Blogger meets George Orwell

 I opened blogger today to discover several emails from a very hyper oversight team at blogger, who insisted the posts at talk stephen king violate their community standards.  Of course, these are really old posts, that mostly link to other sites.  And none of it violates any community standard.  which explains why after that set of crazy emails, I got another set of emails saying to never mind, they had reevaluated their censorship of my site.

What had the post done that so deeply violated ther "community" standards?  They wouldn't tell me.  Just a link to a giant list of things that could get you banned.  None of which were present in the content they were upset about.

Oh, and they are upset about my daughter holding a up a Stephen King book in the bookstore.  Really, which community guideline does that violate?  Really?

So I'll take the blog down. And probably a lot of other people will takes theirs down too.  Because I suspect America isn't spending a lot of time reading blogs.

7 comments:

  1. I'm so sorry to hear about this frustrating experience. It’s maddening when platforms flag harmless content, especially without explanation.
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  2. Blogging used to feel like a way to build community, and now platforms like Blogger seem to be sabotaging creators.
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  3. Don’t let this get you down too much. Your voice is still valuable, and there are better platforms out there.
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  4. So Blogger can’t explain why your post violated their rules but reversed their decision anyway? Makes no sense.
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  5. It’s frustrating when content moderation fails and creators suffer. Keep going; your content matters.
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  7. Clearly, platforms need to do better at understanding their own guidelines. Stay strong, and keep sharing your work!
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