Links to Ning from Facebook blocked?

Is there a problem with Ning and Facebook? A member alerted me that links to my network from my Facebook page were being blocked with the following message:

Sorry

The link you are trying to visit has been reported as abusive by Facebook users. To learn more about staying safe on the Internet, visit Facebook's Security Page. Please also read the Wikipedia articles on malware and phishing.

I checked another Ning network I know that runs a Facebook page and they seem to have the same issue.

http://www.facebook.com/HarringayOnline

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bowes-and-Bounds-Connected/1655707968...

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Permalink Reply by Eric Suesz on June 11, 2012 at 11:30am

Thanks, everyone, for this quick reports. Sounds like we might be back in business.

Permalink Reply by BARKPARK CREATOR on June 11, 2012 at 11:35am

No phishing/malware alert.

However, the link does not create a preview of any kind in a message, it just posts the URL. Prior to this situation, a preview of the page being linked was provided.

Thanks for staying on top of this, Eric!

Permalink Reply by Patrick Chappelle on June 11, 2012 at 11:38am

Actually, Facebook has been notorious for not providing thumbnails for content every now and then. You may not have been affected before, but I know plenty (including myself) who have. I once went almost two months without thumbnails last year.

Permalink Reply by BARKPARK CREATOR on June 11, 2012 at 12:05pm

That truly stinks. Whenever I've had that experience, a simple refresh works and preview is restored. Oh, well...

At least we're all safe from malware and phishing warnings.

Great work NING/Eric on getting this resolved.

NEXT!

(I started a thread about member stores, in the event any of you groovy people have something to say on the topic...)

Permalink Reply by Ambroise on June 12, 2012 at 1:24am

I think it was a NING issue and not a FACEBOOK issue

Permalink Reply by Debby de Wilde on June 12, 2012 at 2:32am

Why would you think that, Ambroise?

Permalink Reply by Patrick Chappelle on June 12, 2012 at 10:36am

It was most definitely a Facebook issue, though Ning networks were almost certainly the exclusive targets of whatever was going on.

Permalink Reply by Ambroise on June 12, 2012 at 1:21am

I agree. The phishing/malware alert is resolved but we do have a preview issue
http://www.diigo.com/item/image/14dpl/1dgr

I'm waiting for full solution before I change my setting on http://mynetwork.ning.com/main/sharelinks/edit

For your information, with this setting, I have no preview issue
my setting: http://www.diigo.com/item/image/14dpl/0mha
no issue: http://www.diigo.com/item/image/14dpl/8j12

Permalink Reply by Ambroise on June 16, 2012 at 1:35am

This bug is fixed also :-)

Permalink Reply by Ambroise on June 18, 2012 at 11:51pm

Bad luck, the bug is back !

Permalink Reply by Janettee McCrary on June 11, 2012 at 12:20pm

Happy to hear everything is working again! When we're sure this issue is over, would you please close the discussion? My email is overflowing with posts from this thread. Thank you:)

Permalink Reply by Ambroise on June 12, 2012 at 12:57am

just unsubscribe on the email link :-)