Today I recieved a 'error message' reading: “Warning: We have a concern about some of the content on your blog. Please click here to contact us as soon as possible to resolve the issue and re-enable posting.” Since then I responded to the warning but had no reply in return. And I've read that it can take a while before WordPress support responds. So in a attempt to speed up things I write this reply.
I'm not aware that I violated any of WordPress rules under their TOS. So I've been thinking what ever might motivated to block my ability to post new blogs. And the only thing I could come-up with is that you might think I'm running ads or advertorials.
Some explaining:
I write and post, next to recipes and the result in words and pictures of our every day cooking adventures, reviews of places we have been to. Restaurants, hotels, bars, amusement parks, museums, etc. Some are nice, because it was a good meal or a great location and we where treated well and/ or had a great time. And some reviews aren't so nice because the place sucked for more than one reason.
I post links and pictures of the places. Some of the owners I befriended with, or we felt like the business deserves more attention and traffic, so I feel like posting their link in de link section of my blog to reward them.
I never ever get paid in anyway for our 'advertisements'. And believe me if I say that some of the places we've wrote about and had to give a bad review don't feel like we are advertising for them. Some of the places however are really happy with us because they scored a great review. And us 'advertising' for them is all out of goodwill they generated with us and our feeling that they deserved some promotion by being a great place to be for us and probably for others to.
I can however imagine that WordPress thinks we are running advertisements. Well, we are not. It are reviews. And again, some are good and some are bad.
I can't see that you, now knowing what my blog is all about, would have a problem with that. But if you do than just let me know instead of just blocking me. Because that last thing is quite rude to do to someone that's not aware of violating any of WordPress rules.
So now that you know what my blog is all about, please re-enable my posting ability and lets get on with our lives.
Thanks in advanced.