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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Housekeeping Tomorrow Is No Dick Day on Slog

Posted by on Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 11:52 AM

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All day tomorrow, our elite squad of dick-deleters will be deleting dicks from the comments on Slog to provide you with a dick-free commenting environment.

If you ordinarily don't comment on Slog, or if assholes with mysterious, ridiculous grudges have driven you away from commenting, I hope you'll join in on Monday. Let your non-dickish voice be heard! If you don't normally comment and you need examples, you can study the work of commenters Balt-o-Matt, Julie in Eugene, Gurldoggie (who also has a great blog I love to read), and kid icarus, as well as the regular crew—Joh, NaFun, Scary Tyler Moore, Abby, W7ngman, Aislinn, and many more.

You kind of forget about all the great commenters we have here on Slog, sometimes, with all the dicks rattling around. That's why we're chopping the dicks off at the root on Monday.

 

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I am so stoked for this.
Posted by elenchos on February 15, 2009 at 12:02 PM
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Kelly Canary, wherefore art thou?
Posted by Jeff Stevens on February 15, 2009 at 12:07 PM
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Day after tomorrow is Dicks Come Back Twice As Obnoxious Because That's How The Internet Works Day, of course.
Posted by brent on February 15, 2009 at 12:26 PM
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But don't look at my comments from during the primary. I was a dick a few times back then. Yeah. I own it, yo.
Posted by Balt-O-Matt on February 15, 2009 at 12:35 PM
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Because we want the old slog,
a Liberal mutual dick suckfest.
Posted by YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH on February 15, 2009 at 12:39 PM
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I find a little dickish humor refreshing, as long as it isn't a personal attack.

Consider me warned!

In my opinion you can also follow the example of Big Sven, and Fifty-Two-Forty for good commenting skills.
Posted by kim in portland (formerly just kim) on February 15, 2009 at 12:54 PM
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I think it will be refreshing: Like lent, but not so long and without having to go to church.
Posted by Catalina Vel-DuRay on February 15, 2009 at 12:55 PM
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@7: Yom Kippur?
Posted by Abby on February 15, 2009 at 1:01 PM
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I don't really post that much in the comments. Not just because of the dicks but because I prefer a conversation among peers over the format of "real writers" posting and "readers" posting witty retorts mixed with snarkey non-sequitors.

But I won't be posting Monday because I don't want to verify that you were talking about me.
Posted by Rain Monkey on February 15, 2009 at 1:02 PM
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BOYCOTT SLOG MONDAY
Posted by . on February 15, 2009 at 1:04 PM
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This would seem to imply "dick" is a bad thing. Much as your editor, Mr. Savage, has endeavored on his SavageLove podcast to avoid using the word "cunt" to mean something awful, perhaps equal dispensation should be afforded this pejorative for the penis?
Posted by Dick = Good on February 15, 2009 at 1:07 PM
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I don't get this at all.

All of these problems have been addressed with technologies that attach qualitative measures to persistant user IDs.

The SLOG allows anonymous posts in response to inflammatory articles; and then is shocked! SHOCKED! when the conversation turns sour?

And now "No Dick Day"?

I guess the thinking here is "why fix it when you can just complain loudly and increase your pageviews?"
Posted by John Galt on February 15, 2009 at 1:13 PM
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registration
Posted by Big Sven on February 15, 2009 at 1:15 PM
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hopefully they will stop all the writers shitty posts as well.

I'll let /b/ know that you are trying to be censor nazis, have fun.

ps: proxies. you are fucked

Posted by hipocrisy is the greatest luxury on February 15, 2009 at 1:16 PM
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I'm the king of the nerds.
Posted by Joh on February 15, 2009 at 1:18 PM
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Maybe this will be an experiment - Slog managers will evaluate the outcome of banning dicks, and use this info to consider the merits of user id registration?
Posted by onion on February 15, 2009 at 1:22 PM
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I support this measure, because, dude, seriously. Fuck dicks. Dicks can suck my dick.
Posted by Andrew on February 15, 2009 at 1:24 PM
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what happened to free speech?
paul constant sucks his own cock, hourly....
=)
Posted by boring! on February 15, 2009 at 1:30 PM
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@18, Whatever happened to expressing your opinions in an intelligent manner?
Posted by Try it sometime..... on February 15, 2009 at 1:33 PM
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I am super excited about this! Also, Doug in SF was a non-dick. But, I don't think I've seen a post from him in a while. What happened to Gomez (not saying he was a non-dick, just miss him....)?
Posted by Papayas on February 15, 2009 at 1:33 PM
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the question is, will The Stranger hack-o-matic 'writers' actually produce something positive comment worthy?

