Why are MSN comments so overly censored?

Anonymous
2022-10-12T21:36:06+00:00

Literally cannot even use words like "you" and "put" it is beyond stupid. Comments aren't even remotely offensive. Fix the filters or just disable comments. It is infuriating

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-03-03T01:10:52+00:00

    It is insulting and frightening at the same time. Is it the mindset of the cretins who designed the algorithm? Or is it actually AI trying to suppress freedom of human thought and expression? Either way, IT SUCKS and is a complete waste of time. (I'm speaking as someone who has a high opinion of Microsoft, too. You're better than this!)

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-03-01T20:10:42+00:00

    The irony of big tech companies saying it's their dreams to let information reaches every nook and cranny of the world, yet only what we 'deem' as polite and 'correct'. MSN censorship is on par with North Korea, if not worse. Even in North Korea, you can say, "you" or "he" or "she"

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  3. Don Varnau 19,930 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2023-02-28T21:17:03+00:00
    1. You may find useful information at https://www.msn.com/en-us/community/guideline 
    2. There were so many unacceptable comments that commenting was shut down for a few months not too long ago.
    3. Now that commenting is allowed again, moderation is very restrictive.
    4. Moderation is a mess. It's being done via AI, via a bot, not humans and is random and inexplicable.
    5. If a comment you tried to post was banned, that will be in your activity feed, and you can

    appeal that decision.

    1. I've searched but have not found a way to contact MSN staff regarding this moderation except the Feedback link that's at the bottom of nearly every MSN webpage. If you receive a reply to the feedback, it will be a generic reply that doesn't address your specific issue.

    I'm seeing this canned response a lot.

    That's because I think it's important that people know that they aren't communicating with MSN here. I'm sure I've put that in nearly every post.

    And that they aren't dealing with human moderators... point #4.

    In other words...

    Q. Why are things so screwed up?

    A. Because they are.

    Don

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-02-28T20:53:15+00:00
    1. You may find useful information at https://www.msn.com/en-us/community/guideline 
    2. There were so many unacceptable comments that commenting was shut down for a few months not too long ago.
    3. Now that commenting is allowed again, moderation is very restrictive.
    4. Moderation is a mess. It's being done via AI, via a bot, not humans and is random and inexplicable.
    5. If a comment you tried to post was banned, that will be in your activity feed, and you can

    appeal that decision.

    1. I've searched but have not found a way to contact MSN staff regarding this moderation except the Feedback link that's at the bottom of nearly every MSN webpage. If you receive a reply to the feedback, it will be a generic reply that doesn't address your specific issue.

    I'm seeing this canned response a lot.

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