Google pulls out of gaping Blogger smut black hole

Google has backed down on its frigid threat to tug filthy porno pics and raunchy grumble vids off Blogger. The ad giant on Thursday said it will continue to allow randy netizens to post amateur smut, reversing an earlier decision forbidding X-rated blog posts unless they were deemed arty and acceptable to Mountain View's …

[NoOneSpecific]

Google pulls out of Blogger smut black hole

Google pulls out of Blogger smut black hole

~ So many jokes. SOOOooooo many jokes!

[Anonymous Coward]

Unforced error

> Google is backing down...

Must be that "Don't be evil" thing...

[x 7]

so where do I find this filth?

[Oninoshiko]

I'm sure you could be linked, but some of it is still illegal in the UK...

[I. Aproveofitspendingonspecificprojects]

Surely you just.

I don't know if you are joking but I have had a Blog blog for several years and never realised they were being used for stuff like that.

One born every minute. Does the rest of my life finally get started now?

[Google]

In their failed attempt for everyone to become more "social" by forcing google plus down their throats through shutting down Google Reader they received multiple tons of feedback. Only this time it made a difference.

What gives?

[Jango]

I for one am glad in retrospect given how it turned out. Due to the discontinuation of Google Reader, I was forced to embrace new alternatives and am happy to have settled on one which is more polished than reader ever was (Inoreader if you want to know). Reader, if it still existed would still have been a neglected service and not get the care that can be expected from a competitor whose main offering is a feed aggregator. There are also the added benefits of moving away from Google walled garden.

[jbeveridge]

wordpress.com

[midcapwarrior]

?

"about the negative impact on individuals who post sexually explicit content to express their identities"

Never been on the site but may have to just to find out what this means

[Chris G]

Re: ?

" sexually explicit content to express their identities"

Unless it is something like necrophilia: Looks like I'll have to put off the Zombie Twins this weekend!