And also, why are people still advertising with this shit-fois-gras ridden disease of a publication?
Posted by fois gras filled pitbull being raped by a priest on February 15, 2009 at 1:33 PM
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Bring it!
Posted by AJ on February 15, 2009 at 1:35 PM
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Paul Constant is amazing. His contributions to the Slog are huge, so @18, you may suck whatever dick is handy.

I haven't been commenting much lately for a lot of reasons, mostly not to do with the Slog. But it has been ugly around these parts lately, and the absence of Poe is a huge drag. Non gave it up this week, and that's a great loss too. I admire those like Big Sven and Balt-0-Matt, who persevere with good humor. I have a bit of trouble doing that myself, so I've been staying out of the fray. I nearly decided this week to give it up for good, but am feeling a bit softer about it now. (I'd miss Catalina too much.)

Good luck tomorrow. It will be interesting to see what happens. I'll be fitting a suit I'm making (grey wool crepe, with a lavender silk blouse) but will check in to see who's standing!
Posted by itsmarkmitchell on February 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM
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Half of those commenters aren't even in the Seattle area. Slog, America (except Seattle)'s only blog!
Posted by joykiller on February 15, 2009 at 1:49 PM
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If you call someone a "fag", will you get deleted?
Posted by Richard Dicj on February 15, 2009 at 1:59 PM
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I'm looking forward to this. I have the day off, and since we spent all weekend exploring Bellingham and appreciating natural beauty, I don't feel guilty spending a day inside, slogging-it-up old school.

That said, I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high for a return to Slog's yesteryear. There are a lot more people now, and one can never underestimate some semi-anonymous fucktard's drive to ruin things for everyone else.
Posted by Aislinn on February 15, 2009 at 2:00 PM
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Paul, read this to refresh your memory about the 'glory' days of all the recently departed regular commenters:

http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/fuck…
Posted by grotsky byotch on February 15, 2009 at 2:03 PM
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ah yeah, the first time i unleashed dolphinsex.org on you weak mortals
Posted by flipper army on February 15, 2009 at 2:05 PM
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I am Long
Posted by Longcat on February 15, 2009 at 2:12 PM
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http://proxy.org/

Amendments 4 and 5 of The United States Bill Of Rights protect the right to be free of unwarranted and unwanted government intrusion into one's personal and private affairs, papers, and possessions. Article 12 of The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks."

Despite some charges to the contrary, anonymous Web surfing is not the sole province of criminals. Anonymity also serves whistle blowers, free speech advocates, and people just looking for personal privacy online. Privacy is not a crime and anonymity is not morally ambiguous or wrong, they are your right.
Posted by the moar you know on February 15, 2009 at 2:31 PM
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COMMENT DELETED: Spam

We'd rather not moderate your comments, but off-topic, gratuitously inflammatory, threatening, or otherwise inappropriate remarks may be removed, and repeat offenders may be banned from commenting. We never censor comments based on ideology. Thanks to all who add to the conversation on Slog.

Posted by Deleted on February 15, 2009 at 2:34 PM
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COMMENT DELETED: Spam

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Posted by Deleted on February 15, 2009 at 2:34 PM
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Is it wrong that I thought the Chelsea Alvarez-Bell thing (@27) was hilarious? Poe was brutal, yes, but he was brutal in holding out for a higher caliber of posting. I wouldn't have said it the way he did, but anyone who gets their names on the byline should be ready for some grief. People have *always* been far worse to ECB and Charles, and they don't go run off in a snit.
Posted by Big Sven on February 15, 2009 at 2:35 PM
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COMMENT DELETED: Threatening

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Posted by Deleted on February 15, 2009 at 2:45 PM
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COMMENT DELETED: Spam

