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Comments Now Require Registration

Bump and Update: In case you weren't around yesterday, and wonder what's going on here, you now need to register to comment on TalkLeft. From Friday:

Sometimes, all it takes is one person to ruin a good thing. Due to mass obscene comments by a single person this morning, all of which were directed at me or falsely claimed to be written by me, everyone will now have to register with TypeKey to post comments. Typekey provides answers to privacy concerns here. TalkLeft's webmaster, Mike Ditto, is setting this up now. Just click on the comments to any post to register. You can register with the same posting name you've always used.

Your first comment will require me to approve you. Once you are approved, your comments will automatically appear as before. I personally will be doing the approving, so if I'm offline when you make your first comment, it may not be instantaneous. I'm going to try to remain online through the weekend as much as possible.

You have to give typekey an email address to register, but it will not appear in the comments. Also, you have the choice of not having your email address forwarded to me. So, you can remain anonymous if you'd like. For those of you who allow your e-mail address to be forwarded to me, I will not share it with anyone else.

Update: Only two people have had a problem registering and posting comments. If you have a problem, try registering at Mike Ditto's site, so that we can determine if the problem stems from Typekey or TalkLeft.

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Original Post:

There's a nasty troll on board today with multiple IP addresses. Comments are shut down until further notice.

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  • Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#28)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:55:49 PM EST
    I'm in Jeralyn. Nasty Trolls. I get them a lot now.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#1)
    by MikeDitto on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    I made a tech support thread over at my site, in case anyone experiences a fatal problem trying to post comments here. The toolbar is temporarily missing. No need to report that, I already know! :-)

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#2)
    by pigwiggle on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    TL- Thanks for all the work you put in (and you also Mr. Ditto, my firefox browser works very well); it’s appreciated. I saw one of the postings from the pernicious troll; crass and juvenile. Incidentally, this is the same setup that was used to ban me at BlogsForBush. I’m not sure how effective it is as I didn’t try to post after they asked me not to. I suppose someone intent on posting cold simply register multiple yahoo, hotmail, google, ect. email accounts and use them for the authentication. Making it just that more difficult should cut the bulk of the garbage though.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#3)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Absolutely Horrible :-( Don't sweat it, TL. We knew it wasn't you after the first sentance.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#4)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Hi Folks. Sorry for your troubles.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#5)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Wow! She let me in the pasture ;-) Such class! I'll be good. BTW Ditto - Line breaks aren't working

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#6)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    JM/TL You rock. - k

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#7)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Line breaks in the 'preview' window aren't working

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#8)
    by Wes on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Hello Everybody!

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#9)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Testing one two three, testing. :) I've always been good. Then again, I'm real selective on what I comment on. Just making sure my typekey works here. And you know, it really is no trouble. So many require it, that I have my password memorized now.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#10)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Me too Have a great weekend, everyone

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#11)
    by Linkmeister on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    I'm tempted to steal the old Groucho Marx line about any club which would have him as a member is one he wouldn't want to join. I see my Typekey password works here; I tried it at MT itself yesterday and it failed. Go figure.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#12)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Mark Blaghdaddy down as "Aboard." That nimrod gave Blaghdaddy a tremor when he saw what "Jeralyn" was saying...very funny...not. See you all on the other side... :-)

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#13)
    by ppjakajim on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Anyone who cause so much trouble for someone else should have their thumbs broke.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#14)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    I think they must have been a social liberal.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#15)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    I'm here. I'm not excited about the registration and extra steps to comment, but I'm here. Just another example of conservatives making my life harder when I'm trying to get away from them (visiting a left leaning news blog).

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#16)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    That must have been one nasty troll. Some of those people can be frightening as I have found out.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#17)
    by Johnny on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    I hope this is approved. TL, I am so sorry it had to come to this. Just the other day I was wondering when it would happen. Keep up the good work!

