Comments on: Bible Prophecy

By: Parrotlover77

Parrotlover77 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:45:12 +0000

Ron – I have noticed that on my blog too. I used to just get “wowgold” (watch my post now get filtered lol), but lately I’ve been getting a lot of “this is a great post, have you checked out this site” which is what that was. Much harder to filter and they always pass my very simple handicap friendly (but not moron friendly) math-based CAPTCHA.

Also, I wasn’t implying you should rip it apart (although reading it I see how you saw that). I was simply amused at how the site had so many way-too-easy pages that could be ripped apart by a third grade science education. You are right to not give them any traffic. In fact, just so you don’t give him any link-through traffic, I copied and pasted the URL instead of clicking on it.

By: 4ndyman

4ndyman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:48:29 +0000

Another Steve: “These losers do a post and run, and then drop off the face of the Earth.”

If only . . .

By: Ron Britton

Ron Britton — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:09:50 +0000

PL:

That is spam. She tried to comment on another article yesterday, but the spam filter caught it. That one slipped through, so I had to flush it manually.

There is a new trend now among some spammers. They hire people in India to manually roam the web looking for sites that are sort of related and then write a custom spam comment.

I’m not going to rip the site apart. It isn’t very interesting to me, and I don’t want to reward her with any attention.

By: Parrotlover77

Parrotlover77 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:39:23 +0000

Sniff sniff. Smells like Spam.

… visting site to see what they are selling …

Whoa, Ron. This Abigael link is just ripe for the ripping apart! This turkey is apparently a profit from God, but doesn’t like all the major organized religion stuff.

Man… All I had to do was say I was hearing voices in my head and I could have been a millionaire.

By: Jeff Eyges

Jeff Eyges — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:28:13 +0000

Steve, I agree. I’m not saying they should be tolerated indefinitely; I agree with Ron’s approach. I just don’t think they should be allowed to take their shot and walk away unscathed. Other people’s blogs are not places for them to have their quasi-literate tantrums.

By: dvsrat

dvsrat — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:39:13 +0000

Ron, I agree with your approach to the troll issue. That is the same way that I handled the comments in my Youtube vids.

If you would like to express a different point of view you are welcome to do so. If you want to be a pest and get some friends together to bomb the comments section with meaningless gibberish — get lost.

By: Ron Britton

Ron Britton — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:19:24 +0000

That’s because I don’t give them free reign. The overriding goal of my comment policy is you have to be contributing to the conversation. Fundies are allowed here as long as they’re honestly trying to engage in a dialog. Once they cross over into trollish rants, I delete their messages.

By: dvsrat

dvsrat — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:48:48 +0000

That is funny! What a great coincidence!!

Kidding aside:

I have not noticed any persistent trolls on Bay of Fundie. I am new to this site, and I have looked over the past history of comments, and I see this one as being relatively free of trolls.

By: Another Steve

Another Steve — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:55:41 +0000

Hi dvsrat, and thanks for opening. The following in no way should be perceived as any sort of ridicule (or for that matter even the slightest bit negative) of you.

Alleluia! And on the 30th post, he has returned from the stupid! Just as predicted by his profit Another Steve!

Kidding asside: Jeff Eyges

I’m not sure which I prefer. Post and run idiots who leave a bad intellectual stench in the air, or the sort that sticks around for months injecting their own brand of reality into any post that suits their fancy. They lie, they quote mine, they quote scripture, and generally ignore any and all efforts to have an honest discussion based on reason.

By: dvsrat

dvsrat — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:33:50 +0000

Hi, I’m Brad Clayton.

….Just kidding;)

By: Jeff Eyges

Jeff Eyges — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:44:23 +0000

There ought to be some sort of requirement that someone who posts a comment on a blog, or writes an op-ed piece, or whatever, has to remain in the venue long enough to field opposing viewpoints. In other words, they should be made to stand there and take it. These drive-by postings ought to be made illegal.

But then, I like to tell people what to do. I’m a damn Librul.

By: Another Steve

Another Steve — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:38:51 +0000

Ron:

I think I’ve said this on your blog before:

This post claims Divine inspiration.

Perhaps one of the (many) redacted books of the wholie (sic) bible.

What fundie could argue with this?

We will never hear from Brad Clayton again.

Sort of makes me wonder some times… These losers do a post and run, and then drop off the face of the Earth. Do they ever wonder if one of the readers has some sort of aneurysm and suddenly accepts Jebus as his personal saviour? Do they ever look back?

I suspect there are even some predictive metrics that can be gleaned from the post and run. Perhaps something like:

The length of the post is inversely proportional to the likelihood that the fundie will return.

The inability to properly structure thoughts into paragraphs (or use proper punctuation) is a strong indicator of never seen/heard from again.

Cheers