I have asked this before but nothing. Here it goes again. When I read an article on AOL and want to respond to something in it, I put that sentence in quotation marks followed by my one-sentence response that has nothing bad in it. AOL seems to think that whatever I put in quotations isn't good but if that's true, why do they publish the article in the first place?

THE MAJOR NUMBER OF AOL EMPLOYEES CAN'T READ OR RIGHT AND KNOW NOTHING ABOUT CITIZENS RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH

I'M PAYING AOL FOR THE RIGHT TO SPEAK MY MIND......ACCORDING TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT, I DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANYONE.....TO BE ABLE TO SAY WHAT I WANT TO

SINCE I "PAY" FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF USING AOL.....I SHOULD BE ABLE TO "SPEAK MY MIND" WITHOUT CENSORING BY AOL....NOW....IF I WAS USIING AOL FOR FREE, I WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE CENSORING.........

There was an article about the baby giraffe that has no spots. My comment was, "She is absolutely adorable." The powers that be would not publish my comment as they thought it was against their ridiculous community guidelines. What is wrong with my comment? I have no idea whatever happened to my comment but I hope someone with some brains thought it was ridiculous not to post it.

I have experimented by taking an approved response and changing the negative comment about Trump and replacing it with Biden. Surprise once Bidens name is inserted the comment is rejected. This is America and we have freedom of speech and you company should not censor speech ...period! Please stop rejecting all of my comments and remove the block on my comments

Your algorithm for screening comments needs to be updated. I find it all too often flags my comments due to a word or something I can't figure is screened. For all my posts, I try to stick with a positive balance between fact and emotion. I see far more comments I would consider hostile and disrespectful. Perhaps periodic AI updating would help solve what I see is a problem. And occasionally, I see others who may have a similar experience. You want comments to be respectful but you're algorithm all too often falsely screens respectful comments and this makes meet whether I've made the right decision to use you products!

Why are you picking on ME?

How is it that when ever I post ANYTHING it is removed as going against community standards? The last time I posted the word YES. And it was rejected as going against community standards. AND YOU FOLKS NEVER ANSWER ME!!! What do I have to do? Go to the ACLU or hire a lawyer?

How about a little free speech, and less fascist censorship.

Let the comments for any issue be open! This is an open society. Only in totalitarian countries do we find freedom of expression cut off.

I have had my AOL account for 30 years and that, of course, means everyone in my family, friends and businesses have that address. It seems that AOL is counting on people like me who just don't want to inform a massive number of people of an email address change to keep their account regardless of being BANNED from posting any comments on news article threads. It started in 2012 that AOL would reject ALL of my comments periodically... especially in the months before an election. I have followed their guidelines and rules so the only possible reason for them doing this is because of my moderately conservative views (I'm a pro-choice, fiscal conservative). ALL of my comments have been rejected since the first week in August of 2021... a year and 8 months. For a company named "America On Line" to reject a long term American citizen customer's comments with no explanation and no method of resolving the problem seems extremely unethical. They have promoted chat sites that they suggest I become involved in but why should I do that when they won't even allow me to post on comment threads. It seems they prefer left wing trolls to those who actually want to post intelligent comments. It doesn't make good business sense at all.

I have had my AOL account for 30 years and that, of course, means everyone in my family, friends and businesses has that address. It seems that AOL is counting on people like me who just don't want to inform a massive number of people of an email address change to keep their account regardless of being BANNED from posting any comments on news article threads. It started in 2012 that AOL would reject ALL of my comments periodically... especially in the months before an election. I have followed their guidelines and rules so the only possible reason for them doing this is because of my moderately conservative views (I'm a pro-choice, fiscal conservative). ALL of my comments have been rejected since the first week in August of 2021... a year and 8 months. For a company named "America On Line" to reject a long term American citizen customer's comments with no explanation and no method of resolving the problem seems extremely unethical. They have promoted chat sites that they suggest I become involved in but why should I do that when they won't even allow me to post on comment threads. It seems they prefer left wing trolls to those who actually want to post intelligent comments. It doesn't make good business sense at all.

I just saw a comment that was rejected that had a P T Barnum quote. I worked in DP for forty years and had to become experienced with using algorithms. The comment that was rejected had no explanation and therefore must have been rejected because of the algorithm and limited understanding of the person who reviewed it. Yet your algorithm lets far more offensive comments through reflecting a strong bias in the algorithm and reviewer. Do you need help in updating and eliminating biases from your algorithm. If not, then start rejecting others more offensive but then that would be defeating the psychological value of expression! ! ! If you really want to improve and help, tell why you rejected! ! ! Or stop being so sensitive! ! !

I have always followed your rules however you have the algorithm programmed to delete all of my posts because you don't like them. Yes i'm a conservative and a paid AOL subscriber, is it your wish that I quit paying and drop the service ?

The subject here is comments boards. The question is how are they monitored, by whom, and in accord with whose 'guidelines'?

My experience of chronic malfunction is that not only are my legitimate and insightful comments being routinely taken down without explanation, but now I can't even open the comments board at all! Clearly this is no technical malfunction, but FOUL PLAY!!

I demand a responsible answer from the AOL editorial board to KACalder@aol.com.

can not leave comments at bottom of news articles. Shows for 30 seconds then says comment removed for violating rules. called tech and theyh could not fix it.

I can say prayers for those involved and I am blocked Aol yahoo is a communist tool

stop the **** on deleting my comments. I don't use racism or profanity. Just bc you are all democrats, I don't have to agree with all you think. I'm going to look for another server like Yahoo, etc. I won't have to pay them

Aol has become as corrupt as face book and Twitter and needs to be investigated! I screen shot all their hipocracy and am sending it to representative jim Jorden for his investigation and encourage others to do the same