A Note To Readers
We’ve been growing increasingly suspicious about the authenticity of a series of negative comments in last Friday’s Open House Picks thread. So earlier this evening, we went back and examined the IP addresses associated with these comments. Turns out they were all from the same address. It also turns out that, viewed in their totality,…
We’ve been growing increasingly suspicious about the authenticity of a series of negative comments in last Friday’s Open House Picks thread. So earlier this evening, we went back and examined the IP addresses associated with these comments. Turns out they were all from the same address. It also turns out that, viewed in their totality, the large majority of this commenter’s other contributions were clearly written with the intent to do nothing but disturb the peace. We have no problem with dissenting opinions (actually, they’re generally good for business) and are willing to live with the occasional sharp elbow and rude remark that comes with the anonymity of the medium, but, as we’ve said before, we’re not going to tolerate someone who’s purposefully trying to stir the pot, especially when his/her actions involve personal attacks. As a result, this commenter’s IP address has now been banned from the site. What’s interesting to note, now that we have deleted all of the comments by this person, is the number of positive comments in defense of Mary Kay Gallagher, the broker who was attacked in this case.
G’night.
Mr. B
bravo, mr. b. i think blocking ip addresses is probably more effective than registration. i mean, it’s too easy to set up a new hotmail address and re-register… it’s a lot harder to find a new computer to post from. but i’m not a techie, so maybe i’m wrong…
are those comments above bob marvin’s somehow from the wrong comment thread?
I just realized that my previous comment could, in light of the three nonsense comments above it, be taken as a sarcastic jibe about the futility of your efforts to keep these a**holes in check. That was NOT my intent.Its a shame that you have to go to all this trouble, but I think it’s worth the effort.
Good work Mr.B !!
The Compliance Department is a multi-functional department.
The Department handles animal control, housing problems, zoning,
general permit enforcement and a variety of nuisance cases.
And yet, the overview goes on to describe nothing but pet issues
no housing, zoning, or non-pet-related permit enforcement issues.
In any case, this guy would definitely have had police contacts.
And as someone else wrote, probably would have had early
warning if someone outside Park City had sought a warrant
against him with the Park City police or justice dept.
Granted a vacancy-decontrol model which starts out as
a rent-increase moratorium isn’t terribly harsh at first:
if it was a fair rent for March, it’s probably pretty close
to a fair rent in April. And that may be why it’s so
insidious, because it’s so hard to tell when it becomes
an unfair rent, and by that point you’ve got some tenant
for whom the apartment has been “home” for a lot of years.
1st reading. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_war
2nd reading. http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/II/Netethiquettecases
Mr. Brownstoner, time for the Homily………
Why don’t you enforce registration again? it raises the bar high enough to send most trolls elsewhere. It also makes it easier to remove accounts that are just persisently troublemakers, forcing them to burn yet another email address if they want to continue.
IP addresses can be changed too easily. People can use office computers, whatever. The next astroturfer will be harder to spot.
well done Mr.B
It would be nice if we could get posters to actually post about the given topic (in that case, the open houses).
If folks want to bitch about brokers (which is fine), they could start a new thread under a diff topic.
Thank you for taking the time to do this. It is a shame that people have nothing better to do.
gratefullyyoursindumbo