Moving Forward
If you’re a troll or a spammer, you better try to get your last licks in now, because by Monday, the guest commenting function will be a thing of the past on Brownstoner. If you haven’t signed up for a user account yet, please try to do so in the next couple of days. (If…
If you’re a troll or a spammer, you better try to get your last licks in now, because by Monday, the guest commenting function will be a thing of the past on Brownstoner. If you haven’t signed up for a user account yet, please try to do so in the next couple of days. (If you don’t receive your verification email within a couple of minutes, just email us and we’ll verify you by hand.) If you already have a user account and voted for the elimination of guest commenting, please put your money where your mouth is and make an effort to get involved in discussions. Another to remember is that you are still anonymous when you comment with a username: Just pick a silly name like Cobble Hill Guy and stick with it; no other readers will be able to see your email address or know who you really are. Our hope and expectation is that the improved quality of the threads—along with our ability to boot anyone who steps out of bounds—will more than make up for any decline in the quantity of comments.
We know that there are a lot of long-time readers out there who’ve gradually been moving to the sidelines of the discussions as they’ve grown nastier and more inane, and hopefully they will take this as an opportunity to re-engage and take the sense of community back to its roots where we can have meaningful, useful discussions about real estate, architecture and the many issues that confront the borough and its neighborhoods as the inevitable wheels of change continue to turn.
There are going to be a number of new features coming to the site in the next few months, the use of which will also be enhanced by having a user account. The first of these, launching next week, involves a group effort at building a comprehensive restaurant guide for the borough. (Having a username is particularly useful because other readers can come to trust, or distrust, you opinions about restaurants.) Other features down the pipe include map-based mobile access of the Brownstoner archives, neighborhood emails and some new service-oriented improvements in the architect and contractor spaces.
cobblehiller are you the “guest” who always complains when he/she hears BOCOCA? LOL
The Fake What and Biff Chumpion Tosses Salads: trolling is one thing, but what do you get out of making homophobic remarks? I couldn’t care less whether you think I’m gay or straight, but it’s unfortunate in this day and age that you resort to statements that display a clear and intense hostility to a specific group.
“From the What…”Dave, you and Biff post the most garbage here”
Uhhmmm…and what is all that crap that you post all day long into the wee hours of the morning What?
Pot, Kettle maybe?”
No Dave, I post things relevant to our way of life.. Our financial system is broken. The years of excess will take America into a depression.
I use sources from main-stream media and I yet to see some Asshat refute them. In about a month this whole thing is going come crashing around your heads. This is the reason you can’t stand me Dave, also because you didn’t have enough insight to see this coming.
So Dave and Biff have fun because you will be the only posters left on this Blog. Showing the finer points of “Gerbil Jamming”
The What
Someday this war is gonna end..
BTW Dave you have some hating you more than me, LMMFAO!
actually Dave…my point is that i don’t want mr. b & his minions knowing who i am when i am pissed off…or cutting me off for blasting some numnuts when the fool is mouthing off…hence…cobblehiller = polly cheerful ..gasp, gag, choke, pleh, heh, heh.
there is an air of “big brother” about…and call me paranoid…i like to avoid people getting in my business.
cobblehiller also happens to be a tag i use elsewhere, so i try to “protect the brand” …ha ha ha ha ha!
Good idea!
2:08,
There are probably 10 times as many readers now as when we tried this back in 2006…Obvs we won’t know until we try whether this will work, but if the level of discussion can be elevated and the service elements of the site can be better expanded, it’ll be worth some trade-off in traffic. Of course, we could be completely wrong but there’s only one way to find out. We think it’s worth the gamble.
brownstoner – that would be far too complicated. But thank you for your concern.
brownstoner writes…”Or create two usernames, one for your stupid comments and one for your smart ones. The choice is yours.”
I spit out my coffee at that one!!!
2:02,
You’ll still be anonymous, but if other readers care, they’ll be able to see all the comments made by your made-up username. That’s it. It’s not like your comments are going to be thrown back at you at your next interview! Or create two usernames, one for your stupid comments and one for your smart ones. The choice is yours.