The last couple of weeks have been hell for me.
First I got the shock that my blog of 17 years was deleted.
At first, I thought it was the nudity on the blog so I started a new one without nudity
but within a couple days, warnings went up on it again.
What goes?
There are tools on Blogger that allow you to track down problems on your blog.
Turns out it was the RG links that were the cause.
I replaced all the RG links with FF ones, asked for a review, and within a day the warnings were removed.
But that doesn't work for the old blog which is gone and won't be back.
I have no access to it.
The next thing was people from the group bombarded me with alerts that my links were being blocked
or labeled as dangerous or having malicious content.
A helpful member of the group alerted me to the fact that Firefox and Google Chrome
were blocking all RG zip (and later rar) files.
Savvy experienced users knew they could bypass the warnings, but then some couldn't.
Then my posts started ending up in people's spam folders.
For all my users, 63% use Chrome and 26% use Firefox, 11% all other.
Not all Chrome or Firefox users were encountering the warnings
and some have suggested it may be related to the severity of their browser security settings.
Despite all the alarms, NO virus or malware was ever found in any of the files.
As I have said before, I am fairly obsessive with what I put out.
I cannot tolerate someone tarnishing my reputation with false claims.
While many are comfortable ignoring those warnings,
others may be dissuaded from downloading and enjoying my material.
For the next while, I will be using FF links exclusively.
Perhaps in a few weeks down the road we might test some RG links
to see if Google and Firefox have resolved their problems with RG.
Putting out both RG and FF links together now won't work
because the presence of the RG link will set off the alarms.
My thanks to the members who ran various tests for me.
Through their efforts we were finally able to nail down the problem.
Thanks to all who sent me comments.
And thanks to all who are interested in what I have to offer.
I now just want to go back to spending my time tracking down quality content
and assembling my packages of treats.
Black Onyx
