Monday, March 22, 2010

Order, Order....

Now one or two of the comments on TonbridgeBlog have become a little rude, a little threatening and a wee bit too personal. So, at the risk of the blog administrators closing the site down, which I know that not many of you would like, I've had to introduce something which I've always resisted in the four years or so that TBlog has been running: comment moderation; that is to say that I now have to view each commnent before it's actually published, at least for the time being. So when those few bloggers who have been getting a bit carried away with themselves, have calmed down then the facility will be lifted again. I really don't want to use comment moderation because it tends to mean that the blog loses it's immediacy which, after all is part of the point of it. What issue has prompted this action being taken? Is it the great political debate in the run up to a close fought general election? Is it some timeless, unanswered philosophical issue? Is it Christianity versus the other religions of the world that has got their goat? Football even? No it's a book shop closure and a charity shop opening! As the new Speaker of the House of Commons might say: everyone just needs to calm down, I'm worried about you!...

6 comments:

Paul Bailey said...

You state TB, that the "blog administrators" could close this site down. I've not heard of this ever happening before. Surely TB, YOU are the site administrator, and YOU have the ultimate sanction over what can appear and what can't. Why the comment administration then?

alesteir crowley said...

I agree censor all that blogging against other businesses in Tonbridge that's just too prevalent on this site!

alesteir crowley said...

Need a rest indeed - by God he does do subtle - not as thick as he makes out

The Tomahawk Kid said...

How exciting! It's gunfight at the OK Corral bookshop style. I can just see it - a face off on Tonbridge High Street. MR Books and Mr Crowley standing back to back, they take 10 paces, turn and MR Books goes for a First Edition, but Mr Crowley sees it coming and instead goes for a well-thumbed paperback copy of War & Peace...all to the music of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly!

Tonbridge blogger said...

PB: Us bloggers are not exempt from the same rules as any other publication whether printed or otherwise. I'm pretty sure that Google has the means to pick up anything which contravenes decency laws etc.

Anonymous said...

The all pervasive power of Google eh?