I'm tired of checking to see what's supposedly a violation. I get so many of these and they're often posts that are nothing but a quote from a commentator in the NYT. But to see that the review didn't okay these pages... it's just mind-bending. I can't waste my energy dealing with this bullshit. In every case, I'm told that I've violated their policy with "Dangerous or derogatory content," which I find insulting. Here are recent posts that have been found in violation of that policy — even after review...
How did these articles get flagged? By robots or by opponents of this blog? What kind of review does Google have that would reinforce the idea that this is "Dangerous or derogatory content"?! Review by robots or by opponents of this blog? I can't imagine an unbiased human being finding all — or any — of these posts to have "Dangerous or derogatory content." It could be that I'm getting flagged for crap in the comments....I'm not dealing with it any more. So enjoy ad-free Althouse.
Well, I am going to deal with it now and in the future. I just turned AdSense ads back on. At least, Google was nice enough to offer me cake....
... yeah, Google, your AI did a nice job of knowing what I like. Cake. I like cake. But it's not yummy cake that has me coming back. And it's not the income from the ads. I realized I can use AdSense in self-defense. Google has the power to delete this blog. Whatever force caused those exasperating notifications is still out there, exerting pressure, whether I'm getting notifications or not.
As I noted in that October post, "It could be that I'm getting flagged for crap in the comments." In the comments there, Yancey Ward said:
It isn't your content that is getting flagged, Ms. Althouse, it is what we commenters are saying - they are flagging the separate blog post which contains all of the comments at the end. You just have too many of us deplorables.
I'm pretty sure that's what happened, and I gave up ads because it seemed like too much work to go searching for what might be the problem in the comments. But the mechanism for reporting abuse to Google remains. This presents a risk to me, and I think the risk has increased in the past week. So I want those notifications. I'm worried not only that Google will overdo its censorship but also that haters of this blog — of the comments section of this blog — will come in here with pseudonyms and write violent threats and racist crap for the purpose of drawing censorship down upon me.
There are various ways to deal with the problem of commenters who are here to hurt me, and some of them are too labor intensive. Some of them would diminish (or destroy) the flow of the comments. The comments at their best are phenomenal, and I'm very happy with the good commenters and have greatly appreciated their company these last 17 years. (Bloggiversary #17 is tomorrow.) But one thing I can do is to put the ads back up and then use the notifications to identify the comment threads that have something Google sees as a problem. Then it's a limited task to look for what needs to be deleted.
I delete comments without prodding from Google when I see threats of violence. I delete comments with the "n-word." I probably have a standard that's close to what Google is identifying, so I'm going to accept the help from Google now. I can't read every comment on every post — there are close to 4 million comments on this blog — but I can comb through the comments sections on posts where I get a Google notification. Google is getting vigilant about material that I don't want either — and, of course, I don't want a festering problem that I cannot see and that is undermining the existence of this blog.
And that's why there are ads on this blog.
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I wonder if they were there before, but I just didn't see them. LOL. Sorry ad people. I have trained my eyes to avoid you all the time.
Someone asked why it is that even though the lefties have won everything, they are still so unhappy. I think it’s Imposter Syndrome. They know it’s not real, it’s fraudulent fool’s gold. And they’re afraid it’s going to vanish like a mirage in the desert when they are found out.
"I wonder if they were there before, but I just didn't see them. LOL. Sorry ad people. I have trained my eyes to avoid you all the time."
I can ignore them when they're on the side. But between posts is just too jarring to ignore.
"At least, Google was nice enough to offer me cake...."
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Weird,I got an ad for a pie, a Pecan Pie.
Roughcoat said...
""Midsommer" was a terrific movie. Seriously disturbing, and horrifying. Not sure, however, that the group portrayed in the movie should be categorized as a cult."
Being "so openminded your brains fall out" is how they get you:
Look closely at the books the black guy's studying to research them - they're Nazis.
I got uBlock Origin months ago... no ads since. Easy, Free what more needs be said?
"Weird,I got an ad for a pie, a Pecan Pie."
LOL
If you missed the calls for violence by people like Achilles, Qwinn, doctrev, Jim at, Shouting Thomas, and others, well I can’t help that.
You're a fucking liar.
I have not once called for violence. I've simply pointed out - countless times - if you leftists continue down this path, violence will be the response.
Pointing out simple history to a moron like you isn't calling for violence.
"Weird,I got an ad for a pie, a Pecan Pie."
If I were a conspiracy nut… Oh, wait…
Tiger by the tail. The consequences are just now beginning to dawn on some of the more sane members. Others, who shall not be named, just keep on doubling down on stupid.
Uh-oh. Now you've done it.
Certain idiots think that's calling for violence.
Name that commenter,
A humorous variation of "Name That Tune"
Clue: December, 2015
If Trump is the Republican nominee, Hillary Clinton wins by 350 electoral votes.
I haven't advocated violence in any way that Kamala Harris hasn't advocated even more explicitly over the last 4 years without apology.
Ditto Nancy Pelosi.
Ditto Maxine Waters.
Ditto the stinking lot of them.
