HolyCoast: A Comment About Comments
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

A Comment About Comments

During this transition process to the new template for HolyCoast.com there have been a number of changes in how comments are processed. I had Word Verification on for awhile, but decided to give it a try without it. If I start getting a lot of spambot comments I may have to put that back on.

I've also reopened the site to anonymous comments. I would rather not, but to limit that would restrict comments only to people with Google or OpenID accounts. We'll see how that goes.

I personally don't like anonymous comments. I put my name on everything I write and I would hope commenters would be willing to do that too. If you're writing something you can't put your name on, maybe you shouldn't post it.

I will always look more critically at anonymous comments because they are often used to throw cheap shots, and I won't hesitate to delete them if they don't make the grade. As I said in my comment policy, there is no first amendment right to post comments on HolyCoast.com. It's a privilege, and one that the vast majority of you have used appropriately. As always, I welcome your feedback pro or con.

7 comments:

Sam L. said...

Thank you, Rick. I don't do Google or Open ID, but I can't see being "Anonymous". I'm Sam L.

Robert Fanning said...

Happy to see the comments open without requiring a Google or other account. I also do not prefer anonymous postings as it appears to be hiding behind a wall and lobbing a message over.

Linda said...

I put my name on everything I comment on, and I even provide the picture. Of course, I changed my picture after I was called a bigoted, racist, toothless old white woman! I got a big charge out of that, but now all you see, if you so desire, is a cute picture of me and my twin sister.

I'm glad you don't have the word verification. It is a pain!

Nightingale said...

I work in a veritable sea of Democrats, and with the current political climate, I am afraid to use my real name anymore...hence the moniker "Nightingale."

But won't chicken out to the point of "anonymous."

Thanks Rick; I've been champing at the bit to comment lately!

Dr. B said...

Thank heavens -- I thought it was only my lack of computer knowledge that prevented me from posting here.

luxuryoption said...

I can't speak for other, but since the new format has been implemented, I have not been able to post comments.

I am not able to view the code word that needs to be typed before the post can be viewed.

luxuryoption

anita said...

I will always look more critically at anonymous comments because they are often used to throw cheap shots