I love comments! I do not intentionally delete nor would I ever modify a comment. Feedback is a gift, and whether I like the gift or not, I’m going to thank you for it.

I am having a real problem with comment spam. Over 5000 as of this morning. Deleting 20 at a time is more than a pain in the ass– its torture. But some of the comments that appear in “the most recent” section of my sidebar are pretty vile, disgusting or plain ass embarassing. So, on occassion I do try and go in to delete (I spent 30 minutes this morning and barely made a dent). What’s worse, if I’m not very careful I delete a comment that is legitimate. Sorry, I nuked one of yours this morning Kevin. Nothing personal.

And what is really odd is I’m finding regular comments stuck in moderation. I have no idea why these get held and the sicko ones get through. I mean, if I had not checked this morning I wouldn’t have known about Jenn’s ragging on my diaper rash problem. Glad I found that one!

Then there was Jeff who took issue with Ranger Bill’s assessment from on the scene in the Iraq. I politely responded in the comments, and he wrote back to say I was ignorant. Which is ok, I’ve been called worse. But when that particular comment got caught in moderation and I didn’t see it in the sea of spam, he posted another comment accusing me of censorship and disparaging my genitals. Alas.

Anyway, I’m told if I upgrade to the latest version of WordPress I will have better commet spam control. Since I’m a techno-peasant I’m gonna have to pay my blog host for this service. But clearly I have to get some control on this spam. Bear with me for a few days until the fix is in.

Thanks for understanding.