve this.

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  ramblingsandroasts · Member · Jun 7, 2012 at 4:48 pm

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  As of 12:46 pm Eastern, seems to be partially fixed. Once missing blog posts are now BACK on FB timeline. But when trying to post link to blog post on FB page now, no photos/thumbnails are visible or able to be selected. Part of the same problem or different?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jun 7, 2012 at 8:41 pm

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  This should be all fixed up now, though it may take some time for Facebook to return to the old Publicized posts to your wall.

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  eleanorofp · Member · Jun 7, 2012 at 10:36 pm

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  Thank you for resolving the issue so quickly. :-)

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jun 8, 2012 at 4:52 pm

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  You’re welcome!

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  ohrexy · Member · Jun 11, 2012 at 2:57 pm

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  Just this morning (11 June), I clicked to see a comment a friend left on my blog post, but it said the link had been removed. I then tried to re-post it but it’s being blocked for being “spammy” or “unsafe”. I then checked the rest of my wall and saw all other blog posts are missing. This is the first time I’ve had any of these issues; it doesn’t seem as though the problem has yet been resolved. Please help!!!

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jun 11, 2012 at 7:11 pm

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  Would you please quote the full error message that you receive?

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  s0lidr0ck · Member · Jul 9, 2012 at 5:21 pm

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  “Sorry.
  The link you are trying to visit has been reported as abusive by Facebook users. To learn more about staying safe on the internet, visit Facebook’s Security Page. Please also read the Wikipedia articles on malware and phishing.”

  This is the message I get from Facebook. One minute the post worked and then the next minute it didn’t.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jul 9, 2012 at 10:55 pm

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  There will be a link in that message to report the mistake to Facebook. Please use that, as there is nothing we can do from this end.

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  s0lidr0ck · Member · Jul 9, 2012 at 11:43 pm

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  Actually that’s the entire message just copied and pasted. Interesting thing is that it let most a link to a different article and that worked fine. The problematic post has a soundcloud html5 player embedded in it. The second post is just a post with a link to an online video in it. Is there any reason that the soundclod player would make it show up as spam?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jul 9, 2012 at 11:53 pm

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  I don’t think so.

  If you remove the SoundCloud player, can you share it correctly?

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  s0lidr0ck · Member · Jul 10, 2012 at 12:37 am

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  Apparently, it was glitch in that actual post. I deleted the soundcloud plaer and reposted but it was still blocked. I reposted all of the info including the soundcloud player into a new post and then posted to FB and it worked like it should…weird.