> Does anyone know who at Google Blogger I can contact about the
> following issue?  I have a blog that highlights trailers of cheesy
> movies  Some of these trailers have content (such as cursing and gore)
> that I wouldn't want children to see.  I voluntarily selected the
> "adult content" choice on the pull down menu when creating my blog.

> Now anytime someone visits my site, they get an adult content
> warning.  I'm glad they get a warning, but I'm not pleased with the
> warning they get - a canned "Some readers of this blog have contacted
> Google because they believe this blog's content is objectionable."

> Yeah, that someone was ME, the creator of the blog.  Because I just
> created the blog yesterday and the only folks who have seen it have
> been my wife and a few select friends (and I immediately got that
> warning the very first time I logged on).

> I think the wording of that warning message is just the wrong way to
> approach it.  I know Google/Blogger doesn't want to put themselves out
> there as the arbiters of what's in good taste and what isn't (I can
> understand that from a legal standpoint), but to have a message saying
> "readers have contacted Google because htey believe this blog's
> content is objectionable" is just flat out lying.  And there's such an
> easy solution.  Just change the warning to:

> "The creator of this blog feels that some of the material may be
> innappropriate for people under the age of 18."  Then you can contine
> with the "In general, Google does not review nor do we endorse the
> content of this or any blog. For more information about our content
> policies, please visit the Blogger Terms of Service" portion of the
> message.

> In other words, don't stigmatize my blog with a message that lies;
> rather, enable me, the creator of the blog to state the case my self
> and show that I'm actually acting responsibly and choosing to call out
> the content myself.  Isn't that much better?  That doesn't indemnify
> Google in the slightest, right?  I hope you will consider making this
> change. I think it is a reasonable one.  Please let me know what you
> think.

> The Phantom