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#18)
    by Kitt on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Bummer about that nasty little troll. Typekey is fine. I think it was Chris Albritton's site that I used to register long ago. Whatever it takes, Jeralyn.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#19)
    by glanton on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Testing, testing, checking in.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#20)
    by shmerritt on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Sorry to learn of the difficulties leading to the need for registration. But maybe it will improve the bloggerhood. Glad to see how much people here appreciate your work! :-)

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#21)
    by Beck on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Am I in? The commenter's name and date are showing up at the bottom of the post instead of the top. I got used to it up there.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#22)
    by Che's Lounge on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Test Swordfish

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#23)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Beck, we'll work on that. I agree, the names should be on the top.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#24)
    by roy on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Still opposed to the death penalty?

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#25)
    by mpower1952 on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    This is a test. This is only a test. Boy am I showing my age. Thanks to all who work on this site.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#26)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    I love reading this site and post here occasionally, but anything you need to do to keep it civil is a wonderful step.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#27)
    by BigTex on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    The former BigTex here. Feel free to call me Tex still.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#29)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Hope this works. And yeah, hate them trolls. They ruin everything. Considering turning off comments as well. Then again, it's not like anyone really leaves comments to begin with. :(

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#30)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Darn trolls, messing stuff up for everybody. But I'm glad I can share my liberal views again with the gang here.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#31)
    by superskepticalman on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Way cool. Now my Daily Kos logon works here too!

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#32)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Test. Thanks for everything TL and Ditto!

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#33)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Gosh, its...Warm in here. And it smells like fresh thread. Cool.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#34)
    by John Mann on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Thanks, Jeralyn.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#35)
    by pigwiggle on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Wikipedia has a interesting page on the history of trolls and trolling. Check it out.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#36)
    by pigwiggle on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Preview is acting strange. It previews the text but eliminates it from the text entry window.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#37)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Testing...Testing. That ought to slow down the 101'st Chairborne Keyboarder's a bit.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#38)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Also a lurker, not a poster, but figured I'd better get me a log in just in case someone else tries to post silly things about Justice Kennedy....or in case I wanted to post silly things about Justice Kennedy. Sorry about the trolls. I'm going back to lurking now.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#39)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Thanks, Pigwiggle and Wile, who mentioned the same thing. Mike will try to fix that. Also, let us know if you are not being remembered in the comments and have to sign in more than once.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#40)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Sorry to hear of your troll with more-than-normal bad manners. I mostly just read your posts via RSS, but in the odd chance that I might have something germane to add to the discussion, I'll add my name to the queue.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#41)
    by sarcastic unnamed one on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    yep, we're out to get ya, Tampa! Sorry for the problems, TL.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#42)
    by Dick Durata on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    I'd be interested to know of any trolls that are paid to do their dirty work, and of course, who is paying them.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#43)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    the best blog on the web. I would have foregone the registration process and put up with the evil, wicked, mean and nasty poseurs. Eventually, they will go away. However, it it must be, it must be.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#44)
    by Quaker in a Basement on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:35 PM EST
    Thanks for keeping the neighborhood nice, TL. Please include me in.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#45)
    by MikeDitto on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:36 PM EST
    Really? Kos uses Typekey too? Neato! Sorry guys, I went and installed Mac OS X Tiger last night. Setting the relative coolness of it aside, the installer stinks. It failed in the middle of installation and I was left with a non-working machine until just a minute ago. I'll have a look at the problems now.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#46)
    by MikeDitto on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:36 PM EST
    You might see the toolbar come and go for a bit. I'm suspecting there's a bug in my JavaScript that's causing the disappearing preview problem.

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#47)
    by MikeDitto on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:36 PM EST
    Nope, it wasn't the JavaScript. Yay! It was a parameter for the totally undocumented MTCommentFields tag. I love MovableType, but it has a real problem with these undocumented features. I wonder if they could use a tech writer...

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#48)
    by Al on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:36 PM EST
    Works very well on Safari. Glad to see troll-begone software installed. This is a nice neighborhood...

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#49)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:36 PM EST
    seems simple enough. Good job TL & Mike...

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#51)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:38 PM EST
    Hmmmm . . . let's see if this works . . .

    Re: Comments Now Require Registration (none / 0) (#50)
    by kdog on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 12:58:39 PM EST
    Typical....Someone builds something beautiful, and the inevitable a'hole comes along with a hammer to smash it. TL, you are a saint to put up with us animals. I never register for anything, but I love it here.