I agree with what
Tayler is doing. He feels he has no choice. I can imagine all the crap he had to endure seeing all those anonymous comments by deaf cowards who are a bunch of thumb-sucking anal retentative babies in the effort to demean, attack and perhaps even threaten him to some extent through anonymous commenting. Anonymous comments meant to demean and attack Tayler for what he's done with Deafread and DVTV are rather petty. Even petty still to attack him for his own personal opinions. I'd rather see a face or at least a real name to go with the comments
but I still do allow anonymous comments to go through my blog today even though some of them are from those who are cowards. Still, I let them through. Normally I'd allow them to go through instead of deleting them which is a rare thing I do. At least I can have some examples of what an anonymous coward looks like in my comment sections when I do my next "Best and Worst Responses" for 2010 as
I have done in 2007. My favorite comment for "Best and Worst Responses" in 2007?
“Another eye opener is the claim that 40 percent of my blogs were about him. Now, I've done 1068 blogs in over two years. If I did 40 percent, that would be 427 blogs!! LoL! The guy is really bad at math.”
Yeah, not only delusional but really, really bad at math.
Heh.
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Mike-Those of us who don't have active blogs must comment 'anonymously' I have started signing my name so you know who I am. I am in the process of putting together a new blog, but it will have nothing to do with being deaf. Until I open that blog, Anonymous I will be. I understand your reasons for disallowing Anonymous comments, but I always maintained a non-moderated blog before and rarely deleted comments. Because there are a number of juvenile anonymous commenters who visit your blog, I totally understand where you're coming from.
Kim
Kim,
I am not disallowing anonymous comments. Tayler is.
:)
@Kim, In consideration to commenting on Mike's blog, your statement is false "Those of us who don't have active blogs must comment 'anonymously'"
I am not a blogger, but I can easily post a comment without an "Anonymous" affiliation. It really is quite simple. When commenting in Mike's blog, in the "choose an identity section" choose Name/URL, type your name in, and continue with the word verification. Good luck with your blog in progress.
whew! that's a relief. I always comment anonymously. we're not all bad, you know. For example, on the "Deafhood? No Thanks" Facebook group, not a single one of my 140 friends is a member. On the other hand, 20 of my friends belong to Deafhood Discussions. that's OK, I still like them and they're entitled. I'm sure they feel the same about me. I live in an area with a large number of core DHers. Anonymous I shall always be until something changes for the better. does that make me a coward?
Anonymous 456
Not coward, but smart with self protection. DH people have strong hitters machine-guning free thinkers down. Look what Candy and Russell experience. Barry finished get death threats. Some see attempts to get them fired. Few need emergency medical due to stress attacked by machine guning.
Some people, it foolish to use their real name. Sad, isn't it, that Deaf people don't allow others tell thought without bad revenge
Anony 9:42PM:
It'd be coward them to use the anonymity shield to go after bloggers in the comment section by attacking them. Hey, if they can't show their face when they do that, then they're a bunch of wimps. Just my opinion.
As to protect one's own identity because of a differing opinion or show of support I understand. But to use it as a vehicle to attack those using ad hominems is another story here.
I don't allow anons mostly anyway I moderate. I can usually tell who is posting by the comment content, and if it is a wind up it goes anyway. The issue with me was via this latest blog , it demanded I, join facebook to respond ? (Unless I read this incorrectly). I'd rather poke my eyes out with a sharp stick than join facebook or the twittering mindless. FB is a stalking, hackers and ID theft paradise and hunting ground. I think we should warn deaf about social sites and the dangers they possess to the unwary. I think the concept of anon is no longer valid personally. Google knows who you are so presumably so does anyone else. I Just wish google would insist on attaching tags to anon posts so we know where they originate, at least then those who libel defame or others scare deaf people can be taken off the net, at least ID'd to us all so we know. I use the MM addy, but my photo is there and if it is of any real relevance to the issues you can have my name as well.
@Mike-- I thought you said you were thinking about following in Taylor's foot steps.
@ Margarita-- when you hit name/url, doesn't that mean you have to type in your url after your name?
@Margarita: on Mike's blog, you can type your name into the Name/URL field, but you can't do that any more on Tayler's Y3 blog. You have to log on to Facebook and then your real name and profile picture will show up in your comment. I almost commented on Tayler's blog last night just to say that I couldn't comment any more if I couldn't be anonymous. I didn't even feel comfortable putting my name and face in that comment, so I ended up deleting it and never sent it. Guess Tayler will lose the reasonable anonymous comments as well as the crazy hostile ones.
Anonymous 456
MM . . . you can tinker with your privacy settings in FB to restrict how much information people see about you. You can even block certain people. I keep my settings on a "Friends only" basis pretty much. I've never been stalked, and I don't play games (that is one of the avenues where you sometimes get infected).
Anonymous, if you have a Google account (like Gmail), you can log in to comment. That's what I do. And there's OpenID - if you have an AIM IM account, you can use that to log in as well. You don't necessarily need to have a blog.
@Lola, what you said about Google and OpenID and so on applies here at Mike's blog. but at Tayler's y3 blog it's Facebook or nothing.
Anonymous 456
well Lola the whole IDEA of FB seems to be to make yourself known to the world. Why do deaf collect followers like celebs and such ? it's a fanzine thing or status one in as much as FB status has a value. I have a blog it does what I want it for in an area I am interested in, I really cannot be bothered with the wholesale trivia of FB. I think possibly you have more control over your blog than FB. What and who I don't want doesn't get in. I don't really need to fiddle about with settings. I posted a blog about the games on FB, basically to play them you allow anyone in to your private life. No matter how prudent you are, there is no guarantee your followers are the doing the same. So they get to you through them.
Good discussion here.
Mike, mind clarifying whether you are allowing or disallowing anonymous comments? This post's title says you are no longer?
I didn't make the decision with haste. I definitely acknowledge that I will lose reasonable comments. I said this in my post. It is that I have chosen to block anonymous comments over the reasonable ones with real names.
It's not fair. I know. It's like the terrorists forcing us to give up a bit more of our privacy when we go through the airport security line. It's because of the terrorists that we must reveal more about ourselves for our safety.
In the end of my post, there's the Winston Churchill quote where you stand up for your beliefs, even if it means making enemies. I know this is not for everyone. Those are the good comments I will miss.
I got an email by someone who didn't want to login using Facebook's service. This is an alternative. I can always use my email program to block harassers.
The major point of attaching your real name with comments is that things shouldn't be said online if you cannot say it face-to-face. Requiring real names is a step in this direction.
Tayler,
I bolded and underlined the portion of my blog saying I still do allow anonymous comments to go through, even from cowards.
In your case, you're probably an exception since you're a high profile Deaf person and an easy target to be the punching bag.
Heh - thanks for granting me the exception. However, I wish it didn't have to come to that.
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