Let The Moderation Begin!

Hey Everyone,

I’m in the process of fiddling around with the site again.  Might be completely redesigning it soon, if I have time.

Anyway, I know that I have been INCREDIBLY lazy for a long time when it comes to the comments on this blog.  I rarely take the time to actually read the comments here because I barely have time to post nowadays, let alone participate in the discussions that go on in this site.

During the release of the Annihilation Method, I noticed an amazing amount of negative, spiteful, hateful posts.

Now, I normally don’t really care about controversy, criticism, and things like that.  This blog is built on criticism and strong opinions, and I want to encourage people to speak their minds here.  I’ve always welcomed dissenting opinions about my posts, which is why I never really took the time to moderate this site.

But that’s all changing, and I’ll tell you why…

When I went in and started to look at where all these comments are coming from, I discovered something very interesting.

There is ONE GUY who is hopping IP Addresses and literally posting up to 50 times in a thread under different names.

Seriously, some threads he’d be having entire debates with himself as "different people."  lol.  Talk about someone who doesn’t have a life!

Anyway… I was seriously floored at the amount of negativity this one guy was spreading.  There were also a handful of others following his lead, but for the most part, it was just one dude (who apparently hates me, Style, Mystery, Papa, TD, Ross Jeffries, and anyone else who could be considered a "name" in the community).

The hate and vitrol he was injecting into this site really disturbed me, so I had to make a judgement call.  Since this site began, I invited an open comment system, so people could post anonymously if they wanted.  No more.  I’m requiring people to register if they wish to comment now.

This may hinder activity on some threads, but I think the quality of the posts will be better, and debate will be more intellectual and constructive (hopefully).

I’m also hiring a full time moderator to come in and get rid of any posts from flamers, trolls, imposters, etc.  That way, I can go about my day and not have to waste hours upon hours dealing with idiots who have nothing better to do with their time than post hundreds of comments about nothing.

I’ve already gone through and deleted over 100 comments from some of the more prominent flamers/haters on the site to try and clean it up.

Again, if you have VALID criticism about some of my posts and whatnot, you can rest assured that I’m not going to delete your contributions.  This blog will never be a Thundercat-love-fest.  But it should be a place people can come to have honest debates about things happening in this community.

If you feel you’ve been banned unfairly, feel free to email me for an appeal.

But starting now, you must register if you want to participate on this site.  =)