I have set the restrictions for commenting to the highest level. You must either:
1.) be a registered Disqus user and have verified your e-mail address or
2.) use your verified Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo or Open ID account
We get a ridiculous amount of commenting from anonymous cowards who use dopey names like ASDFSD and variants to become sock puppets (sometimes carrying on arguments....with themselves!).
Unfortunately there is no easy way to import our prior blocking now that we've switched to Disqus and rather than block 1.5 years of numbskulls all over again, I'm going this route, at least temporarily to see what happens.
If you don't have a Twitter, Facebook or Yahoo account or you can't be bothered with the Disqus registration/verification, let's face it, you really didn't wan to comment that much anyway...
If you have a registered Disqus account but never verified your e-mail, you may request another verification e-mail here.
There's a lot to be said for very open commenting. But there's a lot to be said against it, too. I'm not yet sure if this is a 2 hour, 2 day, 2 week or forever experiment. We'll see.
makes sense
I approve!
OK
I cared so much I went and registered.
Bob33: you need to VERIFY your Disqus account or future e-mails will require manual approval (and we won't be doing much of that, I promise you!)
I think the crazy comments are really funny.
Roland, same for you as Bob, you need to verify your Disqus account.
And anyone who doesn't approve probably can't comment anyway!
I think I am good now.
Same for you Zack, verify your Disqus or wind up in the ether
Julia,
Indeed, a definite upside in this case!
I am verified!
I feel like I'm part of an exclusive club now. When do the varsity jackets and decals get mailed?
Alright! Tvbythenumbers exclusive member! This has got to be the most prestigous club I've ever belonged to.
good idea.
i am now verified!
FrankHBO, you still need to verify your Disqus e-mail, your post had to be manually approved.
RemusL: you need to verify your Disqus e-mail or your comments will need to be manual approved (and usually we won't manually approve). More info here:
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/03/14/an-experim…
Am I doing it right?
Anthony, no. You still need to verify your disqus e-mail. Info in post above. I had to approve this manually.
@anthony_m You are now verified