Dean Esmay has graciously helped me battle the Spambots by changing my comment specifics. Comments for posts over 30 days old are now closed, and in the future comments functionality will be closed once a post is over 30 days old. So if you have something to say, do it quickly; otherwise you'll have to send me an email and let me post an update.
And speaking of comments, I found this post on blog civility fascinating. I certainly have noticed the influx and effect of trolls elsewhere, but N2P has remained refreshingly free of them. Perhaps it's because of my civil tone (usually) and the fact that I don't post rash statements just to get readers riled up (though I loved the whole Blair Hornstine controversy). Perhaps it's because readership is below the danger point (10,000 - 20,000 a day).
Or perhaps it's because anyone commenting here probably knows they're dealing with a blogger with a Ph.D. and regular readers who are quite educated, and to leave ridiculous, nasty, incendiary comments here instead of thoughtful ones is like bringing a knife to a gun fight. You'll just get your tail whupped and your profanity (which doesn't impress us) deleted.
Posted by kswygert at July 7, 2004 01:54 PM