I got the strangest email the other day from Blogger. The subject line read: "Your post titled "Friday Miscellanea" has been unpublished" Okaaaay. Which one? There are hundreds over the last several years. Here is some of the text of the email:
Hello,
As you may know, our Community Guidelines
(https://blogger.com/go/contentpolicy) describe the boundaries for what we
allow-- and don't allow-- on Blogger. Your post titled "Friday Miscellanea"
was flagged to us for review. We have determined that it violates our
guidelines and have unpublished the URL
http://mexinter.net/2020/01/friday-miscellanea_24.html,
making it unavailable to blog readers.
Why was your blog post unpublished?
Your content has violated our Malware and Viruses policy. Please visit
our Community Guidelines page linked in this email to learn more.
Visiting their community guidelines page did not, I'm afraid, help. Apart from just text about music, the only thing you might find on a post here are music examples and YouTube links. Don't see how either could have been infected with malware and viruses. They suggest updating the content to reflect their policies, but I have no way of knowing which post was "flagged." And what does that mean, anyway? Flagged by whom?
This is disconcerting to say the least. There is no appeal, it seems, nor no way of contacting a human being as the email is from a "no-reply" account. So, there is nothing to be done.
If this happens again, or happens several times, I may have to simply reconsider continuing the blog. I have derived enormous satisfaction over the years, but if every post is to be subject to a draconian and unaccountable, not to mention unknowable, standard, then I choose not to participate.
Thanks to my readers over the years and let's hope we can continue!
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