Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Am I Spam?

I looked at my Blogger Dashboard and found this message awaiting me.

"This blog has been locked due to possible Blogger Terms of Service violations. You may not publish new posts until your blog is reviewed and unlocked.

This blog will be deleted within 20 days unless you request a review."

So this is partly a test...can I post? Did anyone else get this message or is it directed just at me?

Any clues? I clicked the link to request a review but am not quite sure what I did to bring this on!

8 comments:

OrbsCorbs said...

The Racine Post has reported us for "link spamming," I assume for Huck's two posts on the Hispanic Center story.

We have been linking to stories on their site for over a year, and now suddenly we're spam.

What a cheap, cheap shot.

MinnesotaChick said...

I just got it too.

OrbsCorbs said...

Hale, I don't mean to steal your thunder with the blog above this one, but I thought the subject should be addressed directly.

MinnesotaChick said...

So, to start a blog, we have to do the capcha thing? Here?

I'm confused. I can reply without a problem

hale-bopp said...

That's fine, Orbs. I didn't know what was going on...you just added useful information.

OrbsCorbs said...

DogAddicts, yes, if you want to post a blog here, you will have to fill out the CAPTCHA thing, until this is resolved.

I assume that all the "authors" on this site will receive the same message.

Commenting is not affected.

OrbsCorbs said...

I should also clarify at this point that I do not KNOW for a fact that the Racine Post is behind this, but the timing is beyond suspicious. They kept deleting Huck's links to their story. Then when I linked to another story today (with NO intention of spamming - I ALWAYS post links to the stories that I am referencing, and they know this), the hammer came down.

kkdither said...

Yep, I got it too. Babies. Sneaky, underhanded, JT-RP-like tactics. Something smells in this city besides the dump and the "poop ball" down at the lake.