Within a few hours the word verification was removed from my blog. Possibly this was due to my using the word verification and showing the automated system that I am human, not a spamming machine. However, in that time I had begun looking at other free blog hosts and I will post about those later. Blogsome looks good.

What I have found out from Travis is that a visitor to my blog flagged it as a spammer. So, this means anyone can come to your blog and do this. Anyone who is having a bad day, doesn’t like something you posted, or just feels in a pissy mood, can create this aggravation for you. Blogger needs to re-think this. They may catch a few spam blogs but they will aggravate a lot of people who have done nothing. In fact, I think people are more likely to flag an innocent blog than take the time to flag one that is actually spamming.

I do understand the need for a system to weed out spam blogs. As an editor/ site reviewer at Dmoz for the last seven years, I have seen all kinds of spam. Nowhere are there more spam blogs submitted than in the Adult Journals category. In that one small category I would say 95% of the submissions are spam blogs. So, I do empathize with Blogger. I do understand the problem and I am not “socially unresponsible” in thinking I should be given a fair hearing or at least a reason before I’m labeled as a spammer. Blogger needs a few human editors to verify these spam flags before they automatically label blogs as spam.

I think, as a Blogger blogger for over a year, I deserve to be given that consideration. Quite likely the other bloggers who have sent “me too” emails have felt the same and would like to see Blogger revise their flagging system.

Also, Blogger needs to add the information about site visitors flagging blogs to their explanation page about the word verification added to the posting page. I would have been less angry if I had known it was not directed from Blogger.