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  1. Desktop shortcuts

    GEEZ LOUISE! Yet ANOTHER unrequested, unwanted, shortcut placed on my desktop today. If I left all of the shortcuts your worse-than-garbage program put on my computer, I wouldn't have room for the shortcuts I WANT on my desktop. One link to your garbage program on my desktop is enough.

    Your GOLD program is SO VERY INFERIOR to the previous version, that I have given up and my 25 year membership with AOL ends this week.

    So long, ****.

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  2. SPAM SETTING

    YOU WANT TO :FLAG AS INAPPROPRIATE MY COMMENT AGAIN ????????????? I HAVE THE RIGHT FOR WHAT IS CALLED "FREEDOM OF SPEECH YOU LOSERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO FAR I DID ONLY COMPLAINT TO YOU BUT THAT CAN CHANGE REAL FAST !!!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER SINCE LATE 1985 & WONT PUT UP WITH "AOL'S" LIES ANY MORE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    CLEOPATRA commented · January 17, 2019 8:25 AM · Flag as inappropriate
    TIM ARMSTRONG SINCE U "CAN'T" LEAVE THINGS ALONE & KEEP SCREWING US OVER & OVER PAYBACK IS SWEET !!!!!!!!!!!!! WITH THE OLD SPAM SETTINGS I COULD BLOCK MAIL BESIDES FROM AOL…

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  3. spam settings

    HOW MANY MORE CHANGES ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE ?????????? THIS IS "NOT" THE AOL WE LOVE OR KNOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS GETTING TO BE BULL CHIT !!!!!!!!!!!!!! TIM ARMSTRONG ........THEY DON'T MAKE ROLLS OF TOILET PAPER BIG ENOUGH FOR YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU RUINED AOL & WONT STOP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

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  4. OUTLOOK and AOL

    AOL is behind the times with the calendar not being compatible with OUTLOOK. It is becoming more and more difficult to continue to use AOL because of this. PLEASE allow your loyal users to continue and not go to Gmail like the rest of the world! I want to stay with AOL. Make AOL calendar compatible with outlook so meeting and calendar invites will go to the outlook calendar automatically. THanks

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  5. I click on your weather app, says it's 17degrees her in Bradenton,Fl Click on zip code,blocked due to pup!

    I click on your weather icon, says it's 17degrees here in Bradenton,Fl
    Click on enter zip code and it's blocked because of pup.
    What's going on there?

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  6. AOL GROSSLY UNRESPONSIVE TO PAYING CUSTOMERS

    AOL needs to listen to its customer base and at least provide as much as we had before the OATH takeover. I mean, how can they get away with that? AOL GOLD is becoming colossally embarrassing, sort of like Trump.

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  7. viantis

    viantis advertiser had a $5 trial on aol. Tried it didnt work called to cancel the viantis after recieving $89 bill for the free trial bottle. Was told no refund then was given 30% and then after threats of a lawsuit was given %50 back. they should not be on your AOL advertisers. This is a crooked business practice and needs to be corrected.

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  8. ACTIVATE NEW SERVICES

    WHY WHEN I AM TRYING TO ACTIVATE NEW SERVICES ON AOL GOLD I HAVE TO GIVE YOU MY PASSWORD AND THEN DEAL WITH AN IRRITATING J. C. PENNEY COMMERCIAL OR WATCH SOME SCARY STREAMING ITEM. I JUST WANT TO ACTIVATE MY SERVICES....YOU'RE KILLING ME WITH ADVERTISEMENTS THAT I CAN'T GET RID OF AND I WILL NOT GIVE YOU MY PASSWORD SO YOU CAN QUIT HAVING THAT STUPID BOX POP UP ON A REGULAR BASIS. II WON'T READ SOME OF YOUR ITEMS ON AOL GOLD BECAUSE I HAVE TO FIGHT THE ADVERTISEMENTS TO DO SO. I DON'T HAVE THE TIME NOR…

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  9. EMBEDDED IMAGES

    ENOUGH IS ENOUGH NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FIX THE PROBLEM WITH THE ......EMBEDDED IMAGES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS..........ALL U DO IS SEND OUR MASS E-MAILS ABOUT IT BUT DON'T FIX IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ***** U ALL @ AOL

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  10. How about the ability to create and view profiles for those who opt to c

    hat every once in a while? After all, isn't this social media?

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  11. Comments sections

    It would be wonderful if all articles had a comments section where I could express my thoughts - within the parameters of AOL rules and regs, of course.

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  12. word filter option

    Please put word filter option back on my Desktop Gold

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  14. Desktop Gold, for me, is a disaster.

    I today spent a lengthy time on the phone and interactively (Case # 07716500) with a phone rep in the Philippines who insisted the only way to solve horrific problems I was having sending mail with AOL Desktop on a PC (but not with with AOL on my iPad) was to reinstall Gold. First, she claimed that there were limits to the megs in any e-mail I replied to. When I proved to her through the AOL on the iPad that this was not true, she tried to get me to reinstall Gold. I simply flat out refused to take…

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  15. SPAM "stuck" in my mailbox

    Today marks the 3rd time that some SPAM is stuck in my spam folder. The message shows up in the count of spam messages but the message doesn't show up in the folder so I can delete it. From the first time when Tech Support called me and couldn't delete it, I know that I have to sign on to AOL web mail on the Internet and then can delete it. But this has started to be the rule rather than the exception because it has happened 2 times in the past 3 days. I'm at the point where I…

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  16. Christine Blasey Ford can’t return home due to ‘unending’ threats, lawyers say....How about printing what his FAMILY went through!!!!!

    Christine Blasey Ford can’t return home due to ‘unending’ threats, lawyers say....too bad!! How about printing what he and his FAMILY went through????

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  17. Welcome Page

    Remove the nudity and what happens in Hollywood with actors that try to outdo another with nudity display. It is repulsive and AOL needs to clean it up.

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  18. SOLUTION to try if your AOL DESKTOP GOLD won't load

    One of the techs told me the reason the AOL DESKTOP GOLD wouldn't load was because "the processes weren't closed in Task Manager". SUPER EASY FIX if this is the problem. 1. Put cursor at bottom of screen. 2. Right click and select START TASK MANAGER. 3. You should see AOL GOLD at the top of the processes, click on it. 4. Click on END PROCESS. Now get out of it and try opening your AOL DESKTOP GOLD - it should open. (The reason for the problem is that since the processes didn't stop, the computer thinks AOL GOLD is…

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  19. PLEASE stop inappropriate merging of feedback

    I provided feedback earlier today on an issue with "Check for Updates", and it was inappropriately merged with another post which was also related to "Check for updates" but not the same issue. My feedback was merged without recourse to a closed feedback item, so that I couldn't even point out that the two matters were not the same!!! I understand that merging may be appropriate, but it isn't when the only relationship may be a couple of keywords.

    This feedback isn't a rant, but an attempt to preserve the value of feedback. I've been an AOL user since its…

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  20. AOL Desktop Gold feedback page needs to display posting dates

    This post is being made on 2018-08-22; I am on version 11.0.1916.
    I was prompted to provide this feedback because in the process of trying to provide feedback I could not tell whether the other feedback items I could see in various topics were current or not. Not until I chose to delve down into an item someone else posted did I discover that the posting date for the original post and comments were displayed.

    This reflects less than optimal page / functional design, and needs improvement -- even if this is a minor issue, it is a barrier to…

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