Funny how things develop.
I’ve had a post removed over on Instagram for breaching their community rules about inciting violence. One of the Mugshot poems seems to habve been a bit too blatant.
On reflection, I can see that might well be the case, particularly as there is little context provided by me to place the business back in the 1920’s.
In any case, I may just pause posts from that series generally. It isn’t my intention to agitate the contemporary.
I’m made aware by events like this (there was another issue raised with one of the pieces from the ‘Voices’ collection a while back) of the power of words, but also my own naivette in simply ploughing along my own furrow without giving much thought to impacts and consequences.
Never mind. There will be some next thing, and I’ll share it in its time. If Mugshots ever makes it into book form I’ll give a shout.
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Frank Prem Poetry 
Living in a country where inciting violence seems to have become the way to solve disagreements, I find it really difficult to imagine your posts as inciting violence! Your poetry seems to me to be more reportorial than incitement of anythng other than productive thought!
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Thanks so much, Janet. The rules are strange things, differently and selectively applied in different circumstances, I think.
Liz mentioned the term ‘docu-poetry’ a few days back, which was new to me, but seems to encompass this current range of endeavours quite well.
No matter. When I’ve done enough, I’ll make them available in book form, most likely.
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I can’t help but think that events on Twitter have everybody scared — Instagram is a Facebook subsidiary, and might be victim of that!
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They may all collapse – the big early ones like Twitter and Facebook. Interesting times!
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I’d never imagined you running afoul of the social media police.
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When I look purely at content, Liz, this series is about violence and mayhem, in the main. Throat cutting and so on.
I get why that would ring alarm bells. They aren’t looking for context to make judgements against.
Fair enough – (sort of).
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I learned my lesson after being put in Twitter jail for 24 hours for promoting suicide after I answered a question about my novel-in-progress.
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We ought to get a T-shirt . . . or a meme.
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Yes, I think writers jailed by social media algorithms are worthy of a meme.
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MAybe an agent, as well . . .
Books from the baddies.
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The Zuckerberg nazi police are the same on Insta as they are on fakebook. How many times this year (4) I’ve been thrown in fakebook jail for leaving an opinion using words from the actual post that sits on fakebook. Boggles the mind. Yet, the hate speechers roam freely.
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Crazy world, Debby. In this case they own it, so bad luck me. Even their appeals process appeared and disappered in a heartbeat. I wouldn’t know where to go to ask for a review, anymore. That screen has gone.
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It’s bloody awful đŸ˜¦
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I am inclined to agree with Janet, Frank. Today I secured a note from FB stating my posts would be on the lower end of posting for 90- days, but it was not mentioned how I offended them . Yes, we might have to mind our ‘Ps” and “Qs” a little, but you are stating facts and we enjoy your work
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Such a bad person, you are, CLaire! LOL
I’m too busy to do much for the nexr week and a half, anyway. I’ll have processed what it all means by then.
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Hah I was reprimanded on FB today Go directly to jail for 90 days What is my offence? It is any ones guess You however you use facts. History is not pleasant We still enjoy your work
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Very naughty, you, CLaire! I won’t stop what I’m doing, but might think a little more before posting.
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Ugh. Don’t take it to heart, Frank. Your only mistake was to post on a medium that doesn’t really allow for context. Keep working on the Mugshots. I think they’re great.
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I tend to stop thinking about these things after a day or two, but it sends a signal of sorts that needs to be processed.
All good.
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I’m glad. đŸ™‚
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Social media can pick out the weirdest posts to make a fuss about, Frank. I was banned from Facebook for two weeks for sharing a Covid 19 cake featuring a shoe made from cake and children homeschooling.
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It all seems to be imploding at the moment, Robbie. I’m wondering what Musk is trying to achieve on twitter, and FB seems to be in bother, as well.
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I prefer wordpress. Hopefully, that remains unchanged. Twitter is the garbage heap of social media in my opinion. I like FB but they have lost a lot of value recently.
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WP seems to do the jib, I agree, Robbe.
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