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December 12, 2022

Blog post has been UNpublished

I had an unusual email the other day from Blogger saying that I have violated their “Community Guidelines”  ARG!

<quote>
  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 "Chasing Waterfalls
– Cedar Creek Falls" was flagged to us for review. We have determined that
it violates our guidelines and have unpublished the URL
http://ruffinitwithrufus.blogspot.com/2017/01/chasing-waterfalls-cedar-creek-falls.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     Why was your blog post unpublished?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.
     If you are interested in republishing the post, please update the
content to adhere to Blogger's Community Guidelines. Once the content is
updated, you may republish it at
https://www.blogger.com/go/appeal-post?blogId=1359689606970863941&postId=5506073553822961542.
This will trigger a review of the post.
     For more information, please review the following resources:
     Terms of Service:
https://www.blogger.com/go/terms
     Blogger Community Guidelines: https://blogger.com/go/contentpolicy
     Sincerely,
     The Blogger Team
<end quote>

Yikes!  I take pride in checking all links before I post a blog.  What I didn’t think of is that those links may change over time.  In this case an East County newspaper is now a virus site!  Who Knew?

I’ve checked my other posts and can verify that Norton Security has found no other corrupt links. 

I removed the links to that pesky newspaper link and resubmitted the questionable post.  Which the Blogger Team has oked.

<quote>
   Hello,
     We have re-evaluated the post titled "Chasing Waterfalls – Cedar Creek
Falls" against Community Guidelines
https://blogger.com/go/contentpolicy.
Upon review, the post has been reinstated. You may access the post at
http://ruffinitwithrufus.blogspot.com/2017/01/chasing-waterfalls-cedar-creek-falls.html.
     Sincerely,
     The Blogger Team
<end quote>

I will continue to check every link in my blog.  But no longer use links from small ‘authorities’ that may change.

I will continue my commitment to not monetarize my blog and will reply to all comments.  If a reader takes the time to leave a comment, I feel I should certainly should take the time to acknowledge and respond.

I’ve been quiet for a a bit, now you know why.

Merry Christmas to ALL!

15 comments:

  1. Wondered where you went,lol- this other world is just perilous.Glad you’re back & do enjoy reading your blog.All the best

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    1. Thanks! I seldom go back and recheck links I've used as references. Old links may go stale, or worse malicious!

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  2. Jodee GravelDecember 13, 2022

    I suppose we should be glad Blogger is also paying attention and not just making our blogging efforts more complicated :-) Glad all is well. Happy Holidays from ours to yours!

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    1. I agree Jodie! I'd rather be taken down for a few days than be the source of something malicious to a reader's PC.
      Best wishes for you and the family for a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.

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  3. Merry Christmas Jeff and Fran!

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    1. Forgot to say “It’s Gay…”

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    2. I was sure it was you, Gay! May you and Joe enjoy the Christmas Season as well!

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  4. Wow, never heard of that. Good blogger can catch it.

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    1. I'm also glad that Blogger caught it. Guess I can try a new post next week :)

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  5. It's amazing how hard people to work to wreck other people's days with viruses and scams. Ugh. Annoying. Glad Blogger caught it and no damage was done.

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    1. Oi! como esta lisboa ? My Mex Spangish is ok, but have to use Google for Portuguese.
      You're right there is SOOO much spam and scam out there it took me a bit to realize it was a legit message. So glad it was caught by one of their bots before one of my readers was compromised.

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  6. I got in trouble for using the word "k#dnap" in a post and got in trouble. Apparently there are trigger words that get you flagg for further review.

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    1. Big Brother is watching ... but in my case I am glad he was as a valid like (when I used it) was later compromised.

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