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Posted by Deleted on February 15, 2009 at 2:46 PM
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Now you've given me a castration complex.
Posted by E on February 15, 2009 at 2:48 PM
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We resent having to share President's Day with an unscrupulous pig such as George W Bush!
Posted by Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson and the others on February 15, 2009 at 2:58 PM
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When I was about nine, I had recently gotten a Nintendo Entertainment System from a garage sale down the road, the first gaming system I ever had. One game that I bought was Super Mario Brothers 3, the final chapter of the widely-acclaimed SMB trilogy, which like in the original Super Mario Brothers consisted of Mario/Luigi chasing after Princess Toadstool (whose name has since been bastardized to 'Peach'). Back on topic though; I popped in the game in my new NES and pressed Start. I started at World 1, of course, and began playing. During this, I got used to the controls, map, and all that jazz. After all, it IS supposed to be kinda like a tutorial level. So I had advanced to World 2, "Desert Land" and I was moving along rather smoothly. In the back of my mind, I knew that at some point the levels would start to get more difficult. I soon noticed a tile, one unlike the other tiles (Toad houses, numbered tiles, etc). It appeared to be some cross-hybrid of flowing diarrhea and sand, which caught my attention. I navigated my way to the tile, and hit the A button and was warped to what appeared to be a normal level; there even was a happy sunshine in the top left corner! As I side-scrolled my way through the level, the fucking sun decided to go apeshit and sodomize me repeatedly until I finally broke down in tears, throwing my controller at the ground screaming for my mom. That fucking bastard.
Posted by Sun rape on February 15, 2009 at 3:08 PM
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COMMENT DELETED: Threatening

We'd rather not moderate your comments, but off-topic, gratuitously inflammatory, threatening, or otherwise inappropriate remarks may be removed, and repeat offenders may be banned from commenting. We never censor comments based on ideology. Thanks to all who add to the conversation on Slog.

Posted by Deleted on February 15, 2009 at 3:17 PM
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A little preview of what I think the Stranger offices are going to look like on Monday...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KCct4RwL…

Yikes.
Posted by grotsky byotch on February 15, 2009 at 3:20 PM
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If they require registration to post, The Stranger knows that their counts will drop and they won't be abl to beat their chests about how much traffic SLOG gets...they care about traffic/posts (and hooker ads), not "quality" (however you may want to define it)...

So here is my question -- would this be considered a "dick" comment? Snarky maybe, but to me not that dickish -- I am curious what those "christened as OK" Sloggers would say?
Posted by Good Grief on February 15, 2009 at 3:22 PM
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Looks like you won't have Tricky Dick Nixon to kick around anymore!
Posted by Cookie W. Monster on February 15, 2009 at 3:23 PM
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Thanks for the shout out, but after that barrage I feel like I'm being used as a human shield!
Posted by Gurldoggie on February 15, 2009 at 3:44 PM
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COMMENT DELETED: Off Topic

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Posted by Deleted on February 15, 2009 at 3:46 PM
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COMMENT DELETED: Threatening

We'd rather not moderate your comments, but off-topic, gratuitously inflammatory, threatening, or otherwise inappropriate remarks may be removed, and repeat offenders may be banned from commenting. We never censor comments based on ideology. Thanks to all who add to the conversation on Slog.

Posted by Deleted on February 15, 2009 at 3:48 PM
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I'll be in and out on Monday; you'll probably see me here and there. I'm looking forward to it.

Kim, thanks for the kind words. Aislinn, you haven't been around here long enough to remember the real "good old days." And yeah, it wasn't all sunshine and light back then, either. Though it was certainly a lot better than it is now.

I've opposed registration all along. Don't ask me why; I always post under the same name anyway. Maybe it's just the libertarian in me. But if that's what it takes to reduce the current level of miscreants on the site to a tolerable level, count me in.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty on February 15, 2009 at 3:52 PM
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COMMENT DELETED: Off Topic

We'd rather not moderate your comments, but off-topic, gratuitously inflammatory, threatening, or otherwise inappropriate remarks may be removed, and repeat offenders may be banned from commenting. We never censor comments based on ideology. Thanks to all who add to the conversation on Slog.

