Eric’s blog: Now with kung fu commenting action!
I’ve activated the comments feature for this blog, enabling readers to share their witty rejoinders, accusations and expressions of disapproval on the very pages that inspire them. Soon we hope to have comments enabled on the entire site, too, including the movie reviews and “Snide Remarks” columns. But for now it’s just the blog
I’m also going back and retroactively allowing comments on past blog entries. I have to do it manually, though, so it will be a couple days before ALL the old blog entries are comment-friendly.
You do not have to register to comment. You do have to provide a name (not necessarily your real one) and an e-mail address, however. The e-mail address is not published with the comment; it’s simply a way for the database to identify you. The first time you use a name and e-mail address, the comment will have to be approved before it’s published. But once you’re approved, all your subsequent comments will appear instantly, provided you use the same name and e-mail address. So it behooves you to choose a name and address and stick with it. If you change either one, you’ll have to be approved again.
Also, if you use swear words, your comment will be flagged and I’ll have to approve it before it’s published. I believe I have the capability to censor the swear words, but the likelihood is greater that I will simply delete the comment altogether. So no cussing.
In other blog-related news, over the past few days I’ve gone through and sorted the old entries into categories. So if you’re bored and want to browse through all the entries dealing with, say, book recommendations, it is now an easy thing to do.
September 19th, 2006 at 5:50 pm
I think this is a good idea. I’m excited to see how it works! (The spaces are off.)
September 19th, 2006 at 7:02 pm
Me too. Although I hope negative movie reviews won’t inspire lots of flame posts, like a couple years ago.
September 19th, 2006 at 8:05 pm
I’m glad you’ve turned on comments. Now the blog entries don’t have to look so alone and forlorn.
September 19th, 2006 at 10:26 pm
I’m personally looking forward to seeing a lot of inflamed, idiotic responses to bad reviews. Bring on the retards!
September 20th, 2006 at 9:18 am
This will be nice. I don’t find myself with a lot of time to read and comment on the forums these days but I still always read the blog and snide remarks.
September 20th, 2006 at 9:24 am
i sure am tickled to be a kung-fu komment kommando. i will do my level best to help eric snider (our sundance serenader) to make his website HUGE! well, short of actually subscribing. i promise to come up with more nicknames for our beloved reviewer. i`ll throw out the first bone. “svelte ebert” hey i got a million of em!
September 20th, 2006 at 10:30 am
Finally! I kept hoping you would someday see the light and allow comments. Interaction is the lifeblood of a blog (unless the blog itself sucks, but yours doesn’t).
September 20th, 2006 at 2:04 pm
I hate talkbackers. You’re all stupids.
September 20th, 2006 at 4:09 pm
hey pizzaface, stupid is always singular! if you use it plurally then its stupidhead. try it in a sentance ok? like this “yer all stupidheads”. i bet you feel better already.
and personally i would reverse it to backtalkers, i dunno maybe im showing my age like when i said ” i sure am tickled” in my last comment which shows my age and my rural upbringing. of course so does using “upbringing”. hey does anyone else think that
“svelte ebert” sound like a critter from africa?
heres another—– unafroed shalit.
September 20th, 2006 at 6:56 pm
I’m on board with this commenting thing. Finally, a forum for my witty banter.
September 21st, 2006 at 7:28 am
I love it. Great job, by the way, with the blog, the movie reviews, the Remarks, and everything else.