tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post4829077594212363835..comments2024-03-29T08:27:20.479-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Awful online comments hurt understanding of news, reports local news site filled with awful online comments."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78600981888082106642013-03-12T08:03:09.698-05:002013-03-12T08:03:09.698-05:00If we mean well and do ill, can our ill-doing be f...If we mean well and do ill, can our ill-doing be forgiven because we are well-meaning?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057766063907866916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72314362839343659542013-03-12T06:00:19.341-05:002013-03-12T06:00:19.341-05:00Kirk Parker said...
Rusty,
All that granted, it s... Kirk Parker said...<br />Rusty,<br /><br />All that granted, it still doesn't mean that Ritmo doesn't destroy the conversation.<br /><br />Only if you let him.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39543818096648014602013-03-12T04:40:27.878-05:002013-03-12T04:40:27.878-05:00Online comments are mostly wastes of time. The on...Online comments are mostly wastes of time. The only way to effectively make a point is to do it in some extreme way.<br /><br />The easiest way is by saying something outrageous to get attention. This almost always works. Althouse even encourages this to some extent as long as it seems to move the discussion somewhere. I think it's ultimately destructive, because readers get bored with attention whores and leave. Eh, whatever.<br /><br />Another way is to repeat the same thing over and over. This is also effective, although many readers start ignoring you completely. That's not as bad as it sounds, because they were ignoring you before, too. There are always one or two people at any given time on Althouse who embrace this strategy. It's about endurance, and few keep it up for long.<br /><br />The last way is to consistently write good comments, so that readers will seek you out. Even then, what's the point? Who cares? It's a lot of effort for little reward. These commenters seem to be driven more by inner compulsion than by accolades.NotWhoIUsedtoBehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14568355742926021406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89171692168535215852013-03-12T01:03:37.228-05:002013-03-12T01:03:37.228-05:00No Rcommall, I liked you until you decided to get ...No Rcommall, I liked you until you decided to get weird on me. It's far from exhibiting grace to say I did " everything and anything" what the hell are you implying? What everything and anything do you think I did or do? How strange a comment to me, who you don't know at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64657788973317273242013-03-12T00:59:17.874-05:002013-03-12T00:59:17.874-05:00I think it was pretty clear in my post that I'...I think it was pretty clear in my post that I've known for a long time that all I am to you is an object of fun. Laugh away, sweet Inga. Carry on, in all your glory and grace.rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10325727451969147492013-03-12T00:50:01.819-05:002013-03-12T00:50:01.819-05:00Full stop.Full stop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87883293676339708542013-03-12T00:48:33.695-05:002013-03-12T00:48:33.695-05:00Rcommal, I will acknowledge this, I know you are n...Rcommal, I will acknowledge this, I know you are not that person. I also KNOW who that person IS, that person is not a kind nor decent person, that I also know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42331582502376801132013-03-12T00:43:30.421-05:002013-03-12T00:43:30.421-05:00Good lord Rcommal. :(
You still obviously have N...Good lord Rcommal. :( <br /><br />You still obviously have NO IDEA about what makes me tick and what kind of person I am. I knew a quite a bit about what sorts of people you considered friends and understood far sooner than you that they were not true friends and not worth keeping.<br /><br />Also, I wasn't smiling at you, I was laughing at you.:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54840018555874705452013-03-12T00:33:19.277-05:002013-03-12T00:33:19.277-05:00Don't smile at me, Inga.
