A Note On Comments On OliverWillis.com

12:43 pm EST March 21st, 2007 | Uncategorized | 16 Comments

1. To put this delicately: there is no need to issue a response to every troll attempt. My site, for whatever reason (I think it’s because I’m pretty combative) attracts a lot of wingnuts. Some of them just have a different view of the world and argue it honestly, while others are just trolls who get jollies out of posting the most nonsensical unrelated stuff and starting a flame war. I unbanned everyone a while back because frankly I prefer for them to make their idiot ravings in public. But this doesn’t mean that you’ve gotta answer them all the time. Just ignore them, please.

2. If you’re going to put a link in the comments please do it in the form:
<a href=”http://www.foo.com”>Link</a>
Otherwise it just breaks the page

3. Also, if you don’t know what you’re doing with bolds and blockquotes, don’t use them. I hate taking time out from my leisurely strolls with Jessica Alba to fix your HTML.

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16 Responses to “A Note On Comments On OliverWillis.com”

  1. fd10801 says:
    March 21, 2007 at 1:33 pm

    But this doesn’t mean that you’ve gotta answer them all the time.
    From your lips to God’s ears

  2. Colorado Dave says:
    March 21, 2007 at 2:11 pm

    Nice looking redesign Oliver.

    and Please don’t Feed the Trolls!

  3. scott says:
    March 21, 2007 at 2:12 pm

    Anything that promotes more face time for you with La Alba is obviously a good thing!

  4. August J. Pollak says:
    March 21, 2007 at 2:26 pm

    Yes. Everyone be troll deniers.

  5. Adam says:
    March 21, 2007 at 2:37 pm

    Oliver — Love the redesign, very professional.

    Is there any way comments could be in a slightly bigger font size? I’m going blind trying just to read what the trolls have to say.

  6. Duros62 says:
    March 21, 2007 at 2:52 pm

    Adam:
    Ctrl-+

  7. Duros62 says:
    March 21, 2007 at 2:53 pm

    I would also like to petition for a Back to Top link. Somewhere.

  8. SpiderJ says:
    March 21, 2007 at 3:30 pm

    Or, Adam, CTRL plus the scroll wheel on your mouse, if you have one.

    I second the “Back to Top” link.

  9. Oliver Willis says:
    March 21, 2007 at 3:41 pm

    Back to top of the comments, or to the top of the entry?

  10. Oliver Willis says:
    March 21, 2007 at 3:42 pm

    Also, does everyone get the captcha (enter the numbers thing) every time you comment?

  11. SpiderJ says:
    March 21, 2007 at 3:51 pm

    Top of the entry, I’d guess.

    I only get the captcha once in awhile, seemingly at random.

  12. Duros62 says:
    March 21, 2007 at 4:39 pm

    Also, does everyone get the captcha (enter the numbers thing) every time you comment?

    Sometimes yes, sometimes no.
    Mostly if I link something outside.
    All day yesterday, tho..

  13. ckennedy says:
    March 21, 2007 at 5:05 pm

    Just wanted to say thanks. Great blog. Nicely written.

  14. doug r says:
    March 21, 2007 at 11:54 pm

    So I’ve been inserting HTML correctly?
    Fantastic Four 2 trailer

  15. Nimrod Gently says:
    March 22, 2007 at 12:10 pm

    Not all the time. If I post within a minute of having done it before, and on occasions it just asks at random.

  16. Duros62 says:
    March 22, 2007 at 1:01 pm

    All Hail the Back To Top Button!