Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington -
"A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." --French philosopher Bertrand de Jouvenel--
"Or in our case hyenas." --Warren / Longrange1--
Must have been a reaction to the American presence... Oh, sorry wrong country!
Well, maybe they just need to set down and have a dialog.
LOL
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Anonymous
said...
"Dhaka resident Jesin Zahir witnessed a blast near Jahangir Nagar university.
'It was a horrible experience. In the name of humanity, I ask all the extremist groups to please think twice before attempting this kind of coordinated crime.'"
they have no regard for humans, let alone themselves.
i just realized that some blogs (i.e. yours, H.V., Beaks, beamish) have this thing on top that says 'flag', yet some (i.e. N&R, outside the blogway) don't.
i just realized that some blogs (i.e. yours, H.V., Beaks, beamish) have this thing on top that says 'flag', yet some (i.e. N&R, outside the blogway) don't.
Its really a way for someone to cause you grief.
HERE I don't believe that the blogger premium sites have the button. I just disreguard it. If I really found a blog that was that objectionable, I would be willing to do more than click a button to have something done about it.
DM, Outside the Blogway, (now), has the button. It hasn't appeared at N&R yet but I imagine it will shortly.
AOW, the short answer is no.
Your template is actually what is known as a CSS, (a cascading style sheet). It is a sub-routine (program) that operates within the confines of a larger program (blogger), written in HTML (hypertext markup language).
The Blogger NavBar (navigation bar) and flag button are part of the larger Blogger scrip/program that our blogs reside within.
Its possible to write a script that would make the blogger NavBar invisible, but I am sure that blogger would see it as a violation of its terms of service.
The "Flag?" button is a means by which readers of Blog*Spot can help inform us about potentially questionable content, so we can prevent others from encountering such material by setting particular blogs as "unlisted." This means the blog won't be promoted on Blogger.com but will still be available on the web - we prefer to keep in mind that one person's vulgarity is another's poetry. Or something like that.
For more serious cases, such as spam blogs or sites engaging in illegal activity, we will continue to enforce our existing policies (removing content and deleting accounts when necessary). Here's How It Works
When a person visiting a blog clicks the "Flag?" button in the Blogger Navbar, it means they believe the content of the blog may be potentially offensive or illegal. We track the number of times a blog has been flagged as objectionable and use this information to determine what action is needed. This feature allows the blogging community as a whole to identify content they deem objectionable. Have you read The Wisdom of Crowds? It's sort of like that. Special Case for Hate Speech
When the community has voted and hate speech is identified on Blog*Spot, Google may exercise its right to place a Content Warning page in front of the blog and set it to "unlisted." ********* Unlisting could actually lead to more "hits", although you might have to "self promote". I could see myself setting up a link page with unlisted blogs, just out of perversity. I believe that the big time blogers would even help promote it.
Esther, You are not flagged unless someone sees something different than I do.
I only see the flag button which will be on every blog eventually. If you are flagged , a disclaimer type page is supposed to appear that says your blog may contain objectionable material.
It is confusing, and your post points out one of the many problems with this whole flag business.
I imagine that 167 and his nutso crew will flag Beaks blog. But then again, they are so stupid that I doubt they will figure out how. 167 said, several months ago, that he had complained about Beaks blog and asked that it be deleted.
13 comments:
"Dhaka resident Jesin Zahir witnessed a blast near Jahangir Nagar university.
'It was a horrible experience. In the name of humanity, I ask all the extremist groups to please think twice before attempting this kind of coordinated crime.'"
they have no regard for humans, let alone themselves.
i just realized that some blogs (i.e. yours, H.V., Beaks, beamish) have this thing on top that says 'flag', yet some (i.e. N&R, outside the blogway) don't.
i just realized that some blogs (i.e. yours, H.V., Beaks, beamish) have this thing on top that says 'flag', yet some (i.e. N&R, outside the blogway) don't.
Its really a way for someone to cause you grief.
