My semi-annual warning for trolls
OK, I’m sad to say that it’s time to have a little refresher course on proper etiquette in comments around here. I’ll try to keep it short, I promise.
** – You’re welcome to comment around here to your heart’s desire. Agree, disagree, whatever it’s all cool. When you decide to go from disagreement to just being a troll – you’re gone. There’s no three strikes, no second chances. When you take the comments from an objective disagreement to character attacks on me or anyone else – sayonara. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
** – How to determine if you’re a troll? Easy: name calling is a pretty much tried and true test. Also, here’s one of the benefits of using Disqus for comments. When you leave a comment on my site, I can see all the other sites you’re commenting on. So when you leave a shitty little comment here, I click on your IP and you’ve left 7 other comments on different sites (equally as shitty) you’re done. That brands you as a troll and I don’t want you around.
** – This is more than just about me. I have A LOT of gay teenagers who browse thru the site. I know this because me and my son have both been contacted to provide anti-bullying resources to concerned individuals more than once. Being a snarky douchebag is behaviour I don’t want exhibited around them so your ability to comment has been revoked. I haven’t just blocked your user name, so don’t even bother to change it. I’ve blocked your IP. To that end, I also have gay seniors and my own grandmother reading this site daily. My allowing trolls to set their bait absolutely sends the wrong message so that is why I’m set in stone on this one.
I don’t expect a great, big love fest in the comments. I don’t expect everything I write to be wonderful, and some of it even might get under your skin. I won’t censor anybody who’s being an adult and calls me on the carpet with regard to something. When you resort to snide remarks as opposed to acting marginally better than a 10 year old off his Ritalin then I don’t want you around. This keeps a decent atmosphere around here, and keeps me from having to pre-moderate comments before they’re posted.
And that’s that. I pay the bills around here, I’m the chief cook and bottle washer. If you don’t like the way I run comments on the site, then perhaps CroWolf isn’t the site for you.
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