New policy re: anonymous comments

[sqbr]

Your comment is allowed to be no more than one of:
a) Unsigned
b) Off topic
c) Rude to me or other commenters
d) to the wrong person or otherwise annoying

And really, should be none of the above. And not anonymous.

*deletes comment which is 3 out of four*

If you want to be rude, at least give people a chance to engage you in extended argument, otherwise you're just a nasty coward.

Gee, I'm glad I started screening the darn things. How hard is to it to create a sockpuppet account or whatever?

Comments

[greteldragon.livejournal.com]

I was impressed with the anonymous comment that replied to mine and had a go at me kadeton and vegetus. I was half hoping you'd unscreen so I could troll back, because their comments were just so out of it. :P

[alias_sqbr]

That was indeed the one I was talking about. Vegetus's comment was like 3 threads up! And had absolutely nothing to do with what you guys were arguing about! I was tempted to let it through to tell them how wrong they were myself, but decided deleting it would be ultimately more satisfying and set a (very low) bar for acceptable behaviour.

[greteldragon.livejournal.com]

Heh I thought the first half of his yelling was at kadeton and I, and that she/he was too dumb to work out how to reply to comments separately.

Eh. Its your journal. Personally I would have found, pointing vegetus and kadeton at the comment more fun for all, but then I'm in a shit-stirring mood. :P

[kadeton.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was hoping for a go at that person. :)

[vegetus.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, I'd have loved to have seen what they wrote...

[callistra.livejournal.com]

Congrats on your troll(s)
:-/

[alias_sqbr]

Thanks :) Though I think thus far it's just the one...

[david adam <zanchey> (from livejournal.com)]

I suspect that at least some of your anonymous commenters are coming via Planet UCC, and it might be worth editing your template to have a 'please sign your name if you don't have a login' notice.

[alias_sqbr]

Yes, I think you're probably right, which is one reason I tend to let innocuous ones through. What do you mean by "my template"?

[david adam <zanchey> (from livejournal.com)]

The page style or whatever it is that controls the look of your LJ. I assume you can put extra bits of text in wherever?

[alias_sqbr]

*sees what it's like to come here from Planet UCC, and edits*

Not sure anyone will notice the little link on the side, and I'm not changing the title of my blog to "SIGN ALL ANONYMOUS COMMENTS" but you never know it might work :)

[arcadiagt5.livejournal.com]

Had any spammers yet?

[alias_sqbr]

Oh, yes, every now and then. That's what prompted me to screen in the first place.

[arcadiagt5.livejournal.com]

Snap! :)

[greteldragon.livejournal.com]

I was impressed with the anonymous comment that replied to mine and had a go at me kadeton and vegetus. I was half hoping you'd unscreen so I could troll back, because their comments were just so out of it. :P

[alias_sqbr]

That was indeed the one I was talking about. Vegetus's comment was like 3 threads up! And had absolutely nothing to do with what you guys were arguing about! I was tempted to let it through to tell them how wrong they were myself, but decided deleting it would be ultimately more satisfying and set a (very low) bar for acceptable behaviour.

[greteldragon.livejournal.com]

Heh I thought the first half of his yelling was at kadeton and I, and that she/he was too dumb to work out how to reply to comments separately.

Eh. Its your journal. Personally I would have found, pointing vegetus and kadeton at the comment more fun for all, but then I'm in a shit-stirring mood. :P

[callistra.livejournal.com]

Congrats on your troll(s)
:-/

[alias_sqbr]

Thanks :) Though I think thus far it's just the one...

[david adam <zanchey> (from livejournal.com)]

I suspect that at least some of your anonymous commenters are coming via Planet UCC, and it might be worth editing your template to have a 'please sign your name if you don't have a login' notice.

[alias_sqbr]

Yes, I think you're probably right, which is one reason I tend to let innocuous ones through. What do you mean by "my template"?

[david adam <zanchey> (from livejournal.com)]

The page style or whatever it is that controls the look of your LJ. I assume you can put extra bits of text in wherever?

[arcadiagt5.livejournal.com]

Had any spammers yet?

[alias_sqbr]

Oh, yes, every now and then. That's what prompted me to screen in the first place.

[arcadiagt5.livejournal.com]

Snap! :)