Uh Oh! Your Con­tent Is Not Avail­able Error

What's up with Facebook’s Con­tent Is Not Available message?

I'm sure you've seen this, you're scrolling down the timeline or in a group and see a big message that says, "Content is not available right now."

Maybe this will help you figure out what's going on.

I'll start with the obvious tech support type question, "Is your computer on?" Oh wait, obviously the computer is on or you wouldn't get to the Facebook website :) 

Okay step 2, are you using someone else's computer or are you logged in as someone else? Make sure you are logged into Facebook with your own ID.

Seems the most common reason this message appears is the Privacy Settings. When someone creates a post on Facebook, there are settings that let the content be seen only by who they decide. Like only let a specific group of friends see those beach photos; all your friends can see the blind date post except the blind date's friends; only a few specific people who you are close with with can see your medical update. If you originally posted the message, try to edit the privacy settings of the post or media and see if that helps. 

The person changed their mind and deleted the original content but before it was deleted someone managed to share it. This happens more than you might think.

Are you blocked? When a user blocks you and a mutual friend shares their content it may be possible to see the message. Usually when someone blocks you, their profile, and status updates are hidden but we're dealing with computers and they can always get buggy.

It's also possible Facebook removed the original post for various reasons or the user's account was closed.

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Join this group if you grew up in North Miami Beach in the 1970s

A friend's Facebook status update gave me the idea to start a new Facebook group, "Growing up in North Miami Beach in the 1970s," with a focus on places and events that occurred in NMB in the 70s. There are many groups for other cities and times.  I'll try to keep the group on topic. 

Thousands of "kids" from NMB in the 1970s have shared their memories from restaurants, record shops, various pizza shops, delis, schools, sports, Haulover, and Greynold's parks.

Dozens of names I haven't heard in decades suddenly streamed across my computer.

Do You Remember any of these places... 

• Greynolds Park
• Skylake Mall
• Sandy's Drugs
• People's Gas on West Dixie Highway
• 163rd Street Shopping Center
• Record Shack, Record Land, Blue Note, Vibrations, Peaches
• Victory Park and Uleta Pools
• Figaro's, My Pi, Steve's on 164th Street

If you grew up in North Miami Beach the 1970s or are curious about "the way it was", join the Growing up in North Miami Beach in the 1970s Facebook group. Don't forget to answer the membership questions. If we knew each other in NMB, add me as a friend (send me a message and let me know you're adding me just in case I can't remember an old friend from the 70s).

  

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