Facebook Doesn't Like Chick-fil-A?

 

Facebook has a feature called Moderation Assist. Supposedly computerized moderation, it's often inconsistent. The past week, we've had blogs on arrests of two men whose families came to their defense, often using some choice words. We also had several comments from LCHS fans that lacked genteel presentation, so our Hidden folder was brimming over.

Looking back at some of the comments, we're unsure why FB removed them, but assume it could have been for a suggestion of violence. One comment was particularly puzzling. The only word not common to many posts here was "Chick-fil-A." 

If you post a polite comment and fail to see it, send us a PM, and we'll check. Just remember, if you comment on a post that's later removed, your comment will also disappear. Moderation Assist enables the user to restore any hidden comments, so we have returned the eatery to its rightful place in restaurant comments. 

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Giving thanks where due: Mayor Andy Betterton has now made assurances that the Florence Skate Park will be upgraded. From what we have read, the park will be better than before in a few weeks. We do wonder why it took the mayor to get things going?

Facebook Takes on Bacon Grease

 

We usually don't pay much attention to all the Facebook fact checker posts, merely assuming that at worst there's right on both sides of an issue. Yet a new "fact" appeared yesterday that left us totally bemused. What planet do these FB checkers live on?

We immediately looked on Google images for a vintage bacon grease jar, but we didn't have to settle for vintage - Walmart and other national stores sell these items in 2021:

We once heard someone say that FB fact checker was just another name for New Yawk idiot. It seemed like an ethnocentric value judgment at the time, but now we're not so sure...

Words You CAN'T Say on Facebook

We appreciate all comments...well, 99% of them. Our Facebook filter is set to its highest level; that means if you use certain words, someone here has to manually look at the comment to approve it. We do not control which words Facebook finds offensive, and recently a regular reader was not allowed to use the word "slut" until we approved it.

We highly discourage offensive language and reserve the right to ban anyone who comments using such. Think of our Facebook page, or anyone's FB page, as a living room. If you come into our living room, you can disagree with us, but please be courteous.

Recently Facebook contacted us about a post that used the word "retard." The comments surrounding this word were removed by Facebook. While many don't find this word or the word "mong" offensive, others do. In order to make it a little easier, we're going to publish a list of words that we will remove if we see them (hopefully before the Facebook bot sees them):

A$$
C*ap
C*nt
D*mn
F*ck
F*rt
H*ll
M*ng
P*ss
P**ntang
P*ssy
R*tard
S*it
T*rd
T*at

Obviously the banned words include any combos, i.e., mother*ucker or a**hole. Words that can also have non-offensive meanings will be looked at individually. In other words, you can say: He rode an ass, she wore a pussy bow, he is a toffee nosed twat, that chemical will retard a fire. 

Thank you for abiding by our rules.

Not long ago there was a heated discussion on Facebook concerning a Muscle Shoals football coach who beat his wife so badly that she required emergency medical treatment. Most of those who defended the man (think about that...they were defending a muscle bound bully who beat his own wife senseless) used words that we had to delete. Some readers defended these comments by saying that's simply how many speak these days.

Those who use such language are not exactly the intelligentsia. When you say these words, you're being crude. When you use these words in a written statement, you're being premeditated in your crude behavior. Do you speak that way on a job interview? 

Sighhhh...considering the recent job interview we saw on national television, perhaps you do. Can't we ALL strive to do better?