Moderating comments

Just so that you know, I do it myself. I try not to delete posts just because they are critical or even a bit weird. What I can't stand, though, is a kind of deliberate sabotaging of discussion. But I haven't had much of that yet (said Pollyanna).

Comments

[Sabotager]

Meanwhile Iraqis are getting butchered and all you are worried about is your blog.

[Backword Dave]

I see your moderator still hasn't found the spam comment in the thread before last (it's this one http://timesonline.typepad.com/david_aaronovitch/2006/01/an_email.html#comment-12931317 ).

[Sam Maxwell]

Can you turn your attention to moderating the horribly intrusive, annoying, and off-putting adverts that obstruct our reading? At least the stupid comments from fascist sympathisers can provide some entertainment. The ads are just infuriating.

[Daniel M Harrison]

And this is one of the issues with weblogs: unlike columns, they are more of a dialogue than a state address, which means, as wit all dialogue, there are inevitably redundant comments.

You should go over and take look at Management Guru Tom Peter's website (www.tompeters.com) - he initiates dialogue fairly well - he's always been a persuasive and exciting writer, after all - but in a way that seems to keep comments tight.

[Tom]

You and he both, Sabotager, apparently.

[Nick (South Africa)]

>Meanwhile Iraqis are getting butchered and all you are worried about is your blog.

Posted by: Sabotager | January 20, 2006 at 09:24 AM <
I wonder if the poster was aware of the irony in this post. Personally, I doubt it.