{"id":14,"date":"2009-07-30T03:42:47","date_gmt":"2009-07-30T03:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/?p=14"},"modified":"2023-07-14T20:22:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T20:22:15","slug":"why-are-comments-disabled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrericsir.com\/blog\/rant\/why-are-comments-disabled\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are comments disabled?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My blog only has one post, and I’m already getting questions about how to leave comments.  I was hoping to save this issue for later, but I’m going ahead with it now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here it goes: I’m leaving comments disabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simple: I hate moderating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a time when I thought I could do it.  Two times, in fact.  Back in the day I ran a site called THE NeTw0rK<\/a> (another story for another time.)  THE NeTw0rK had a phpBB forum with a user base of a dozen or so regulars.  All was fun and happy until the drama arrived and I had to start making rules and and enforcing them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then at a later time, I decided it was time to try again.  I threw together a site called DemonLime<\/a> (yet another story for yet another time.) DemonLime not only forums, but comments on every page!  Again, the community grew to a certain size, people started to misbehave, and lines had to be drawn.  I let this go on for too long and lost interest in the site.  Eventually, I locked the forums and gave up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lesson: I hate moderating with a passion.  And I don’t intend on doing it again, especially not on this site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So if you have something to say you have three choices:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. E-mail me.  Maybe I’ll respond, maybe not.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Post about it on your own.  Write about it on a blog, on Twitter, on Facebook, whatever.  Make your voice heard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Shut up.  Hey, you don’t have to say anything!  It’s your choice.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Anyway, don’t ask for me to enable comments because I won’t.  Or to quote another Eric — Eric Cartman — “Whatever, I do what I want!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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