Free speech for me

AOL, you are no longer providing e-mail feedback on my posts...have you blocked me? I see my comments, but no feedback information. BTW, I am a paying subscriber.

This is NOT an idea but a cry for help! Everything in the "comment" section on News stories is Blank. I can't see my own comments or anyone else's! As an older person, with no family, this has been my lifeline! Now, AOL appears to have taken that away from me. NOT OKAY!

When an AOL Member signs into AOL, then proceeds to read an article and wants to comment, why is it necessary to sign in again? That's stupid and time consuming,

I want to know why I cannot comment on any topic or discussion in the comments section. Even if I tell someone they are doing a GREAT job, the aol police say I am not following their policies. This is wrong!! You are blocking ALL my freedom of speech but you still want my money every month. I want this corrected ASAP!!!

My "Comment" capability to AOL articles in the WELCOME window has been restricted, permanently deactivated and I can no longer post comments. Someone there has arbitrarily decided my comments, even my "Thank You" and support comments "inappropriate for "the community" Vindictiveness should not be a part of AOL operations in this regard.

AOL has ruined the experience of the comment or conversation sections of articles and pages.It has become so difficult to participate that I frequently give up.I do not understand what is or is not acceptable to say in those sections any more.Those who monitor these sections do not seem to follow the guidelines AOL lists as reasons for blocking posts or rejecting them.These individuals seem to focus on very low level "insults" that were written sometimes many minutes in the past while allowing racism,hate,intolerance,misogyny,homophobia,sexism,and even death threats and the like.Removing grade school level insults 15 minutes after they were written in a busy thread is a wasted effort.Please help me to understand what is acceptable to these people,that is not the same as what AOL accepts.Post monitoring has 2 main goals,teaching people what is acceptable and shielding others from what is not,the current efforts fail at both of these.

These are the types of comments coming from the unhinged letft that you are not allowing me to respond to since you've blocked my participation in the conversation. What is your justification for that? AOL is now the problem because it let's comments like this go unchecked. Shame on you:

Someone replied to you on

@** replied to you on Trump paid $750 in U.S. income taxes in 2016, 2017, New York Times reports:

Posted 9/28/2020, 20:11

You may want to get a new tinfoil hat, the reception you are getting seems a little foggy. It is deflecting pretty well though.......

Your comment page is a total wreck

Censored? Give me a break!!!!
REPHL2
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MAGGIE
32 minutes ago
Yes you should ask Joe what he's been doing for 47 years and why all of a sudden he has all the answers now that he's brain dead
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BRUCE
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REPHL2
14 minutes ago
I like Joe, he doesn't have to say things 3 times to himself to remember what he's talking about and ramble off on different conversation because the 3 time thing didn't work for him.
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You are not allowing me to comment. I've been paying you for 20 years.

How can you reject a comment at 2:10 PM and then Approve it at 2:13 PM and then reject it again at 2:36 PM??

Why is there so much censorship in comment sections of the site?Why are my posts being blocked even though they do not violate guidelines or are offensive in any way?Why are my posts sometimes blocked even when replying to posts using the same exact words?Why does AOL block grade school level insults and allow blatant racism and hate?I have just had several posts blocked for no reason I can determine.Posts are blocked or deleted well after they are written at times when neither I nor any other participants on the thread can see them.Why is there a point where you are blocked from the whole thread with no warning?Please answer with something other than a form letter.Do I need to call to get answers?

Why am I being identified as anonymous? I didn't ask for anonymity.

AOL even holds these comments so they can "process" them?

I have not violated any of your guidelines yet have been blocked from posting on all articles without explanation, other than it violated policy. Even asking "Why am I being censored?" got censored. Today NBC wrote a misleading headline accusing our president of encouraging voters to vote twice. Nothing in the following article supported the headline, but instead quoted the President inferring that with mass mail in ballots, people could vote twice, using ballots meant for a former resident of that address. This was a false and misleading headline. AOL not only allowed it to post, but censored most who refuted it. Isn't this illegal censorship?

Your BIASED news feed won't even allow me to comment. After 22 years I will be cancelling my plans and will use an alternate email address. Take the $6.99 and shove it.

Here's what I posted and, again, it's not being published. "Trump is a troglodyte, a lower-functioning subspecies humanoid that likes to inhabit subterranean dwellings (he has his bunker) and tends to chiefly subsist on some form of government and/or taxpayer assistance (our taxes pay Trump's salary and for all the perks he gets just because he's POTUS)." I guess Freedom of Speech no longer applies here in America.

Why do you continue to block my posts? I've been a customer of yours for 20 years, and NEVER had my posts blocked before, I have NOT broken any of your rules. You continue to say I have too many complaints!!!!!!!!!!!! Someone sees my name come up and then they complain. Enough is enough. I can post it's a nice day, etc..........and I'm still deleted!

Why do you continue to block my posts? I've been a customer of yours for 20 years, and NEVER had my posts blocked before