I get my news mostly from the local paper (Lincoln JournalStar) online version. Some time back, people had the opportunity to comment on their articles and editorials and to reply to others' comments. Then, they switched to letting Facebook handle all those comments and replies, which meant you had to have a Facebook account and meet Facebook's policies regarding content. That meant Facebook's employees had the power to decide what was published and what was not. Recently, LJS changed to some other program to handle the comments and replies on their articles. This new program has content policies, but they are not available to the public, so when you send a comment or reply it may be blocked without any reason other than it violates the content policies of the provider. It apparently blocks foul language, which is fine with me, but it also blocks photos and links to other sites that contain no profanity or anything one might consider objectionable in a public forum.
I am no longer going to attempt comments on their site, but I will look at the articles and comments and respond to them here on my site where I have control over what gets published. Two can play that game!
