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Rocks in your path & knocks in life.

1/16/2015

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Over the last week, I've stumbled. A social site is blocking me from blogging. Well—not always. Three times so far, I haven't been able to post a blog on Facebook. This is the reason given: blocked because security systems detected it to be unsafe.

This made me stagger. What had I said? No way had I been incisive or talked about forbidden subjects.


On the 9th, the first blow came with this post.

Blog about games and nicknames
I figured out the word the search engines didn't like and nodded to myself. Understandable. In the future, I'd say it another way.

Then, on the 12th, another blow came.
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Ah, yes: the heading. Both words must have triggered an alarm. I should have thought about that.

Did I learn to check the words in my blog for alternate meanings? You guessed it—I didn't. 


Yesterday, a blast made me stagger. What had I done? Oh, one word must have alerted the crawlers. How should I have phrased it? Inactivity is (***ling) causing our demise.
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These three knock-backs could make me stop blogging, or continue, watching where I put my feet on the road ahead.

People still visited the posts in question, but they couldn't comment. So there was no harm done, was there?

Well, as you know, comments make a blogger's effort worthwhile. When real people express understanding or show awareness of the news subject I'm writing about, I feel fulfilled.

90% of comments are earned, though. It's a case of you scratch my back (comment on my blog) and I'll scratch yours. Do I really want to spend my precious time reading about a product that someone's paid to write about, just so others in the chain will read my point of view? As an aside, not all blogs work this way. Some contain good content. (You know who you are.)

In this case, the first lesson learned is to withdraw from several blog groups on Facebook. The other is to switch my comments back to the original style and not Facebook, which looks good, but gives them exclusivity. Anyway, I'm not sure how a person could comment if they don't have an account. One clever reader sent me a message through the 'contact me' section.

The main lesson I need to learn is to check what I write. So many words in the English language have several meanings and, as a novelist, I'm not used to censoring my words. But, if I want to continue blogging, that's what I'll have to do.

That brings into question whether I should go on.

The discipline of writing every day helps me as a novelist. Also, some news subjects need to be discussed. We can learn from them, just as we can learn from the knocks we receive in life.

If you trip over a rock in your path, stand up, brush off the grime, and continue toward your goal.I've just changed back to default comments, so all 8 Facebook comments have been wiped off. Hope I don't regret it.

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Alana link
1/16/2015 07:15:16 am

I read your post on my phone several hours ago, during my work lunch period, so I saw the comments. It's hard for me to comment on my phone, and I'm glad I waited until now. They were nice, encouraging comments and I'm sorry you had to lose them. I hope there are still Facebook groups you are able to participate in. I hope you are able to keep on keeping on because I enjoy your blog very much.

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Cathy link
1/16/2015 08:41:41 pm

I'm so sorry to hear about all the trouble you've been having with your posts and being banned. I've never heard of such a thing and it's hard for me to comprehend fully. Keep writing your blog and don't let them defeat you. All the best.

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