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Published Sep 8, 2008
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Good afternoon GOLO:

I know this election brings out a myriad of opinions, beliefs, suspicions and speculation and the blogs and comments are rampant. 

Given the fact that GOLO is not moderated, we do not, nor can we realistically see every comment and post. Many people like that, others do not.

I just want to bring to your attention that the content that is being flagged as  abuse, particularly related to politics is really out of control with an amazing amount of racism, sexism, hatred and overall nastiness that in no way contributes to quality conversation.

These comments will be labeled as abuse and before you know it, your account could be banned.

I just want to remind you of this.

In the meantime, you may want to revisit this post. 

Thanks,

Angela

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My comment was flagged and my account banned. Doesnt change the way I feel though.

Our goal is not to change anyone's "feelings" but to provide an environment where people can have civil conversations.

Not to be disrespectful or anything but civil? On GOLO? LOL An oxymoron to be sure.

All you can do is try to do your part to contribute to that. Thanks.

Thank you Angela....Sorry you have to do so much babysitting though..

You need to find a way to ban by email and/or IP address so the same people don't come back and repeat what they have done previously.

Some people just can't say anything constructive without getting racist, sexist or just plain insulting. They should be flagged for abuse...and often.

Unless your IP address is static, you can change it with the click of the mouse. Same with getting a new email address. Easy as kindergarten math.

It would be funny if not so sad the way people scream at each other. Most blogs do not address and debate true issues most just are hurray for our side blogs or so and so is going to cause the death of us all!!!

I have quite posting in them. There is no political debate there anymore.

I've mentioned before that IP addresses are dynamic and banning them as a rule could essentially ban a lot of folks who don't deserve it.

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