Ok, I know some here don't use FaceBook, but I'm sure just as many do. Also, I know this isn't the world's biggest issue, but I just find the whole thing strange. You've probably noticed that there are a bunch of ads daily on FB for obviously counterfeit USPS forever stamps. The ads will offer rolls of 100 stamps for $18.95 or $22.95 or some other ridiculous price. Current first-class postage, as you probably know, is 73 cents. That would make a roll of stamps $73.00. These ads try to pass these stamps off as legitimate. The Post Office never discounts stamps, and the only discount I've ever seen on stamps has been an occasional business that sells them for maybe a couple of cents off just as a come-on, so people come onto the business and buy other stuff, and even that's rare. My point on this is that one of FB's rules or policies is no advertizing illegal stuff. Also, they have algorithms that key on certain words or other aspects to, in effect, hunt down posts and stuff that doesn't adhere to their "community standards". Some of these algorithms go to ridiculous lengths or standards, like putting someone in FB jail for mentioning shooting an animal as a violation of their "community standards" as cruelty to animals, even though it was posted on hunting page. And they seem to be able to do this within minutes of it being posted. So, my question is, why can't they do this with these counterfeit stamps ads? Anybody with half a brain can figure out they're fake stamps, so why can't FB's fancy algorithms find these and delete them? Do you think FB is possibly getting a cut of the money the gullible are paying for these stamps?
Considering that US Postal Inspection Service is not subject to laws forbidding 'entrapment', it's possible this could be exactly that.
