I have added a “Policies” page to this website. Let me summarize in a post.
This website is occasionally the target of a spam campaign – comments and trackbacks that are little more than advertisements for casinos or pharmaceuticals or “sexual enhancements”. (Just this morning I had a comment “awaiting moderation” that was nothing more than an advertisement.)
- I moderate all comments now. This is not because I want to filter out dissenting views and opinions. So much as I really do not want to come back and delete 150+ comments advertising cheap Viagra. So if you leave a comment and it takes 1-2 days to show up – thank you for the effort and I appreciate your patience.
- I have also decided that if you want to register (as a subscriber in order to leave comments) that is wonderful – but please leave a name or something (no matter how brief) that tells me you are a real person. Many new user registrations have suspicious addresses like lexxyxxxs@gmail.com. How can I tell an interested human being from a spambot/spammer?
Thanks for your understanding and support. Again – this is not about control over which opinions/views get expressed. It is about preventing this website from being used for spam.
