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Anonymous Commenting is Now Hearby Banned
You know, my little snarky post about the "Boobiegate" thing wasn't even that snarky or flame-y.
Yet I've been pestered by Anonymous Trolls since I posted the damn thing. Not a lot, just more than usual. Know what? I don't have the patience this week because I've got RL shit going on.
Because I don't feel like going through all the bullshit, I've now mass deleted all anonymous comments that I've received over the past day or so from both email and this LJ. I've deleted them unread, because if you have to be anonymous, I can't be bothered.
In short: I don't owe you shit if you don't sign your name.
I've also forbidden anonymous commenting. Want to say something? Get an LJ account, or use Open ID, otherwise, you're shit of luck.
I apologize to all the nice Annonymice who've dropped by over the years and were willing to put up with being screened. I apologize to the polite Annonymice and I'm sorry to see your comments go.
I may, at some point in the future, re-allow screened anonymous comments.
Just do me a favor and and don't ask me today when I'll be doing that. Because if you ask me now, you'll get "never" as an answer.
Yet I've been pestered by Anonymous Trolls since I posted the damn thing. Not a lot, just more than usual. Know what? I don't have the patience this week because I've got RL shit going on.
Because I don't feel like going through all the bullshit, I've now mass deleted all anonymous comments that I've received over the past day or so from both email and this LJ. I've deleted them unread, because if you have to be anonymous, I can't be bothered.
In short: I don't owe you shit if you don't sign your name.
I've also forbidden anonymous commenting. Want to say something? Get an LJ account, or use Open ID, otherwise, you're shit of luck.
I apologize to all the nice Annonymice who've dropped by over the years and were willing to put up with being screened. I apologize to the polite Annonymice and I'm sorry to see your comments go.
I may, at some point in the future, re-allow screened anonymous comments.
Just do me a favor and and don't ask me today when I'll be doing that. Because if you ask me now, you'll get "never" as an answer.
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Anyway, all of the anonymous messages were tucked into my "View Recent Comments." I've just pretty much had enough.
I had everything from being called "A judgmental bitch" to pseudo-intellectual bullshit on why I'm a killjoy for not letting everyone do what they want. Nothing threatening, at least, but frankly, I just can't be bothered if they can't even sign their names.
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One of the big things that attracted me to LJ was the control we have over what we are forced to read. On a public bulletin board the Trolls can take over. Note here.
Delete away.
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~M~
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Julia, tending, that is, to get mired down in the muck
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I don't blame you a bit for turning off anonymice. It isn't like it's at all difficult to get an OpenID set up, even if someone doesn't want to make an LJ.
~Lisa
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After all, flaming is like groping. I don't mind, as long as you stay still long enough for me to punch you in the face. ;o)
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More than Boobiegate (what a charming appellation!), I'm currently seething at a Mr. John McCain and his remarks against the equal pay bill in the Senate. Gosh, does he really think I need more education and training to have the earning potential of my male peers?
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amazing, eh?
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I've written about religion. I've written about politics. I've written about unpopular fannish opinions. I've written about the LJ-Stupido-Olympics.
And whenever this LJ has gotten slammed, I've gotten a few anony-trolls, but usually no more than 2 or 3 (in posts that got more than 500 responses, no less).
In the past 36 hours (I didn't get any anonymous comments before I stopped receiving email notices from that entry), almost a dozen.
All because they don't want to fucking understand why there are women and men who have a honking big problem with this. They want to know why they can't just walk up and ask to grab one of my tits.
I thought I was incensed before....
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That is my policy as well. People should have the balls to back up their criticisms... otherwise they shouldn't bother making them.
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A lot of LJers talk big about freedom of speech until someone says something they don't like, and then the abuse starts. So much for their vaunted love for freedom of speech.
I think everyone is entitled to their opinion. I may not always agree. It would be a dull world if everyone agreed about everything. But verbal and written attacks are not necessary.
If they truly believed in the "freedom of speech" they tout so much, they would not be "punishing" people in that way for disagreeing and stating their opinions.
It doesn't make any sense to me, I can't relate to that way of thinking.
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The irony of these guys supporting public groping refusing to MAN UP and identify themselves in comments with Open ID, actually logging on, or providing links to email or blog -- good gravy.
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Noooo, it totally wasn't.
I turned off anon commenting quite a while ago -- I forget when. I think it was a tossup which were more annoying, the spammers or the cowardly flamers. I'm sorry you had to deal even minimally with those idiots.
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I also lost friends, who had done the same thing accidentally, because they didn't log in.
So...I switched to screening all anonymous comments. And locking posts that could attract trolls. That was the only thing that worked. Annoying, but effective.