Chuck, thanks for doing this! And a big thank you to Chris Bluhm for answering my question and providing a timely reply.
Just so everyone knows, I posted a comment on this topic on my AOTA blog. I'm glad I did because it put my fears to rest! Ron ~~~ Ron Carson MHS, OT www.OTnow.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Chuck Willmarth <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subj: [OTlist] AOTA Screening Bloggers Comments? CW> Ron, CW> Chris Bluhm at AOTA asked me to post this response to your comments CW> about the missing blog postings. CW> Chuck Willmarth CW> Director, State Affairs CW> AOTA CW> ************************ CW> Mr. Carson, CW> AOTA does not filer comments because of a member's perspective or point CW> of view. CW> As long as the terms of service are adhered to, which most commonly CW> prohibit things like profanity or marketing, posts should appear on the CW> site. CW> CW> A couple of weeks ago, national office staff needed to install a new CW> spam filter because the site has been hit by a series of spam attacks. CW> The new software uses an algorithm looking at things like, repeated CW> posts from the same IP address, keywords and other predictive tools and CW> will hold emails that it deems to have a "high spam score" in the filter CW> for approval before release. CW> In investigating your problem, we found one post from last Wednesday CW> that was caught by the filter and will be "released" today. Your problem CW> did identify a lapse in our procedures in that e-mails with a CW> particularly high spam score are now being auto-deleted within two CW> days, but we were only checking the filter weekly, as had been CW> appropriate in the past. CW> We will continue to work on the filter settings and are planning to make CW> some additional changes to try and have posts that are within OT CW> Connections "terms of service" flow to the site without being held up by CW> our security measures. CW> This is still new platform for us and we continue to work on fixing some CW> of the "bugs". We ask that anyone who is experiencing difficulty with CW> OT Connections to just give us a call, toll free at 1-800- 729-2682 and CW> either ask for Sam Gonzales, or if you can't reach Sam please don't CW> hesitate to call and ask for me directly. CW> Chris Bluhm CW> Chief Operating Officer CW> The American Occupational Therapy Association CW> -----Original Message----- CW> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On CW> Behalf Of Ron Carson CW> Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 9:18 PM CW> To: [email protected] CW> Subject: [OTlist] AOTA Screening Bloggers Comments? CW> Hello All: CW> On two different and recent occasions, my comments on the AOTA CW> president's blog concerning the recent branding campaign were not CW> posted. While I have no way of knowing who or even if someone is CW> censoring my comments, it certainly appears to be the case. CW> Given that AOTA is member supported organization is it acceptable for CW> AOTA to censor members' messages, even if they are negative and CW> non-supporting? CW> You can read the AOTA President's blog here: http://tinyurl.com/dka9fm CW> Thanks, CW> Ron CW> ~~~ CW> Ron Carson MHS, OT CW> www.OTnow.com CW> -- CW> Options? CW> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com CW> Archive? CW> www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] CW> -- CW> Options? CW> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com CW> Archive? CW> www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