I have been suspended by Facebook for using the term "Russia Hoax." When the suspension ends, I will go back long enough to inform my family members (I turn down almost all "friend" requests that are not family) that I am leaving and to find me on MEWe if they want to see baby pictures and dog pictures.
Wow! Crazy man, crazy! At your age? Congrats, missed the announcement. Boy or girl?
Deprogramming cultists is a group effort. They have to be mentally boxed-in. They use linguistic tricks, called "thought-stopping language". I sold cars for five years - I know the okey-doke - it's why I never told you what you're gonna pay on a test drive, but said, "let's see what it'll look like on paper" when we got back. That line got you, from sitting in the car back into the dealership, where the big brains could squeeze you. Now, repeat after me:
Do not let them claim to be doing this for my black ass, when Trump and Kim Kardashian were RELEASING prisoners, after Joe Biden had WRONGLY IMPRISONED blacks for 26 years, with his 1994 crime bill.
Put this photo EVERYWHERE. A U.S. Prosecutor from S.F. giving her VAGINA, VAGINA, VAGINA (Eve Ensler) to a known TV grifter means she's either too corrupt (how many people was he ripping off when this photo was taken?) or clueless to lead a nation (she believes in talking to the dead so much she'd sleep with him? What else does she believe in?).
More to come, but learn those like a mantra. Cultists understand mantas.
That's by far the most flattering photo I've seen of Kamala. And Montell looks pretty good too. I don't think plastering this photo all over is going to help.
daskol said...
"That's by far the most flattering photo I've seen of Kamala. And Montell looks pretty good too. I don't think plastering this photo all over is going to help."
It will if you remind people what they're looking at: A U.S. Marine and a U.S. Prosecutor celebrating crime.
I interpret the high volume of commenters on this thread as an homage to out hostess.
Again...not about Trump.
It's about the increasing ugliness of modern politics and the shocking way that 'liberals' are running roughshod over the speech of their political opponents.
I can weather a Biden or Harris administration.
Sure I'll get taxed to death, etc. but will live.
But I'd like to be a free citizen during that time.
The Antifa and BLM wings of the Democrat party need to be reined in for many of us to feel safe.
And don't say 'Yeah but...' The capitol incident, as bad as it was, will be a one off if it is defused on the Democrat side.
Only Democrats can control their attach dogs...at least for now. Wait too long and that won't be possible.
I need to apologize for calling Inga a liar. It's too generous.
She's obviously not smart enough to know the difference between predicting events and actually calling for them to happen.
I will defend to the death your dopey commenters' right to express their dopey thoughts.
Occasionally, someone at work would send an email using the corporate-wide distribution list (this in a corporation with +100,000 employees) on a topic that had no business being sent corporate-wide. Invariably, numerous numbskulls would email a response to the effect "Please remove me from this email chain" and hit REPLY-ALL. Others, seeking to help end the snowballing email chain would send out something to the effect "Stop replying to this email chain" and also hit REPLY-ALL, thus perpetuating the snowballing email chain. This would go one for a day or two until IT stepped in and shut the entire chain down.
Many of the comments in this thread remind me of those email chains.
Don't feed the trolls. Don't mention the trolls. Even when the trolls post a reasonable, not-at-all trollish comment, DO NOT RESPOND.
It's easy to skip over a troll's comment, it's more work to skip over a non-troll's reply to said troll.
If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the precipitate.
So our hostess is going to delete "violent threats and racist crap." Two categories that sound righteous but can be mighty elastic as applied.
For example, I see this post in a subsequent thread:
"Rabel said...
"'There is no downside for Pelosi and Schumer.'
"Oh, yes there is.
"Tree of Liberty and such."
Is Rabel threatening to kill Pelosi and Schumer? Or is he/she merely predicting that someone else may kill them? If it's only a prediction, is it encouraging others to kill them? Does the Brandenburg decision apply to Althouse's moderation standards (or Google's)?
And as to racism, just Google "'things that are racist' 'titania mcgrath'" and you'll see that pretty much anything can be deemed racist.
Well, I've had two posts denied in the last few minutes so I guess I'm outta here. It's been real....
"Well, I've had two posts denied in the last few minutes so I guess I'm outta here. It's been real...."
What does "denied" mean?
Ann, you’re trying to avoid what’s coming and I don’t blame you. But when the show trials for sedition begin, you’ll be sitting at the defendants’ table right beside us, just for providing this lightly moderated free speech forum. Imagine all the lists you are on. Almost every one of your former faculty colleagues will denounce you the instant the Purge gets rolling.
“I think the issue is that they (the Dems and Progs) have caught the snake and now realize that they don't really know how to safely put it down. It wasn't the wonderful success they dreamed that it would be.”
You hold with one hand below the head and the other hand at the center of the body and quickly push forward while releasing your grip.
There's always WordPress. Just don't use them for hosting.
Oh, they'll get around eventually to this blog too.
I don’t recall seeing ads in between posts before—small banner ads.
Oh, well. I think it’s ironic that you’re using their notifications as a way of determining when there’s some comment they find offensive but I think it’s sad that you have to defend yourself this way.
Hiding is no way to live, let alone finish, an American life.
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