Margaret Cho used to publish her hate mail unedited with the names and return addresses of the senders, whether they posted as "anonymous" or not. Their email servers would then be swamped by angry replies from what Ms. Cho used to call "Al Gayda."
Ms Cho could afford the support staff that ferreted out all the addresses from the legions of "anonymouses" who sent her the hate mail.
When you get to be rich and famous (any day now), you could do the same.
You're on your way up when you become a troll magnet.
This creep or creeps must have spent a good deal of time reading back posts on my blog, because he/she knows a lot. As though annoying comments will convert me or anyone. For them, it's not about informing people. It's about annoying those who disagree with them. Surely they have better and healthier ways to spend their time.
Hardly anyone ever comments on my blogette, but I had to put up comment moderation anyway - the very first commenter was an aggressive evangelical atheist.
BillyD, they want to convert me from my wicked ways.
Plus, the trolls are usually boring. They often write long comments, all of which I've heard before, and I don't want to hear again. If they want a forum, let them get their own blogs.
I may ask Margaret Cho to throw an old granny some help and get names.
Bless you Mimi. I put moderation on my blog early on, though not for this reason, but because I was getting spammed with offers to play online poker!
I found that the alert the comments were moderated has prevented virtually all nasty comments. I very, very rarely exercise the discretion not to post a comment someone makes. I think not more than a handful or two of times over several years.
I'd have at least a glimmer of respect for the trolls if they had the courage to state their true identity. As it is, they seem to be just one step away from vandals.
Meanwhile, blessings to you -- and a joyful Christmas...
Up until now, I've had a remarkably troll-free and spam-free experience for almost two years. I like my blog free and open, but I don't know If that will be possible.
For now, I'm screening out Anonymous posters, but people like NancyP, IT, and Margaret, who always sign their comments, will not be able to post. We'll see. Maybe the pestiferous commenters will go away after a spell.
Alas, the only way Trolls will go away is if you shine a light on them. I'm so sorry, Mimi. So sorry IT and Margaret. That's what Trolls do. They ruin the fun for everyone.
That is one nice thing about being a relatively obscure and new blog, no comment moderation is necessary. I've had maybe a couple of troll posts over the past 6 months, and a couple of spam posts. That and right-wingers, especially the evangelical kind, couldn't care less about art or architecture or anything remotely aesthetic, the things I tend to post a lot about on my blog. So, I doubt they visit much.
I'm also thinking that since the Episcopal civil war is winding down, and the schismatics have effectively schised already, less time will be spent fighting these battles on blog sites. The trolls will be the run of the mill malicious righteous nasties.
Counterlight is mostly right about the Episcopal Civil War, I think - but it'll go on longer in Dallas than most places.
We have people here whose knickers are in just as much of a hateful twist as anyone in Pittsburgh or Fort Worth, but the Bishop, AFAIK, has decided we're not leaving. ("Why" is a puzzle - Bp. Stanton was one of the founders of the AAC).
This has left a fair number of conservatives pretty p*ssed off...
David, why Bp. Stanton doesn't leave should not be a puzzle any longer. The schismatics are not faring as well as they and their sympathizers expected. The mass exodus to follow them is not happening.
I guess some of this is just me "projecting." In that I wish they'd leave so we could reorganize the diocese into a regular part of TEC again... :D
But as it is, the (so-called) conservatives stay, and continue to give us bog-standard Episcopalians big truckloads of grief. :P (cf. good ol' YBIC Phil on the various blogs, incl. a recent stint on Friends of Jake - yeah, Phil's in my diocese)
Oh, I wondered what had happened. That's too bac.
ReplyDeleteI left my comment on cookies twice. please delete one before approval process is over! ;-)
You ought to get one of them Norton Anti-Troll software packages.
ReplyDeleteI love you Mimi and am so sorry that this happened.
ReplyDeletePeople are sick and sad, we must be lights stronger than their darkness.
And you are a light.
If you feel like you are flickering you do know that you are surrounded by many, many loving lights around you.
Margaret Cho used to publish her hate mail unedited with the names and return addresses of the senders, whether they posted as "anonymous" or not. Their email servers would then be swamped by angry replies from what Ms. Cho used to call "Al Gayda."
