Slog - Comments on Comments Problem http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem We apologize for the fault in the comments. Those responsible are sweating bullets and working quickly on a resolution. Unfortunately, some of the most recent comments may be lost. Stay tuned. UPDATE : Ugh. My sincere apologies for this mess. In an attempt to rid the Slog of a series of shitty racist comments, we cast a slightly wider net than necessary. Rest assured that you are no longer all labeled racists. The comments have been restored from our most recent backup, but sadly most comments from this morning were not included in that backup. I'll be out front crying... Copyright 2008 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:25:40 -0800 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:26:33 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe No shit. I poured my entire morning into my racist hate speech, and now it's all gone. All of it.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887761 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887761 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:12:49 -0800 Comment by PA Native I actually thought the comments were better.

]]> PA Native http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887766 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887766 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:16:55 -0800 Comment by sexy rexy i type all my racist screeds out in notepad first.

]]> sexy rexy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887767 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887767 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:17:11 -0800 Comment by morons you can't sweat bullets

]]> morons http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887772 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887772 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:22:20 -0800 Comment by LOOK This would be a great fucking time to implement threaded comments.

Are you people under contract or something?


If you want to have the best blog, having the shittiest comment feature will not do.

]]> LOOK http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887775 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887775 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:25:35 -0800 Comment by elenchos http://scoop.kuro5hin.org/ ?

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887776 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887776 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:26:34 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe /kick
/spit

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887778 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887778 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:27:45 -0800 Comment by Sigourney Beaver Okay, you're forgiven.

But really, just keep that 'giant queefing douchebag' guy off here. That would make me happy.

]]> Sigourney Beaver http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887784 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887784 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:32:10 -0800 Comment by Karlheinz Arschbomber The Slogger community is critically delusional, but I have not seen much racism here.

]]> Karlheinz Arschbomber http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887788 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887788 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:32:58 -0800 Comment by David Schmader Racism ruins everything.

]]> David Schmader http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887789 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887789 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:32:59 -0800 Comment by Just Me Clever way of censoring everyone Stranger..

]]> Just Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887790 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887790 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:33:25 -0800 Comment by tsm Slash would also be a better option.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887793 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887793 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:35:19 -0800 Comment by Homo Will Where exactly is out front?

]]> Homo Will http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887794 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887794 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:35:47 -0800 Comment by DOUG. Pork chop.

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887796 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887796 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:36:08 -0800 Comment by Michigan Matt Jesus Christ!

]]> Michigan Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887798 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887798 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:37:05 -0800 Comment by tsm Oh, and as for the obnoxious spammers: just do an IP ban and get it over with. Anyone accidentally locked out of Slog by it can email you and get it worked out.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887799 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887799 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:37:22 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Hecht. Hechthechthecht.....

Damn Germans. And/or possibly Swiss.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887800 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887800 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:37:33 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew Isn't your intolerance of bigots and racists the real problem?

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887802 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887802 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:38:22 -0800 Comment by just sayin' just sayin' that this kind of shit wouldn't happen if we had user accounts.

i mean what is easier, banning an account and deleting their comments, or writing ad-hoc sql queries to delete shit from the db, fucking up, and having to do a restore?!

]]> just sayin' http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887807 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887807 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:47:41 -0800 Comment by Hug Me...I'm From Marysville! Shit...guess I'm gonna have to take my complaints about downtown Seattle and observations about "urban teenagers" over to the P-I's SoundOff.

]]> Hug Me...I'm From Marysville! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887809 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887809 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:48:21 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 Mike Huckabee doesn't care about black people.

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887811 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887811 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:48:53 -0800 Comment by just sayin' tsm: banning IP addresses would do nothing.

]]> just sayin' http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887812 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887812 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:49:18 -0800 Comment by COMTE Good thing I was too busy this morning to post any of my violent, racist comments - all that bile saved for another day!

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887816 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887816 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:52:38 -0800 Comment by tsm @22 - The truly dedicated could find ways around it, but generally most just aren't that dedicated.

