Facebook hates women
Ok I’m seriously at my wit’s end. I’ve sold out shows in York the last couple of years with a fair bit of ease so although I wasn’t planning a larger-scale tour this year I figured when the opportunity came up I’d accept a date there.
My new show is called “bitch” and, as ever, it’s about lots of things but one of the key reasons it’s called that is because I get called “bitch” so much online, including on Facebook, Twitter, Insta and YouTube. I’ve tried reporting these messages and over and over the social media sites, including Facebook, have told me that the word “bitch” doesn’t breach their community standards so they can’t do anything about it.
Of course, as ever, when I share the ticket link to my show Facebook shows it to only a tiny handful of people – we know they deliberately hide ticket sales links because they want to force you to buy advertising. I’ve tried just sharing it in groups and so on but finally this week I decided to give up and just spend some money making sure people who want to come to the show know that it’s on.
I wake up this morning and my advert still isn’t running – the show is Friday so I’m pretty annoyed about this. I chase them up for an answer and…
…seriously I COULD NOT MAKE THIS SHIT UP…
…apparently the word “bitch” breaches their fucking community standards. Now it does. When it’s my show title, when I’m trying to give them money, when I’m trying to discuss the abuse I get and reclaim the vile insults that get thrown at me.
So I’ve got less than half my tickets sold for Friday and I can’t even pay to let people know the show is coming to York.
If you know anyone in York please ask them to get a ticket for my show and come along and please like and share this post if you can cos I have a strong feeling I’m not going to do much touring for a bit after this.
Too bad it’s not York, NE. I could go then. I’m tempted to buy a ticket even though I can’t go, and tell her to give it to someone who can.
Some days all you can do as look at the screen a splutter in frustration.
I’m going to try to make it. We have a very busy and complicated weekend, but depending on trains there’s a good chance I can get there. A slightly smaller chance I can get back again, but I’ll burn that bridge when I come to it.
“Bitchez be mad… u mad, bitch?” – Facebook to Kate.
I have my ticket!
It should be a good gig; I’ve seen her live before and she was outstanding. Plus she’s always brilliantly furious on those awful Sunday morning faith shows. Looking forward to it.
latsot – brilliant. As you know, she won’t be boring!
Mmph. I was typing that as you posted so now my “as you know” looks deranged.
Well you weren’t wrong.
York’s only an hour away so it would be stupid not to go, really. I’ll probably skive off work at lunchtime and spend some time in the city. It’s changed a lot since I lived and studied there (christ, was that really the 80s?) and I don’t visit nearly often enough.
Excellent. I’m envious. (That’s the thing about that part of the world over there – such a colossal overabundance of cities towns and villages one could profitably spend an afternoon in. Mooching around cities towns and villages is my favorite thing to do even here.)
Truth.