ReplyDeleteMs Cho could afford the support staff that ferreted out all the addresses from the legions of "anonymouses" who sent her the hate mail.
When you get to be rich and famous (any day now), you could do the same.
You're on your way up when you become a troll magnet.
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ReplyDeleteThis creep or creeps must have spent a good deal of time reading back posts on my blog, because he/she knows a lot. As though annoying comments will convert me or anyone. For them, it's not about informing people. It's about annoying those who disagree with them. Surely they have better and healthier ways to spend their time.
ReplyDeleteToo bad you have these troubles dearest Grand'mère!
ReplyDeleteConvert you to what?
ReplyDeleteHardly anyone ever comments on my blogette, but I had to put up comment moderation anyway - the very first commenter was an aggressive evangelical atheist.
But I did notice the recipee...
ReplyDeleteBillyD, they want to convert me from my wicked ways.
ReplyDeletePlus, the trolls are usually boring. They often write long comments, all of which I've heard before, and I don't want to hear again. If they want a forum, let them get their own blogs.
I may ask Margaret Cho to throw an old granny some help and get names.
Bless you Mimi. I put moderation on my blog early on, though not for this reason, but because I was getting spammed with offers to play online poker!
ReplyDeleteI found that the alert the comments were moderated has prevented virtually all nasty comments. I very, very rarely exercise the discretion not to post a comment someone makes. I think not more than a handful or two of times over several years.
I'd have at least a glimmer of respect for the trolls if they had the courage to state their true identity. As it is, they seem to be just one step away from vandals.
Meanwhile, blessings to you -- and a joyful Christmas...
Comment moderation is a gift. If it didn't exist, I would have quit this long ago.
ReplyDeleteI suggest you leave it on. For good.
Up until now, I've had a remarkably troll-free and spam-free experience for almost two years. I like my blog free and open, but I don't know If that will be possible.
ReplyDeleteFor now, I'm screening out Anonymous posters, but people like NancyP, IT, and Margaret, who always sign their comments, will not be able to post. We'll see. Maybe the pestiferous commenters will go away after a spell.
Alas, the only way Trolls will go away is if you shine a light on them. I'm so sorry, Mimi. So sorry IT and Margaret. That's what Trolls do. They ruin the fun for everyone.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Fr. Haller, vandals.
ReplyDeleteThat is one nice thing about being a relatively obscure and new blog, no comment moderation is necessary. I've had maybe a couple of troll posts over the past 6 months, and a couple of spam posts.
That and right-wingers, especially the evangelical kind, couldn't care less about art or architecture or anything remotely aesthetic, the things I tend to post a lot about on my blog. So, I doubt they visit much.
I'm also thinking that since the Episcopal civil war is winding down, and the schismatics have effectively schised already, less time will be spent fighting these battles on blog sites. The trolls will be the run of the mill malicious righteous nasties.
Counterlight is mostly right about the Episcopal Civil War, I think - but it'll go on longer in Dallas than most places.
ReplyDeleteWe have people here whose knickers are in just as much of a hateful twist as anyone in Pittsburgh or Fort Worth, but the Bishop, AFAIK, has decided we're not leaving. ("Why" is a puzzle - Bp. Stanton was one of the founders of the AAC).
This has left a fair number of conservatives pretty p*ssed off...
David, why Bp. Stanton doesn't leave should not be a puzzle any longer. The schismatics are not faring as well as they and their sympathizers expected. The mass exodus to follow them is not happening.
ReplyDeleteHeh, heh...true, dat.
ReplyDeleteI guess some of this is just me "projecting." In that I wish they'd leave so we could reorganize the diocese into a regular part of TEC again... :D
But as it is, the (so-called) conservatives stay, and continue to give us bog-standard Episcopalians big truckloads of grief. :P (cf. good ol' YBIC Phil on the various blogs, incl. a recent stint on Friends of Jake - yeah, Phil's in my diocese)
Phil? How lucky can you get!
ReplyDeletePhil's in Dallas?
ReplyDeleteFigures.