Recently, I started running some Facebook Ads for my agency.

And it got a lot of attention. (It got SO much attention that Facebook banned the ad, because of the men leaving inappropriate comments on my ad for no reason.)

It’s called being a woman in business on the internet in 2019.

And thought I’d share with you some of the down-right strange things my Facebook Messenger chatbot receives…

Because sometimes, humans are PLAIN weird.

I mean, I wasn’t expecting any of this.

Well, I did anticipate maybe a few creepers saying “hey baby” but then things took an unexpected turn in the DMs.

And, well, you can see for yourself…

👆🏼Exhibit A: This guy, who had his profile pic as the Joker, who can’t quite grasp command of the English language. But props to him for trying.

👆🏼Exhibit B: This guy, who doesn’t get the concept of a first date. P.S. I felt like this one just got out of prison or something?? I don’t know.

👆🏼Exhibit C: *internally screaming*

👆🏼Exhibit D: This guy, flexing with his truck… I just… I can’t. I mean, why??

👆🏼Exhibit E: This guy, flexing a photo of Benjamins, clearly ripped from Google Image Search.

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And then there were the comments on the ad…

👆🏼Exhibit F: This guy, who reminded me of that Senate enquiry into Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. “We run ads, Senator.”

👆🏼Exhibit G: I’ve saved the best for last! This guy, flexing with his horse. Yes, this was a comment left on my Facebook Ad.

Probably one of the reasons Facebook banned it. Some of the men thought this was Facebook Dating or something. 🙄

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So, what did I learn (apart from there are crazy people out there who post photos flexing their horse)?

1. I learned that keywords are your friends!

I created some keywords that I never thought I’d have to… including “bra, panties, stockings, pantyhose” and then creating an Action to automatically unsubscribe them.

So it went: person types keyword, bot responses with “I’m a chatbot, and my mum says I’m not allowed to date,” and then the bot automatically unsubscribes them.

2. My Facebook Ad targeting for this ad needed a little more refining.

Back to the drawing board.

3. Facebook is discriminatory.

Yes, my ad was banned, saying it was “sexually explicit” because *gasp!* my dress revealed my leg in my ManyChat award win photo (yes, I have thick thighs when I sit down, Facebook — get over it!)

Not because the men are creepers and should have been banned for leaving such comments, which triggered Facebook’s review system.

And that’s a wrap!

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