In order to avoid having random trolling on this site and promote intelligent discussions and conversation I am implementing initial comment moderation on this blog. It’s all too easy for unpleasant people to troll around randomly and be abusive for no good reason other than they clearly have issues and they can.
I had a run in with a bunch of real idiots recently who have mastered the art of character assassination and revolting verbal abuse where it really wasn’t called for; I have subsequently deleted their trash.
Please understand this is not any form of censorship – I find that concept abhorrent so feel free to have your say and leave your differing opinion and let’s debate differing opinions; abuse and stupidity will no longer be tolerated though, there are chat rooms and places where stupid trolls can congregate and this is not one of them.
I recently had to do the same thing. Even though I’m not actively blogging, people continued to leave nasty comments. So bad that I just had to delete them.
Yeah it’s unfortunate; they’re like the little dog behind the fence barking at the rottweiler. It is really the ultimate act of cowardice but they fail to see how it is a reflection of what really disgusting people they are when they put in a false email and name and then leave verbal detritus on another person’s site.
Anyway hopefully this will allow the people to want to contribute to a discussion in a meaningful way to do so and filter out the trolls.