Ask HN: How do you create a Facebook account?

by tuyguntn on 6/24/2025, 5:47:01 PM with 7 comments
Sounds strange right?

For the last 2 weeks I wasn't able to create a facebook account, because it banning all my different personal emails, including with my own custom domain and gmail emails.

How do you sign up for facebook account? Are there any humans left in Facebook?

I am trying to create an account for my business but using my personal details. How do other businesses register/create account?

  • by PaulHoule on 6/24/2025, 5:53:49 PM

    I think neither Facebook nor Instagram will let you create an account that isn’t tied to a phone. They don’t quite give a clear explanation of this.

    If I was trying to create a social media site in 2025 I’d be trying to grease the skids to make it as easy to sign up as possible, but Facebook has the problem that it probably has more people trying to create smurph accounts than trying to sign up for the first time.

  • by jqpabc123 on 6/24/2025, 7:34:05 PM

    Facebook is just attempting to do you a favor.

  • by tuyguntn on 6/24/2025, 5:49:52 PM

    I am constantly seeing an appeal screen with this message:

        XYZ, you submitted an appeal
    Check back here for the result.
    Your account is not visible to people on Facebook, and you can't use it.
    ...
    after 2 days, I see account banned message. Tried with bunch of my personal emails with different domains, on a different locations with different IPs.