Ashley Strand

I just tried to post a comment from one of my listeners which included the fairly tame "S-bomb."

The site would not allow me to post the comment, with a warning in red letters that my blog contained a word that might offend some listeners.  Never mind that people don't listen to a blog.

Isn't the whole point of this project to create self-organizing communities which band together around shared tastes, interests, and yes, even mores?  Why should BlogTalkRadio censor my blog when no one is forced to read it or even listen to my show?  Why am I allowed to broadcast a show under the label of "mature comedy" (so everyone knows what to expect), in which every conceivable profanity is used indiscriminately, but then I'm not allowed to refer to that content using the same language on my own blog?

People who are offended by "profanity" won't listen to my show and won't read my blog -- hence they are not in danger of being offended.  And even if they are, they won't be offended by BTR, they will be offended by me, and go back to listening to cooking and gardening shows, or whatever.  People who listen to my show, on the other hand, aren't offended by "profanity;" rather, they consider censorship profane.  And if they, and people like them, feel as though BTR is imposing arbitrary standards of what is appropriate content for blog communications within a small, self-organizing community of listensers, then they WILL blame BTR.

Seems like a dumb policy all the way around -- anyone can tell me what gives?


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