But yes, what we really need is a system with accounts and user moderation.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887822 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887822 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:55:10 -0800 Comment by flash gordon yeah, registered user accounts would be a nice step. Then maybe you guys could tackle the fact that your site makes my browser slow and 'tarded. This is true no matter what computer or browser I happen to be using.

]]> flash gordon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887824 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887824 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:57:27 -0800 Comment by grgoro hey AH. I'm within spitting distance of Value Village on me wi-fitastik 'puter. If you're troo to yo word - word - I'll come by and pet you on the head, which mighgt be more humilating! What's to lose/gain, no diff, just some **From The Jam** tix for Feb 1st at the Moore, I have an appointment south of Tacoma that day, subject to change, but wouldn't want to go to waste -- THIS IS ENTERTAINM ENT I'll cry if you cry

]]> grgoro http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887825 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887825 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:57:33 -0800 Comment by Matthew What a drag. I wrote a pretty serious rant last night that had nothing even remotely racist in it. Long, too. Took awhile to write. Now it's gone...

Oh well.

]]> Matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887828 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887828 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:59:27 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave what were the racist comments?

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887831 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887831 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:03:23 -0800 Comment by Sigourney Beaver If it makes you feel any better, Matthew, I read that rant and it annoyed the hell out of me.

]]> Sigourney Beaver http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887833 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887833 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:04:07 -0800 Comment by GET HIM Yeah! I read it 2 and it sucked!

]]> GET HIM http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887840 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887840 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:08:06 -0800 Comment by grgroo oops forgot the link--

go 2
ART SCKOOL

it'll suck, but
obsessssssssed with tha shite
http://www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/from_the_jam/from_the_jam2.htm


]]> grgroo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887844 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887844 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:10:50 -0800 Comment by Ziggity Canadians are dirty!

]]> Ziggity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887847 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887847 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:14:49 -0800 Comment by brandon bellevue - basically every comment thread following any obama-related posts gets polluted with some racist terminology that i personally have never heard before. it's kind of like "egg nog" only instead of egg it's another word [actually a word fragment] that sounds kinda "racy," and they post it over and over and over again.

but anyway the non-racist slog commenters seem to do a pretty good job of not engaging the racist slog commenter[s], despite his/her/their repeated attempts to goad people into a brawl [is this what teh internets call "trolling?"]. so that is worth commending.

]]> brandon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887849 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887849 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:15:35 -0800 Comment by said it before the obvious solution is to eliminate commenting on Slog

]]> said it before http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887850 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887850 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:17:20 -0800 Comment by arduous I third the sentiments for registered user names. Didn't y'all say a while ago that you were working on that?

]]> arduous http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887854 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887854 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:18:42 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I was wondering what all that stuff was.

You need to go to actual verified logins, where people have a login per email (so i could have three) and each login can either post with a verified linkable "name" (e.g. Will_in_Seattle and no Fred_in_Seattle you will never get recommends on WaPo with those posts so stop whining) and the ability to post with pseudonyms (e.g. Squirrel Army or Fuzzy Pink Slipper Brigade) - but all linked back to an "account").

And the ability to report racist/spam/offtopic for review - thus letting you realize that all neocons are way too much bother to ever allow them to post .... after you see what shiites they are ...

And then have a human decide the ban/unban/readonlyandnotpostcauseuraouche decisions ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887859 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887859 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:22:50 -0800 Comment by Amy Kate Horn We *are* working on it!

]]> Amy Kate Horn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887860 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887860 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:23:29 -0800 Comment by flavor flav i don't want to be called yo nigga.

]]> flavor flav http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887862 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887862 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:25:50 -0800 Comment by jkjk please don't change to threaded comments, I really really dislike that format, to the point of avoiding boards structured that way.

]]> jkjk http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887865 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887865 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:28:25 -0800 Comment by grgoor @34
i would happily be banned if a few others would be interested in shutting their pieholes as well.

i like playing teamsports, basketball especially, Let's work together!

