I hate trolls. In case you didn’t notice, I’ve been being attacked on this website over the past 24 hours for sharing an opinion that 68% of Australians also hold. (Or it might be that I’m also American. Or that the person hates George Bush. They’re not very clear.) Anyway, my attacker(s) aren’t even debating the issue; they’re trying to deny me the right to have an opinion on the matter. I tried arguing my case, but you know how well that goes. So now I’m just going to delete the crap. (I’d block them outright, but they share ISPs with several of my legitimate commenters, and that would block you all from the site. That said, if w-g suddenly disappears for you, that’s what’s happened. Drop me a line and I’ll grant you access.)
I’m not really sure what else to do. These people really don’t deserve any more of our attention, so perhaps we should just leave it at that. I guess I could force a sign-in for comments in the future, but I’d really hate to have to go to that option. Man, what kind of pathetic, antisocial jerk picks fights with people over things they say on their personal websites? We’ll just have to ponder.
Update: I’ve locked down commenting for the time being. Those of you who’ve commented before shouldn’t have any trouble, but please let me know if you do.
13 responses
you’re not having the best day today are you?
yeah – anonymous was pretty annoying. I dont get people like that – they are obviously not going to convert anyone to their side, so why bother?
No. It’s sucked. Dealing with a troll is just the icing on a POO CUPCAKE!
Wow. Deleting them without even reading them is very liberating! GYOBF.
Trolls are like the machines that make the icing on the poo cupcake. I know I don’t comment too much these days, but if you’ve got to implement sign ins to get rid of jerks, I’m more than willing to do so.
These people need to find the off button on their computers.
Generally trolls get off on the attention, so if they are slinging off at me I generally leave their words to condemn them. But if they insult other people in my comments I generally close comments on that post.
They aren’t worth getting annoyed at, just blow a rasberry at them and drop some *f-bombs* lol
I nearly missed Miss Helen’s comment in all the hullabaloo! Hello, Miss Helen! Dr. Amy and I miss you and hope you’re doing well. 🙂
Oh what a pain in the tookus.
I had an issue like this once. After a bit of research, I tracked the kid to his school (My Google-Fu is strong). I found a number for the school and called it. I didn’t have a problem with him after that. I didn’t have a name, but they had a general idea who it was.
They’re twerps. The beans sound good.
“Hi, I’m a trolling douchebag that has nothing better to do with its lack of life than fault someone for running their own personal website in the way that they see fit.”
Don’t like it, start your own blog, make your own rules, and open/close comments as you will, but be sure to let us know the URL first so we can pay you a visit!
B – did you get the package I sent you yet? The anticipation is making me crazy? 🙂
Just the other day! Pics over at MCD!
PS: feel free to yank my troll-feeding comment above… 😉
HAHAHAHAHA… I just opened the page and had a glimpse of the photos. Too, too funny. 🙂