Comments Trial Period

Posted by Robert on the 7th of October, 2007 at 1:55 AM GMT0. Permalink.
Tags: Comments, Robertdot

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When I posted this, I was listening to: Fleetwood Mac - The Chain

When I created this site, I wanted it to be all valid markup. In order to do that, I killed off user comments. I didn't want to, but it was the best I could do. To substitute, I decided to cross-post to LiveJournal and MySpace. I decided to try something new.

As of now, users (read: you) can post comments directly to Robertdot. I've limited the number of tags you can use, and I expect you to use good markup. That is, at least put your text between the paragraph tags I provided. Extra markup is stripped, and I provided a very weak measure to prevent spammers.

This is on a trial basis. If I can spend the time to get something like MarkDown added, I may use that instead of regular HTML. If I get spammed to hell or people don't do decent markup, I may pull the feature altogether and go back to the irritating cross-posting (but less irritating than spam).

I hope it works out. Comments have been lacking for awhile. This open format should make it far easier for people to leave feedback and facilitate discussion.

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Comments:

1. Valid markup my ass

   by Erin on the 15th of October, 2007 at 11:49 AM GMT0. Permalink.

   You gonna delete this?! Huh, punk?!
   Even better.

2. Ugh, my illegal elements didn't take.

   by Erin on the 15th of October, 2007 at 11:50 AM GMT0. Permalink.

   Damn you.

3. Told you so.

   by Robert on the 15th of October, 2007 at 12:44 PM GMT0. Permalink.

   I strip them with PHP.

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