]]> grgoor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887868 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887868 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:30:33 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball @37 --

Amy Kate Horn, and I don't care!
Amy Kate Horn, and I don't care!
Amy Kate Horn, and I don't carrrrrre!!!

My comment's gone away!

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887869 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887869 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:30:43 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe I should be the only person allowed to comment.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887871 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887871 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:34:33 -0800 Comment by aebi;h jbpgr @41
slog needs to upgrade and include an interactive audio interface to be accessed by commenters. it took me over twenty seconds before i recognized your tune. g1!
@42
this is a very very good start!
can we have a slog vote:

]]> aebi;h jbpgr http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887878 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887878 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:38:02 -0800 Comment by tsm @37 - seriously? You actually pay attention to us? w00t!

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887893 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887893 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:45:05 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale It's like you spilled a glass of milk on my poetry notebook.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887895 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887895 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:45:46 -0800 Comment by Matthew Get; Beaver:

The truth can be very annoying.

]]> Matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887909 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887909 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:58:07 -0800 Comment by Judah Yeah, you know what? You got what you deserved. Using a filter to delete comments based on what amounts to a lifestyle taboo against a certain word is a lame dodge. If a prominent right-wing blog wiped out a ream of comments while trying to delete comments comparing Bush to Hitler or something, it'd be poetic justice. No less so here.

Racists are self-evidently wrong. Trying to play Whack-a-Mole with them just makes you look like a typically overreacting liberal.

]]> Judah http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887922 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887922 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:07:23 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @37 - just in case no one has said this to you recently ...

We LOVE you Amy!

Keep up the great work.

Seriously.

I'll buy you a beer next Thursday at Moe's.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887923 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887923 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:07:44 -0800 Comment by Fnarf tsm @24, it takes the same amount of time to type "nig-nog" into one of the thousands of open proxies out there as it does to type it directly into the regular Slog.

And you know what? I think I'm the one who taught our 15-watt bulb to use that odious phrase; I was using it ironically to illustrate the typical attitudes of a Daily Mail reader, and our loser recognized the portrait as itself. I apologize profusely.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887924 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c887924 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:07:49 -0800 Comment by pox Some ups to my IT brothers and sisters. It's only blog comments, not bank or medical records. Thanks for your work.

]]> pox http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c888021 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c888021 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:08:28 -0800 Comment by bobcat use word filters... DUH

don't censor comments period.

Hitler liked to censor comments - you know where that got him.

Unless you are trying to be more like your big sister, the Seattle Weekly.

]]> bobcat http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c888024 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c888024 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 13:10:28 -0800 Comment by What the Fuck My really good comment about Barack's speech saying how great it was and that he will be the 44th President is FUCKING GONE!!!! The real racists are the staff of the Stranger. Look how they "push" the "white" candidates on us!! Christ! There is no one more white than Barack Obama and we all know it!!

]]> What the Fuck http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c888287 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c888287 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:13:02 -0800 Comment by exelizabeth I'm all for deleting racist comments; while you're at it, could you please delete the misogynistic ones, as well? The Slog is an extremely unpleasant place for women.

]]> exelizabeth http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c888297 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c888297 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:15:40 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball @53 -- I'm with you, exxy. I had to sew on a penis just to feel accepted. Womyn need to fight back!

And to that point, just between us: one night, I saw Dan Savage go into Liberty, and I put an Andrea Dworkin bumper sticker on his car!

w00t! He's pwned!

FIGHT THE POWER, SISTER!

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c888594 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c888594 Housekeeping Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:44:46 -0800 Comment by Papayas Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! I was gone for the weekend and I am so happy to see this!!! I am so grateful!!!!

]]> Papayas http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c889273 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c889273 Housekeeping Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:19:14 -0800 Comment by Papayas The person making the racist comments caused some important people (like me) to dread reading comments. I am so glad that they are deleted and I totally appreciate how Slog respects ALL commenters and shows that respect by deleting bull shit.

]]> Papayas http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c889277 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/comments_problem#c889277 Housekeeping Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:26:33 -0800