Tuesday, August 30th 2005
A Petroville Public Service Announcement…
The topic of anonymous commenting is a hot one at the moment. I am not going to reiterate what has already been said so well, but I would like to add my own personal two cents.
If you are a regular on my blog, I hope you know that I consider you my friend. I have encouraged our relationship by visiting you and I would hope that you feel comfortable enough with me to be honest. I would hate to think that one or more of you, my friends, believe that you have to hide behind the mask of an anonymous comment in order to give me your opinion. That reality would make me very sad.
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I was a lurker until recently, but I plan to be a regular! I look at it this way - if I wouldn’t be comfortable/have the courage to leave a comment somewhere with my name/URL included, I simply leave. I think nothing of blocking people who leave nasty anonymous comments.
I just got like 12 anonymous comments yesterday but they were a scam! The sites were porn or other stupid stuff. How do I block this from happening?
I’m not a regular yet, but I’m working on it! And for the record, if I can’t say anything nice, I don’t say anything at all. ;D
Anonymous Schnanonymous. Now have a great day!!
I hope your kids have a great school year. If I don’t have anything positive to say, I usually say nothing. Who needs the drama. I tend to lurk for awhile, before I jump in and comment. Esp, w. blogs that have been around awhile and get lots of comments. I always wonder if I am crashing a private party
Mommak-I hope the girly’s are off to a great start-can’t believe they are all back to school already! Summer was fast and furious-
My girly is doing much better-tummy aches-but no tears! Take care-jakapk
I feel sad about it, too, somehow.
I do not allow anonymous comments. I only want people that will stand behind their words on my blog. I will also go as far as to delete them.
This is our last week before school starts and so far we have cuddled and baked a cake! Today I think we will hit the Library (sp??) and just chill.
I missed the whole thing! The only anonymous comments I get are from my husband! Only anonymous in that he makes up a goofy fake e-mail address, and then I know it must be him!
I haven’t received any anonymous comments on my blog, but I find the entire charade of posting anonymously, exactly that…a charade!
I would disable anonymous posts… except that what if Ewan McGregor really wanted to tell me how wonderful I am- and couldn’t???? I certainly don’t expect him to identify himself!
I think you already know where I stand on that issue…
You mean I have to come out of hiding now? ;-)
I’ve been getting several spam linkbakcs now that Squarespace has added trackbacks, but I recitified the problem by making requiring all trackbacks to have my approval before being published. One click a day and they’re all flushed.
I figure a person like that just is bitter and rude and thinks they need to spread it around. I say stuff on my own blog that people can take wrong, and I probably do it when I comment, too, but believe me, I try to think it through and not have a comment I leave sound rude. Sometimes, for me, that can be hard!
They can leave ONE negative comment, in my book. But then, after I give them my snappy come-back? Just leave me the f**k alone, or I will make a fool of them! I leave the comments there too, so everyone can see their “ass”! Or, occasionally, I change the wording around (in Haloscan you can do this). Also, all four of the trolls I’ve had, I’ve been able to track their IP and find their website, after they left none and a fake e-mail! (Just pure luck, that doesn’t always work) So then I put a link to the website they thought they were hiding! That’s always satisfying!
Anonymous post are just hiders and not worthy to be on a blog. Blogger have a word verification system that has stpped spammers.
I got balls! And I consider you a friend too, thanks!
I totally missed what happened. And I stop here EVERYDAY!
Don’t you have a setting that doesn’t allow anon postings? You know I will tell you what I think!
Oh…and I think you rock!
I have had a few Anonymous ones too. I guess I must have missed out on the discussion of them though. Personally, I think if you can’t put own up to your own commenting, you shouldn’t comment at all.
Have a good day honey.
*hugs*
I always wanted to post as Ben Franklin, but I can’t remember his URL.
Have a great anniversary tomorrow MommaK, so great that it will obliterate all the discomfort of awkward- and nasty feelings due to anonymity.
Aaaaah! What did I miss?? How could anyone possibly send you a mean comment when you are one of the nicest people around??
I only comment if I have something to say…..most of the time I can’t shut-up….I consider you my friend too MommaK xoxoxo
PS You are a wonderful and special person, remember this always and all those annoyances can go to hell…..I feel I missed something too!!
I always put my name, I find that anon comments are often one’s that deserve the delete button.
I have been getting some of those too. I feel that if they are only using anonymous because they cannot leave a blogger comment then why not still sign your name or at least tell me where you came from?
Gee that’s something I’ve never even thought of doing. I either say what I mean or say nothing at all lol
i always leave a message on blogs i read regularly, if i don’t understand what has been written, i just say hi, just to let that person know i visited.
I’ve done an anonymous comment or two from a PC away from home ( not at work I DO NOT blog at work
just because I forgot to fill in the blanks. Pisses me off when anonymous gets credit for my witty remarks! Heh.
So sorry you’ve been pestered by those nasty anonymnous commenters. Hope you can block them out.
Hi MommaK! I would never have anything negative to say about you anyways…I had one experience with an annonymous commenter and it was pretty negative but I realized that this is a PUBLIC blog (well mine is) and not everyone is going to like me…So I left it up and invited that person to come out…I let them know that it is okay to have their own opinion and they didn’t need to hide who they were because they felt a certain way! At the same time if you don’t like what I say why bother writing a comment at all?? I just dont get it! I have heard a lot of people having problems with it lately…I just dont understand!
What? Is someone being nasty? You want I should kick some butt for you?
I am going through that problem right now. I have had 2 very nasty comments left on my blog and I have a good idea who it is…..It is such a nasty and mean thing to do to another person.
I think you are the sweetest and the anon comments are mean-spirited. Leave your name and number for goodness sakes. Glad school started on a positive note!
MY momma always said, “If you can’t say anything nice about someone, don’t say it at all”. Since I’m a grownup now, I think that if you can’t say anything nice, and you HAVE to say something, THEN HAVE THE GUTS TO SIGN YOUR FRIGGIN NAME TO IT!
Sorry, I just had to say that. That being said, I only wish there was more hours in the day to visit more of my blog friends more often… you especially!
Wow, I go off to work and look what happens. I feel so left out because I don’t know what happened. So, what happened? Who is leaving you negative comments? I’ll kick their ass!!! When I get home from work of course
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA….miss ya Momma!
I haven’t gotten any anonymous comments (yet). For a while I was getting comments with no URL or email address but I stopped that. No email no comment. I liken some of those things to a drive by shooting. I feel sorry for people who spread hate and meaness and go through life full of cowardly acts. I am so sorry someone has been ugly and hurt you.
I missed it, too! You know I consider you and your family my friends. My son, his wife, and my grandson have been visiting for the past week so I haven’t been on the computer, I’ve been holding and playing with the baby. They just left yesterday afternoon. It was a surprise visit.
Sorry for any nastiness you’ve encountered. That’s just uncalled for. Only love from here.
ironically, I rarely get bad anonymous comments..but when I do, I look their ISP up and make voodoo dolls!!
Don’t these anonymous folks realize when they mess with the bull they get the horns? You are my friend virtually and realistically…either place anyone who knows you should know better …at least by now ;0) I’m sorry you’ve had to deal with this, but you of all people handle it with grace and candor. Cudos girlie!!
Mean anonymous commenters are nothing but angry people who know their comments are baseless, so they cannot publicize who they really are. Nice people know there are ways to disagree or make a point NICELY, if you must. Although, personally, I tend to stick up for people who lay things out for the world to see, not publically disagree with them. But why hide who you are? I don’t get it….