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    andy lemieux commented  · 

    I, too, have had a number of comments inexplicably rejected. My comments, while perhaps being snarky or barbed, contained no profanity, no adult content, no threatening language, no calls to violence, no hate speech (though I have seen plenty that posted), no bullying or harassment (though plenty of that gets past the censors), no personal attacks or name-calling, nothing that violates the guidelines.

    Just today, I was commiserating with a fellow poster and noted that Yahoo regularly runs articles where "f-bombs'" are flying (a violation of the guidelines) and "near nude celebrity photos" (ditto) and graphic shooting videos (ditto) are featured (and I forgot to mention celebrities discussing their sex lives (ditto)). Yet we can't even say "h*ll or d*amn". Ironically my self-censored comment was rejected with no reason given.

    Another time I lamented that "the taxpayers are being sucked dry" and even that perfectly legitimate non-sexual use of "sucked dry" was apparently too much for them.

    I have requested several times a clarification of the guidelines and an explanation of the rejection, but the only responses I have gotten have been generic ...we strive for a family-friendly community... and a link to the guidelines, a reading of which proves there were no violations.

    C'mon, Yahoo. Instead of relying on an ill-designed, arbitrary and maddening algorithm, how some actual moderators who can tell the difference between the innocuous and the offensive? I hate spending 5 or 10 minutes crafting a thoughtful, non-guideline-violating comment only to have it rejected out of hand for no apparent reason

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