Policy change in blog - anonymous comments banned

[peacetraveler22]

Comments

[margot_yyc]

Something to think about - why do so many American women have breast implants? And those women are not celebrities or cancer survivors, just regular housewifes or soccer moms... Yes, there is less age discrimination in the States but... there must be a reason for that obsession with fake boobs... Just saying, not everything is black and white.

[peacetraveler22]

I don't see how fake boobs has any connection to this man's statements. Sure, there are superficial women all over the globe who place their core value and worth in appearance, and are pumping silicone in multiple places. And it is their right to do so. :) However, if you view ALL women of a certain age as "outdated" and worthless, you're a misogynist in my view. It does not matter if they are a flat-chested house maid, or a super model with silicone breasts. This was the message of this particular troll. There is no grey area for me, based on the culmination of his multiple messages sent to me over the past few days. I didn't publish them all, so perhaps the situation isn't so clear to outsiders.

[margot_yyc]

No, no connection to the troll's statement.

I was talking about the notion that American women don't care about how they look or don't do anything to attract men. They do, and not just few shallow ones.

[peacetraveler22]

I never said American women don't care how they look, or don't try to attract men. :) Of course, we do. I think the problem is when a person's identity, or attraction to another, is based only on these superficial things, and nothing more. I don't like defined gender roles of what a man or woman "should be." I think American women have more freedom in this regard, with less judgment from others. My perception is based on lots of conversations about this topic with Russian women in my blog, and in person.

[worderlandguest]

A wise decision, I think. Respect for holding so far, but now I think it just pointless. There is no need to let anonymous stupidity or troll agression appear in the journal. Plus, as you have said: more time, less dirt. There are plenty of registered users to have conversation with so let trolls stay outside somethere far far away in the galaxy.

tldr: good, thx)

[peacetraveler22]

I never understood why people write anonymously? It takes only a few minutes to create a LJ profile and username to leave comments..."tldr"...never seen this shorthand before. Had to google it to discern the meaning. :))

[aavenger]

Wise of you :) I truly hope that eventually the Internet will become a regulated zone with no anonymity at all and same laws applied as real life has :)

[peacetraveler22]

I think there's a place for anonymity, for instance to protect the identity of whistle blowers. I'm typically against regulation of speech in any manner, and it would be impossible to have laws to implement such measures on the Internet as a whole. How would it work, and what type of punishment do you propose? :)) Who determines what violates moral codes or is "offensive"? These things are subjective. Probably we could sit and speak for hours about your visions of law in some future, more well-mannered society...:) But I decided to become Master of my own domain here in the blog - because nothing good can come from misogyny or sexism. And it's an area of social concern for me - like the fashionistas are for you

[aavenger]

Yep, the discussion is for hours and hours, we risk to get our fingers frozen if carry on with typing :)))

Unfortunately, I have quite a limited knowledge about freelance opportunities online for Georgia... Google gives me links to freelancers.ge and ido.ge - also I had an overview of helpius.ge (hope Google translation works for them, as they are in Georgian). There is also a site jobs.ge - but this one is for vacancies, so far I remember. If the issue's not of a hurry, please let me know and I will try to find more information if it exists, of course...

[peacetraveler22]

There's no rush. :) I have plenty of time to develop something, but I need tech help to put it in some type of attractive e-brochure. I don't have the skills to do it myself. I guess a graphic designer or web designer would be best suited for the task. If you come across anything relevant, you can send me the info. Meanwhile, I'll look at these links...never tried google translate from Georgian to English. Let's see if it makes sense...:))

I came across a good legal dilemma today at work, involving porn and cybersquatting, mixed with free expression. Topics we recently discussed. :)) Maybe I'll send you the facts tomorrow, and you can provide a layman' so opinion on whether Toyota should object to the usage. My legal partner and I are undecided...lol!

[3eta]

I just leave the comments un-screened when this happens (although I am sure you get a lot more comments). Somehow I felt that spending time to write a comment and never see it going un-screened is more frustrating for a troll than not getting to write a comment at all.

[peacetraveler22]

You're probably right - if the comment is never unscreened, it's more frustrating for the troll. However, such anonymous comments clog my inbox, and I already have a lot of messages/comments from readers to sort through. It takes a lot of time to respond to the messages, comments sometimes, but I think it's worth it. I don't like when bloggers ignore their readers all the time. It's somehow disrespectful in my view. :)

[peacetraveler22]

It was a long time coming...I finally couldn't tolerate it anymore.