Comments

One of the things I love about the site is having the best readers anywhere. The site lives for your comments and guesses. When I returned to Blogger in 2017, I lost the ability to ban people or IP addresses. Blogger is all about free speech and so am I. In the past, while on Blogger I have from time to time used moderated comments. I don't like doing it because then I have to read every single comment and say yes or no to it. It can delay the appearance of comments by hours. In the early days of the site, I was really free wheeling and allowed for anonymous comments. I stopped the practice and made you register after a rash of complaints. Lainey and many other sites don't allow for any comments on their sites just so they don't have to deal with the issues that arise. Going back and forth and arguing with someone is one thing, but doxxing people is quite another. Why does an argument have to lead to doxxing? I don't want to have to delete comments and don't want to moderate either. However, I don't want people to be in a position where they are personally attacked or vulnerable to physical attacks where they live or work. I'm hoping this kind of gets everyone back on the right track when it comes to commenting. If not, I will moderate or just turn them off. I want everyone to feel safe when they come here. I tolerate way more than most websites and hope people on the site are mature enough to say enough is enough.