Normally I leave article comments as they are, even when they are (to my admittedly biased viewpoint) flame-bait, less than perfectly well intentioned, or otherwise not especially helpful. I figure that folks will soon learn who the good guys are and who the trolls are, and so far it’s worked pretty well: the quality of discourse in the comments section is considerably higher than on many other site with open postings.
But a few of my articles have been accreting “comment spam”: one-liner comments, keying off a word or two in an article or a previous comment but otherwise completely uninformative, like “Log the camera!” or “Wow, we need to discuss that!”. The poster’s link is simply a link to an e-commerce site, and one not even related to the topics at hand.
I will be removing these comments as I encounter them. I’m not purging them for “political correctness” or for anti-Adam viewpoints, just for spamming. Please continue to discuss the topics of articles without fear of censorship. The only thing I’m gunning for is spam (and anything else entirely off-topic); I want to keep the signal-to-noise ratio here as high as possible.
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Thanks Adam.
For what it’s worth, we’ve instituted several anti-commenting spam blockers, but those devils get in. Like roaches I tell ya, like roaches!
Posted by on 05/13 at 12:41 PM
I support your doing whatever you need to do in order to keep the quality high. I’m incredibly grateful that you all are willing to share your experiences with us and know how much work it is (or maybe I don’t 
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Peace,
Rob:-]
Posted by Rob on 05/13 at 02:16 PM
Are you aware of how broken the comment system is on your multi-page articles? It’s completely inconsistent. Do all the comments refer to the present page? No. Are the comments present on all pages the same? No.
What’s the system, guys? I don’t understand it.
Posted by on 05/15 at 06:03 PM
Daniel,
That has been a sore spot for me. I have spoken to tech support on numerous occasions with reference to the content management system we are using and they are stumped.
We are aware of the issue, and what is happening is for some reason, one comment seems to be removed with each successive page. Go Figure! We’re working on it, and sorry for the issue.
Scott
Posted by on 05/15 at 08:31 PM