IB v blogger
Posted: Friday, 17 October 2008 |
8 comments |
As I said I would, Friday I wrote a post saying why I was in Edinburgh, I got it finished and clicked publish in the early afternoon, I made a special effort to get it posted in time as I know ib closes down in the late afternoon Friday and doesn’t re open until Monday morning, when the post had not showed I logged in to see why (bearing in mind the post I put up Tuesday evening took nearly 24 hours to show), there was the big bright red notice saying Publish Failed……it could not be published because I was advertising, was I selling something......no was I advertising a multi dollar company……no was I advertising a private money making company…….no was I advertising a government owned organisation…..no was I advertising something on the right side of the tracks….no was I giving details to a textile art exhibition….yes was I giving details of a community lead project….yes was giving details of something on the wrong side of the tracks….yes
As it was late and I wanted the info to go out so anyone interested who was in the Edinburgh area could go, I deleted the offending post and wrote one saying I was transferring the post to my blogger blog and the info could be seen there but when I looked later Friday evening that had not been posted either, when I logged in there was the big bright red Publish Failed again this time it told me the problem was because I had included a poster……well I included a poster in too and it was fine, so please will the 91Èȱ¬ make up it’s mind what is and is not acceptable, I think the 91Èȱ¬ is being a snob, the poster that was allowed is for Painting Art and in a property owned by Historic Scotland whereas the poster that was not allowed is for Textile Art and in a Community lead project in a working class area of Edinburgh, IMHO projects like this should be supported by government own businesses like the 91Èȱ¬ not shunned,
I have posted details of at least 3 textile exhibitions on my blog all owned by private individuals and all charged for entry, these were allowed yet a free exhibition is banned, am I alone in seeing this as unfair, I have given details of 91Èȱ¬ radio programmes with links to listen again and this has never been banned as advertising….which it is,
If you wish to read the banned blog post you can
This has been a last straw for me, I am fed up with posts not being published, disappearing after they were published and comments disappearing, so I will now be posting on my blogger blog, I started with blogger and then deleted the blog in May 2006, when I started blogging again I decided to go with the 91Èȱ¬ IB but I am tired of the fight to get a post published, I will visit to read blogs (I have several of my favs on bloglines) and I know most IBers only read IB blogs so will not follow me to blogger, my main reason for blogging is my textiles and there are many, many textile bloggers on blogger and wordpress, I’ve enjoyed IB for the people, I just think the 91Èȱ¬ has gone backwards with it’s blog technology, things were never this bad last year,
take care IT
Posted on Island Threads at 14:57
Comments
Sorry to read about your problems, IT. As a non-blogger it's all above my head! I have noted your other blog and will visit you there. Good luck.
Jill from EK
IT, I put your other blog as one of my favorites and will check from time to time. Why don't you keep both going? # I would be curious to hear Carol from IBHQ's answer to your comments above. # IT, congratulations again. Great work.
mjc from IN, USA
I fully sympathise with your frustrations IT. IB is not the only part of Auntie's online service that has driven fpu to dreadful cursing recently. Perhaps we need a certain sea captain's navigation skills! I have copy-catted mjc.
Flying Cat from slogging at blogging
Me? I washed my hands long time ago. Before Pontius the Pilot in fact.
mjc from IN, USA
Dreadful cursing? That's what happens when you live in a thriving port, with all those sailors around. Not to mention that one long-departed local pirate GMB wrote about.
mjc from IN, USA
Hello IT, the blog you're referring to was not published as it was advertising and it didn't appear obvious that people would not be asked for money to see the exhibition. If this was wrong then apologies for that. The location of the exhibition had nothing to do with whether blog was published or not. With regard to past decisions by IBHQ, I can't comment as those decisions were taken by someone else. As you note, there have been huge and increasingly severe problems with the blogging engine and we're well aware that it means a frustrating experience if your blogs or comments are affected. Why some blogs are affected we just don't know, we've looked into it several times and cannot deduce why this is the case when other posts are fine. It is your decision where you blog and I'm sorry you've found IB not to your liking. Thanks for persevering with IB as you have done and all the best for the future. Your contributions will be missed. If you wish to discuss this further, you can also e-mail islandblogging@bbc.co.uk if you wish.
Carol from IBHQ
Come and join us on the new Island Blogging site if you have not already done so - no restrictions as to what you can post. Take a look and check out Help Me Blog! where I will give you all the help you need to set up.
Les from the Help man
hello Les thanks for the offer but I had just moved back to blogger for my regular blogging and have an altered photo blog with wordpress so do not want to start a third blog, I tend to post a lot of photos too and so think I would quickly use up the 10mb, I pop into island-blogging.co.uk frequently to see what they are up to ;o)
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