Posted by Deleted on February 15, 2009 at 3:55 PM
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Wait, it's not Monday yet, what;s with all the baleted comments up in hyaw. I just hope the intertubes don't get word of your attempt at a dick-free forum day. I can't imagine the nightmare of attempting to de-dickify the onslaught of dicks from 4chan, digg, reddit, fark and SA users that may show up tomorrow.
Posted by seattle98104 on February 15, 2009 at 4:06 PM
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We'd rather moderate your comments, but off-topic, gratuitously inflammatory, threatening, or otherwise inappropriate remarks we dont post will be removed, and repeat offenders can not be banned from commenting because we are censorship nazis. We always censor comments based on ideology. No thanks to all who add to the conversation on Slog.
Posted by YOU SUCK STRANGER on February 15, 2009 at 4:07 PM
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COMMENT DELETED: Not our cup of tea.
We'd rather not even look at your comments, really, if we could get you somehow function as a page view multiplier without them.
Posted by Rain Monkey on February 15, 2009 at 4:10 PM
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COMMENT DELETED: NOT ABOUT PITBULLS, MAD RAD, NUEMOS, or FOIE GRAS

We'd rather moderate your comments, but any-topic, gratuitously inflammatory, threatening, or otherwise inappropriate remarks that we dont post will be removed, and repeat offenders can not be banned from commenting because we are censorship nazis and do not understand the power of PROXIES. We always censor comments based on ideology unless we aren't sucking Savages ballsacks in order to keep our worthless job. No thanks to all who add to the conversation on Slog.
Posted by doh on February 15, 2009 at 4:12 PM
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Ugh. I guess they started early. Slog is going to smell like dick cheese tomorrow.
Posted by Display Name: on February 15, 2009 at 4:15 PM
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No dicks means no gun nuts, dick.
Posted by too much of a dick to realize that. on February 15, 2009 at 4:30 PM
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http://g.imageshack.us/img12/nodickdayqx…
Posted by here's your graphic to spread around on February 15, 2009 at 4:32 PM
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[URL=http://imageshack.us][IMG]http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/6659/no…]
[URL=http://g.imageshack.us/img12/nodickdayqx3.gif/1/][IMG]http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/nodickd…]
Posted by ballas on February 15, 2009 at 4:34 PM
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@46: I've been Slogging since January 2007. So I missed the first what, year and a half? Were the real glory days really before then? Because that's a long time to be in decline.
Posted by Aislinn on February 15, 2009 at 4:38 PM
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you guys are taking this waaay too seriously. it's just a blog and it's just the internet. if it isn't raising your taxes or physically assaulting you, who cares? it's just entertainment. if you let dan savage push your buttons, you've only yourself to blame. paul bobby, i love yew, and i don't say that just 'cause he gives out free books.
Posted by scary tyler moore on February 15, 2009 at 4:57 PM
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current thread notwithstanding, I find Slog to be relatively dickless compared to most of the interwebs. but then again, I'm new here and/or not easily offended. I'm certainly all for encouraging more thoughtful and clever ways to say "fuck u your gay".
Posted by rara avis on February 15, 2009 at 5:02 PM
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If this goes well, you guys should hire permanent dick deleters. It will stimulate the economy!

Paul Constant and Lindy West are awesome. Anyone who hates them probably kicks puppies.
Posted by kebabs on February 15, 2009 at 5:05 PM
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Yeah, Aislinn, it's been a slow, steady decline up until very recently when things went to Hell in a handbasket. Reading the thread posted @27 really beought back some memories, though. I haven't read any of that since the day it all happened. So yeah, by comparison to what's going on today, I guess those were the "good old days" too.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty on February 15, 2009 at 5:46 PM
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Why not just have this come up when people click "Post Comments":

"Thank you for your interest in Slog. Slog is a convivial internet community of like-minded users. As such, we have taken some steps to make commenting easy, fun, and friendly. Slog requires commenter registration by application, to include an essay on "Why I want to be a Slog commenter", examples of comments on other blogs or web sites, and a valid form of identification. Approval of application will take place only after an in-person or telephone interview. User names consist only of real names and are accompanied by a recent photo. Handles are not allowed. All comments are moderated and posted only after being reviewed by a Stranger staff member. A maximum of one comment per post per commenter is allowed, and a maximum of ten comments per commenter per day. Comments must be addressed directly to the Slog poster and must pertain only to that post. Dialogue between commenters is not allowed. Absolutely no foul language is allowed. Violators receive one warning and are then permanently banned. We look forward to your application, and to having you join us on the new, improved, friendlier Slog."
Posted by Bizarro Slog on February 15, 2009 at 6:43 PM
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@19... what is unintelligent about paul constant sucking his own cock, verbally?
he admittedly strokes his own ego while reviewing other peoples creative works.
which is highly ironic, because he has never offered this world a piece of his own creative work, so he talks the talk but has no legs at all.
retail book clerks with a platform.... yikes....
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