Update -- one of my poems has been "unpublished" by Blogger, and two more of my posts have been "flagged" and "put behind a warning for readers"

Hi again.

Yesterday I received three more emails from Blogger. In the first email, they let me know that my poem "butter or margarine" has been "unpublished", i.e., deleted from my blog. The email also said that in order to ask them to review their decision and express my interest in their republishing the poem, I should click a certain link.  Once again, the link they sent me does not work, and when clicked, produces only the following error message:

400. That’s an error.

The server cannot process the request because it is malformed. It should not be retried. That’s all we know.

The other two emails from Blogger each told me that a post of mine had been "flagged" and "put behind a warning for readers". One of those posts was, again, my Celebrity Initials list, and I couldn't tell which was the other post that had been flagged because they didn't include the title, and the link to it in the email produced only an empty screen.

Here's a copy of the email that Blogger sent me about my "unpublished" poem "butter or margarine". (And by the way, my poem "butter or margarine" appears in my book Saline, published by Interior Noise Press in 2014.)  Anyhow, here's a copy of the email that Blogger sent me:

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 Hello,

          As you may know, our Community Guidelines 

(https://blogger.com/go/contentpolicy) describe the boundaries for what we 

allow-- and don't allow-- on Blogger. Your post titled "" was flagged to us 

for review. We have determined that it violates our guidelines and have 

unpublished the URL 

http://carlmillerdaniels.blogspot.com/2019/09/butter-or-margarine-in-squiggle-brigade.html,

making it unavailable to blog readers.

    Why was your blog post unpublished?

    Your content has violated our Spam policy. Please visit our Community 

Guidelines page linked in this email to learn more.

    If you are interested in republishing the post, please update the 

content to adhere to Blogger's Community Guidelines. Once the content is 

updated, you may republish it at 

https://www.blogger.com/go/appeal-post?blogId=2104692036645098518&postId=5448457461165203349.

This will trigger a review of the post.

    For more information, please review the following resources:

    Terms of Service: https://www.blogger.com/go/terms

    Blogger Community Guidelines: https://blogger.com/go/contentpolicy

    Sincerely,

    The Blogger Team

 

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So right now my take on all this is that blogspot used to seem like a warm and friendly place, but now it does not.  It's becoming a place that's making me feel anxious and annoyed and irritated.

I've sent one message to Blogger via the Feedback option on my own blog (I clicked on the little question mark inside the circle at upper right-hand portion of my blog), and I plan to send another message to them via that Feedback option. At the very least, it seems like they might want to know that they're sending out a link that produces only an error message when clicked.

Anyhow, that's my update.  Thanks to those who commented on my last post. Much appreciated.

Sorry to learn that others, too, have experienced flagged and "unpublished" posts. Right now, I'm finding that blogspot is not a comfortable place to be and create.  

Not sure what's next...

Best wishes,

Carl Miller Daniels