Why is AOL rejecting posts that do not go against their guidelines?
Either stop rejecting comments people post to news stories or give clear words that are not acceptable.
I never cuss or use profanity, threaten or use hate speech in any way yet l am constantly rejected, I notice if l use words like PC, WOKE or China the post is banned, sometimes l need to use these words depending on the news article.
Either post a list of words AOL will reject so we all know or start living up to the good old American 1st amendment rights of freedom of speech...
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STEPHEN GRABOWSKI commented
Many people claim in their comments that they are blocked because they don't express views that agree with left leaning AOL. But I see plenty of conservative views posted, including some very mean and nasty things.
Then I try to post a response, with even the most tame of messages and get blocked.
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R Z commented
IF THEY CENSOR ME , I ASK MY AMEX FOR A REFUND THAT MONTH . SO FAR SO GOOD THANK YOU AMERICAN EXPRESS
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[Deleted User] commented
ONCE YOU ARE BANNED, AOL WILL DELETE YOUR COMMENTS, REGARDLESS. SO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS OR USER NAME IS WHAT GETS YOUR COMMENTS DELETED AUTOMATICALLY.
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[Deleted User] commented
Yeah, they adhere to that stupid wokeness narratives. Once you re banned, you will be banned for life! It does not matter if your comments praising them, as I tried to find out if it got rejected and sure enough! It was.
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ptsa314 commented
The best solution is for all conservatives to drop their membership in aol. It only listens to liberals, so let the liberals support it. I intend to do so.
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Ben Bonham commented
Several of my comments have been rejected lately stating they don't align with community guidelines. I review the guidelines but don't see where I am violating them and i don't know who to contact to review where my comment is in violation.
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Eric Shane commented
aol rejecte Prayers for all those affected by the war!! Aol is unethical and immoral!
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BURTIN HART commented
Someone commented that Putin should "Take into custody to prevent further bloodshed by the innocent or kill." I asked "And just whose responsibility is that {name not included}."
Somehow, the censor(s) found that a violation of the rules. The RULES seem to be applied capriciously. After a number of such PURPORTED infractions I am blocked from any further postings on the article. How does that support honest, open dialogue, AOL? -
KATHLEEN ARQUETTE commented
I was sensored for using the term "God bless the people of Ukraine. You could at least let us know what terms you find offensive! ALSO - Your instructions advise commentors to keep to the subject but you never seem to sensor some people who rant on and on with comments that are no where near the subject of the article
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GUY DICKHUDT commented
I refer to 'myself' as a "dummy" and my comment is rejected
It has been suggested that a list of 'trigger" words should be posted.
A very good idea.
Somehow - I have come to believe that are no persons reviewing these complaints and observations. AOL is content to have us flounder around while they collect advertising dollars -
William Mason commented
They ban Independent's also
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Anonymous commented
AOL has also rejected me for life from entering ANY comments. I've NEVER made any kind of offensive or off-color comment and have NEVER violated their TOS.
The ONLY reason that I can assume is that I'm a conservative Christian<<Which The Left HATES.
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Joshua Hare commented
I'm PO'd as well about ridiculous comment moderation that rejects the most harmless words that clearly are NOT in violation of guidelines.
HOWEVER, crying "free speech suppression" is laughably inaccurate here.
AOL does not owe you publication of your speech. It's their bad platform. They have exactly ZERO obligation to publish your content. You have every right to start your own platform and enforce your own standards of acceptable speech. You do NOT have the right to force another entity to adopt your particular standards of acceptable speech. It's utterly ludicrous to think so."The 1st Amendment is hugely misunderstood. It blocks Congress from making laws that limit free expression. It says nothing about publishers being FORCED to publish your work, in fact, it says nothing about citizen-to-citizen behavior. For any of the rights defined in the Bill of Rights."
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Matthew Jones commented
no site allows free speech. none. the amount of comments ive had censored is unreal. its very stressful. these sites are causing stress. why are they allowed? took me ages to post on some sites as they so slow. but when i finally do they arent there. and my pc crashes as well..
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George Aycock commented
This is so true. It is annoying and frustrating. I don't use curse words either or really hateful words. I do sometimes say that doing something is crazy, or stupid or idiotic and these get it blocked. Sometimes, even milder words are also blocked. It makes no sense most of the time.
Aol needs to back off a lot and allow free speech to work. -
JAMES FRIEND commented
to all you chump lovers aol don't care who you are they censor a lot of people for no reason. I hate chump and I get censored with every post. aol has a bunch of jerks working there. the do not read the feedback if they did they would fix the problem. all they care about is $$$$$. maybe if every one boycotted them for a month or two they might get there head out. you can't call them or e-maIl them they just don't care as long as the $$$ keeps rolling in
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ALBERT KING JR commented
FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS GONE!!!!!!!
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ALBERT KING JR commented
THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!!
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ALBERT KING JR commented
OK WHY !!! DO YOU LIE !!!!!
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JOSEPH PLANCHAK commented
I have the same problem and no matter what I do it does not fix ANYTHING.... AOL blacklists me as well with NO explaination... AOL stinks!!!!!!