HERE
I don't believe that the blogger premium sites have the button. I just disreguard it. If I really found a blog that was that objectionable, I would be willing to do more than click a button to have something done about it.
As The Beak points out, Islamism is a death culture. Can't reason with its followers.
Hey, if I use a different Blogger template, can I get rid of that flag on my site?
I looked into it a little further.
DM, Outside the Blogway, (now), has the button. It hasn't appeared at N&R yet but I imagine it will shortly.
AOW, the short answer is no.
Your template is actually what is known as a CSS, (a cascading style sheet). It is a sub-routine (program) that operates within the confines of a larger program (blogger), written in HTML (hypertext markup language).
The Blogger NavBar (navigation bar) and flag button are part of the larger Blogger scrip/program that our blogs reside within.
Its possible to write a script that would make the blogger NavBar invisible, but I am sure that blogger would see it as a violation of its terms of service.
Warren,
Thanks. I also looked into the matter but don't have the techie knowledge you do.
If blogs start being unlinked, I'm going to be pissed. Much of my material is controversial.
For what it's worth, I just found this:
http://google.weblogsinc.com/
entry/1234000213054978/
AOW, You are most welcome.
I could be wrong but I wouldn't worry about it overmuch. If blogger starts shutting down controversial sites, there won't be many left.
If they start shutting down conservative sites in mass, it would bring unfavorable publicity to blogger and goggle that I'm sure they wouldn't want.
There are other companies besides blogger waiting for the opportunity to provide the service.
However, at some point in time, I see the blogs becoming (mainly) a paid service. That is what happened to the message boards.
You will see it start to happen when we are required to pay to keep advertisement from appearing on our blogs.
warren:
"However, at some point in time, I see the blogs becoming (mainly) a paid service. That is what happened to the message boards.
You will see it start to happen when we are required to pay to keep advertisement from appearing on our blogs."
i hope you are wrong about that.
as far as the flagging, if blogger gets one complaint from some whackjob, they won't get rid of the blog right?
DM,
Not according to them.
The "Flag?" button is a means by which readers of Blog*Spot can help inform us about potentially questionable content, so we can prevent others from encountering such material by setting particular blogs as "unlisted." This means the blog won't be promoted on Blogger.com but will still be available on the web - we prefer to keep in mind that one person's vulgarity is another's poetry. Or something like that.
For more serious cases, such as spam blogs or sites engaging in illegal activity, we will continue to enforce our existing policies (removing content and deleting accounts when necessary).
Here's How It Works
When a person visiting a blog clicks the "Flag?" button in the Blogger Navbar, it means they believe the content of the blog may be potentially offensive or illegal. We track the number of times a blog has been flagged as objectionable and use this information to determine what action is needed. This feature allows the blogging community as a whole to identify content they deem objectionable. Have you read The Wisdom of Crowds? It's sort of like that.
Special Case for Hate Speech
When the community has voted and hate speech is identified on Blog*Spot, Google may exercise its right to place a Content Warning page in front of the blog and set it to "unlisted."
*********
Unlisting could actually lead to more "hits", although you might have to "self promote". I could see myself setting up a link page with unlisted blogs, just out of perversity. I believe that the big time blogers would even help promote it.
warren:
"Unlisting could actually lead to more 'hits'"
lol, yet so true. the forbidden fruit always lures the people in.
So how did I earn my flag? I might go press the flag at the spammer who hit my site. Grrr...
Esther,
You are not flagged unless someone sees something different than I do.
I only see the flag button which will be on every blog eventually. If you are flagged , a disclaimer type page is supposed to appear that says your blog may contain objectionable material.
It is confusing, and your post points out one of the many problems with this whole flag business.
I imagine that 167 and his nutso crew will flag Beaks blog. But then again, they are so stupid that I doubt they will figure out how. 167 said, several months ago, that he had complained about Beaks blog and asked that it be deleted.
I think that every blog got a flag icon, once anything was published.
The thought police have arrived to the blogosphere.
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