Raising the Bar a Little
If you’ve tried to post a comment this morning and it hasn’t shown up, chances are you used one of the naughty keywords that our publishing system is now on the lookout for. We’re not averse to the occasional four-letter word used at the right time in the right way, but when they are used…
If you’ve tried to post a comment this morning and it hasn’t shown up, chances are you used one of the naughty keywords that our publishing system is now on the lookout for. We’re not averse to the occasional four-letter word used at the right time in the right way, but when they are used to insult individuals or entire groups of people, it’s not so cool. We’ve also blocked the use of the “tinyurl” links, since one rogue member of the community has been peppering comment threads with disguised links to inappropriate photos. We’ll see how this works for the next few days. If you have an idea that you can’t figure out how to express without offensive language, chances are it isn’t worth expressing.
An admirable pursuit, Mr. Brownstoner.
Now, can you also block the use of the term NIMBY from now until forever?
yes. this is an unmitigated good.
glad to see ysabelle on this post, bringing her annoying misconstruction of life & liberties to the main page!
Hey, can we ban the phrase “bitter renter,” while we’re at it? I don’t find this “debate” particularly informative. Doesn’t change anyone’s position, far as I can see, and we’ve heard it all before.
This is a welcome development indeed. I find the forbearance of riff raff to be quite troublesome, in fact. Perhaps we should all reexamine the lessons we learned in finishing school, shall we?
*sips tea*
In all seriousness, this is a good thing. Thanks Mr. B.
Oh my gosh, I’m banned from Brownstoner! I can’t post on any threads. None of my posts are appearing.
If anyone is reading this in whatever filter is set up, I’ve been a regular visitor for a couple years and I do get into it with people, but you know what? Never with course language and never with URL’s and always seeking a balanced viewpoint in the discussions. I HAVE criticized Brownstoner before so hmmmm, that is my only crime but it’s obviously the most important one around here.
Well okay buh-bye. You just lost a ton of clicks without me coming here every morning like I used to do. But that’s actually great. It makes me way more productive.
Even from this thread it is clear that Mr. B’s new restrictions on speech will help keep the dialogue elevated to a much higher level of maturity.
Compliments for the efforts too. There are a
lot of readers of your blog who have been intimidated from posting comments by a small gang of prepubescent guys.
We all love your site, but it has become tiresome to sift through scores of inane comments to get through the real “juice” of a thread.
ysabelle – you still have freedom of speech – just go out onto the street and say what you want.
Do you think the NYT should post every single letter it receives?
jeeze.
Compliments for the efforts too. There are a
lot of readers of your blog who have been intimidated from posting comments by a small gang of prepubescent guys.
We all love your site, but it has become tiresome to sift through scores of inane comments to get through the real “juice” of a thread.