Wordpress Censoring Blogs?
For all you bloggers out there, be be warned—Wordpress can and will censor your blog. How do I know this? I know this because Wordpress censored my blog, today actually, over one of my recent articles.
I wrote an article about Lady Gaga, one of the music industry's most popular and controversial artists. I was writing about Gaga's music videos, "Alejandro," "Bad Romance," and "Telephone" to be specific, and the types of themes contained within them. The themes range from S&M, to homosexuality, to the occult. Gaga is shocking, she loves it, and she's famous for it.
I posted my Gaga article last night. However, when I attempted to edit my post this morning (I hate finding typos) I was unable to do so for reasons unknown. Whatever I tried, I could not update the article, I couldn’t even post a new one. I tried refreshing my web page and restarting my browser but nothing worked. Then, I noticed the alert at the top of my dashboard, which read:
Warning: We have concern about some of the content on your blog. Please click here to contact us as soon as possible to resolve the issue and re-enable posting.
Are you kidding me? It took me a few seconds for the warning to sink in. Wordpress censored my blog because they had “concern about some of the content”? I was speechless and I was very angry. I was equally angry that I had found several typos in my post, wanted to fix them, but was unable to thanks to the blog police at Wordpress.
I immediately contacted Wordpress Support and vocalized my frustration. I posted my issue on the Wordpress forum and received no response other than advising that I send an e-mail to the support team (which I already did). Last, I told all my friends on Facebook that Wordpress had censored my blog by locking my account. In no way was I going to allow Wordpress to get away with censoring my article; I wasn’t going down without a fight.
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