As some of you may have noticed, I'm messing with Apache's mod_rewrite so I can make my site unavailable to various spammers, annoying bots and (I must admit to my main motivation) the worst of the anonymous-comment lusers who have started infesting the Java blogosphere.
I mean seriously. Anonymous comment-flames? "Attack-blogs" written specifically to insult one person? Don't you think we could progress just a little beyond the Slashdot mentality? For fuck's sake people, grow up.
I have nothing against anonymity per se, and I personally loathe the "We won't talk to you if you don't join our club!" sites that want you to sign up before you can leave a comment. I'm just rather saddened by the fact that anonymity is inevitably used as an excuse by a certain proportion of the population to run around acting like five-year olds who have discovered that saying "bum" is hilarious, and want to share that with as much of the world as often as possible.
Anyway, the reason some of you may have noticed that is because my prototype ban-manager script didn't know how to deal with an empty banlist, went slightly insane and banned the whole world.
It should all be fixed now.
As with any banlist, will you provide a way for people to get off the list ?
Of course. People are always free to email me and beg. (even if they're not banned.)
Hear hear, while I share your disdain for the cowards lurking behind anonymity, I've afraid that that's where my agreement ends. There IS something hilarious about the word bum, especially when it's said by an adult.
Ignore the wankers who post anonymously with childish jabs, but don't tar everyone with the same brush and focus on the content, rather than just the nick.
Bum.
Bum.
I've tried it both ways now. Saying "bum" is definitinely more fun when you do it anonymously.
Wow
"Anyway, the reason some of you may have noticed that is because my prototype ban-manager script didn’t know how to deal with an empty banlist, went slightly insane and banned the whole world."
as written, sounds like the plot for some bad SciFi!
Charles,
oh please. Blogging world is a community whether we want it or not. And being such, people communicate with eachother, sometimes emotionally. I would hate to be this civilized, controlled, logical person you seem to be at all times. Good grief man, let loose.
it would be like living in the Victorian Era or something otherwise, all emotions repressed, superficial politeness and forced civility. Yuck, you can have it. Maybe you are closer to that british heritage, and anger, hatred, vengeance, lashing, or any kind of passionate display of emotions make you scared, but hey those are the spices of life, otherwise just bread and butter everyday, makes a man dull. I swear.
Chiara: I'm sorry, but you seem to have missed the subtle distinction between "I don't like poeple using anonymity as an excuse to be complete fuckwits" and "I think everyone should be emotionless robots".
Personally, I think you're being rather unfair to 5 year olds. Most 5 year olds will get hints, and stop anti-social behaviour if asked (in a suitable manner) to do so. By 5, kids are generally self aware enough to have a sense of shame.
Personally, I think you're being rather unfair to 5 year olds. Most 5 year olds will get hints, and stop anti-social behaviour if asked (in a suitable manner) to do so. By 5, kids are generally self aware enough to have a sense of shame.
Personally, I think you're being rather unfair to 5 year olds. Most 5 year olds will get hints, and stop anti-social behaviour if asked (in a suitable manner) to do so. By 5, kids are generally self aware enough to have a sense of shame.
I think what the blogging world needs to learn is that the word "bum" is truely immature and does reflect the low mental age of so many people.
Once people can reach the level of maturity where they realise that the word "pants" is indeed much much funnier, only then will blogging have truely come of age.