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  1. Lesta Nediam LNC2017-04-08 1510 +PUBLIC
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRpWWV10Uoc&lc=z13tfdph2r2ys3j0n22btpawetqovbbhd04
  3. https://pastebin.com/FGpgrPbH
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  6. PLEASE READ. *THE SITUATION AS OF 8th/APRIL/2017 @ 1510:* Everyone except Lesta is able to post to Google Plus the URL: http://lestanediam DOT blogspot DOT com
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  8. 1) When you add a URL to a new Google Plus post a "preview thumbnail" gets generated. If I leave that in then the post *remains visible* to the public. For the moment that seems to be a workaround (though it isn't ideal and could change). In this presentation I removed that "preview thumbnail" not realising its significance. I only realised its significance later on when I experimented further. Just so long as my Google Plus posts contain a "preview thumbnail" the post will remain visible (any will do - even if its for a different website/URL).
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  10. 2) I can write a simple post that works e.g., "This is a test". Then after posting that (and checking it is visible to the public) if I edit the post to include the offending URL *the post instantly becomes "hidden".* And so Google must be "scanning/checking" the post after each edit - detects the offending URL - and then hides the post.
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  12. 3) If I edit that post again *and remove the offending URL* - the post remains hidden! This suggests that once Google has "flagged a post as needing to be hidden" it doesn't restore it to being visible again. _Once a post is "hidden" it stays hidden._
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  14. 4) Including links from other people's "blogspot" (with or without a "preview thumbnail") does not cause the post to become hidden for me. In effect this is the equivalent of someone else writing a Google Plus post which includes my blogspot URL. It will work. *This means the "censorship" (or "specific glitch") affects my account only.*
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  16. All of this started happening about ~24 hours ago. In a few days I'll check to see if it remains the case. However - if this isn't censorship and is "just a Google glitch" *then it's VERY SPECIFIC!*
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  18. It could suggest that each/some of us are being - _or are going to be_ - prevented from writing certain things on the Internet. It also suggests that we are being set up such that there could be a hive of activity on a webpage or a video but you won't even know about it (and they won't even know you're there)! All because algorithms are automatically keeping certain people from knowing about certain other people.
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  20. This could be a "noble solution" that ostensibly addresses the problem of "cyber bullying" - by removing victims from bullies so that there's no one for the bully to bully and the victim isn't put in the path of someone who might bully them! Of course - once implemented this can be used to silence genuine dissidents by preventing their message from reaching anyone who might be positively affected by it etc.
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  22. *POSSIBLE EXPLANATION* (though unlikely). I have "VERIFIED" my "blogspot" with Google (I did this through YouTube as well as through "Google's Search Console". It could be that for some reason I am forbidden from linking to my own blogspot URL. Perhaps because I have done so "too many times" since the URL appears at the end of every post I write. (And - _just guessing_ - this is a new policy that has now come into effect etc.)
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  24. And so if *YOU* have a "blogspot" URL (whether it's verified or not - though ideally verified) you could try writing a Google Plus post that links to your own blog. That would be the closest thing to reproducing the problem I have documented. Simply remove the automatically generated "preview thumbnail" (since [for now] that seems to let the post work) and check to see if it's public. Do you encounter the same problem I am having?
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  26. However - that possibility is unlikely because I am still able to include the offending URL in posts which contain a "preview thumbnail". (Though - that "loophole" might be patched later on if this is actual censorship and not a mere [specific] "glitch".)
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  31. *UPDATE 9th/APRIL/2017 @ 1325*: The "censorship" - _or very specific "Google Glitch"_ - is now affecting my "Disqus" URL as well so it's not just limited to my blogspot.
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  36. ______________________________________________________________
  37. My name is Lesta Nediam and I am cracking reality like a nut.
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  39. Lesta Nediam's YouTube Channel:
  40. https://www.youtube.com/c/LestaNediamHQ
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  42. Lesta Nediam's Google Plus:
  43. https://plus.google.com/+LestaNediamHQ
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  45. Lesta Nediam's Official Blog:
  46. https://lestanediam DOT blogspot DOT com
  47. [Reconstruct the URL as I am unable to post it!]
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  49. Lesta Nediam's Twitter:
  50. https://twitter.com/LestaNediam
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  52. Lesta Nediam's Vimeo
  53. https://vimeo.com/lestanediam
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  55. Lesta Nediam's Vidme
  56. https://vid.me/LestaNediam
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  58. Lesta Nediam's Dailymotion
  59. https://www.dailymotion.com/LestaNediam
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  61. Lesta Nediam's LiveLeak
  62. https://www.liveleak.com/c/LestaNediam
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  64. Lesta Nediam's Disqus:
  65. https://disqus.com/home/forum/lestanediam/
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  67. Lesta Nediam's Archived Public Comments:
  68. https://pastebin.com/u/Lesta
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  71. What does not exist - exists to exist.
  72. What exists - exists to always exist.
  73. As it is written - so it is done.
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