"Thanks, Facebook": Well, this is awkward

I was going to post the "big" announcement today, but I'll save it until Monday.

  

You may recall my post from a few months ago ... the one titled, "Frak Facebook."  Yeah.

To briefly summarize for those who didn't see it: my Facebook accounts were hacked back in December and were locked, I attempted to regain control, Meta wanted me to verify the email address and password that the hacker changed the accounts to and I couldn't (naturally), so they said they couldn't do anything about it.

So, having resigned myself to losing that nice "ety3rd" brand synergy across all platforms, I created a new author page at "ety3rdbooks" and went about trying to rebuild my audience.

Fast-forward to this morning.  Out of nowhere, I get an email ... no images, no links, no nothing ... stating, "After reviewing your appeal, your Page Edward T. Yeatts III has been published. This means it can now be viewed publicly. The Facebook Team."  Sure enough, I went to "ety3rd" and it was visible.  Yes, I had to spend the better part of an hour getting everything reconnected and whatnot, but hey, it's back.  (If I had to guess, today may have been the first time a real human looked at my problem and was able to spot the issues right away.)

So, please, follow me at

https://www.facebook.com/ety3rd/

For everyone who joined me at "ety3rdbooks," don't worry: I'll keep posting there.  Just in case.

Thanks for reading.  (Announcement coming Monday.)