You lied about me. ...Don't smile at me, Inga. <br /><br />You lied about me. You accused me of something I did not do and of being **a persona** that I was not. You did it here, at this blog, and you did it elsewhere. You were wrong, and you did not acknowledge that you were wrong. You didn't acknowledge it even though you knew you were wrong. To this day, you have not done so.<br /><br />*****<br /><br />No doubt it was because you were **winning**, in a way. At that time, you were among folks who preferred your point of view--as against mine, for example.<br /><br />From what I can tell, you took that as full license to do ... anything and everything.<br /><br />Mistake.<br /><br />While I appreciate that you helped me to understand that some folks that I thought were friends were not (and also, how some people I always assumed were so much smarter and learned and knowledgeable and perspicacious than I were, in fact, not) I also fully learned to understand what sort of person you are.<br /><br />Full stop.<br />rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36737695243099020962013-03-11T23:47:22.422-05:002013-03-11T23:47:22.422-05:00Rcommal,
Oh never mind. :)Rcommal, <br /><br />Oh never mind. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46014689083465770302013-03-11T23:34:32.381-05:002013-03-11T23:34:32.381-05:00Inga:
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oh, forget it
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[i both remember ...Inga: <br /><br />---<br /><br />oh, forget it<br /><br />---<br /><br />[i both remember and know, though]rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91308337845641127422013-03-11T22:55:18.464-05:002013-03-11T22:55:18.464-05:00My 10:51 PM comment to "Baron".My 10:51 PM comment to "Baron".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61058990498924025452013-03-11T22:53:37.892-05:002013-03-11T22:53:37.892-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13523504958096923442013-03-11T22:51:37.127-05:002013-03-11T22:51:37.127-05:00There will always be the back stabbers and Althous...There will always be the back stabbers and Althouse and Meade know who they are, I believe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90956886531295193112013-03-11T21:31:33.572-05:002013-03-11T21:31:33.572-05:00"Worry not: There will always be those squish..."Worry not: There will always be those squishes, moderates, mixed-bags of goods [and bads], folks with wrong interests and professions, and others to smack down, God knows. Come with me! Take my hand."<br /><br />What the hell: It's funny as all get out. And quite the mirror: two-way.<br /><br />Enjoying it and taking it in.rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63938970531144139142013-03-11T21:25:17.675-05:002013-03-11T21:25:17.675-05:00Edutcher. Pogo. Theo Boehm. Ndspinelli.
Talk abou...<i>Edutcher. Pogo. Theo Boehm. Ndspinelli.</i><br /><br />Talk about the lack of monolith.<br /><br />Any "real conservatives" wanna weigh in?<br /><br />LOL, BZ.<br /><br />***<br /><br />[Please note how polite I am being to not, well, note stuff.]<br /><br />[Among other things.}rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11827748587436706042013-03-11T20:51:59.960-05:002013-03-11T20:51:59.960-05:00Just an observation that most of the long time lib...Just an observation that most of the long time liberal trolls troll away with a care. <br /><br />Luckyoldson.Jeremy. Downtownlad. Ritmo. Shiloh. <br /><br />On the other hand many conservative commentors have been smacked around or often deleted by the Nutty Perfessor and Chauncey.<br /><br />Edutcher. Pogo. Theo Boehm. Ndspinelli.<br /><br />I only recall two liberals who were smacked around a lot. HD House because he was a crotchety old coot. Also of course Allie Oop/Inga and we all know why that happens.<br /><br />Baron Zemohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17301531733692419610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62058952878045086162013-03-11T20:30:21.393-05:002013-03-11T20:30:21.393-05:00Rusty,
All that granted, it still doesn't mea...Rusty,<br /><br />All that granted, it still doesn't mean that Ritmo doesn't destroy the conversation.Kirk Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05921711310191924997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83321784063415006562013-03-11T19:50:10.190-05:002013-03-11T19:50:10.190-05:00@Meade: What "what" are you trying to el...@Meade: What "what" are you trying to elicit? Or "whats"?rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31950124750976590062013-03-11T19:42:32.460-05:002013-03-11T19:42:32.460-05:00..."relatively concise..
Huh. How 'bout ...<i>..."<b>relatively</b> concise..</i><br /><br />Huh. How 'bout that. Sumpin' there, fer shur.<br /><br />Mebbe.rcommalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00301180339680504471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85263625916957406182013-03-11T18:06:56.974-05:002013-03-11T18:06:56.974-05:00Kirk Parker said...
MadMan,
"Internet conver... Kirk Parker said...<br />MadMan,<br /><br />"Internet conversations are ephemeral anyway,"<br /><br />OK, so how about a rule that says No Ritmo Until The Thread Is 24 Hours Old? That would provide 99% of the benefit of totally banning him/her/it.<br /><br />I like Ritmo. He's like an over the top flaming gay guy. It's impossible to take him seriously.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34281228284536005752013-03-11T17:44:31.497-05:002013-03-11T17:44:31.497-05:00IMO, "Baron" is not a trustworthy friend...IMO, "Baron" is not a trustworthy friend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60846252181306888082013-03-11T17:42:24.169-05:002013-03-11T17:42:24.169-05:00What is "conservative types"?What is "conservative types"?Meadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117933390338651739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63490691081700338132013-03-11T17:41:33.658-05:002013-03-11T17:41:33.658-05:00Just sayin'.Just sayin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88463747865020861722013-03-11T17:41:31.572-05:002013-03-11T17:41:31.572-05:00Baron Zemo is a martyr for all oppressed online co...Baron Zemo is a martyr for all oppressed online commentators.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205752419540502278noreply@blogger.com