I got my first really stupid comment the other day. Given this blog is now over 7 years, that’s surprising. Getting it also made me happy. That’s probably even more surprising.
When I say it was my first, that’s not to say I haven’t had other types of bad comments. My comment spam filter is called into action many times a day. I’ve also had a fair number of silly comments, with guys wanting me to dominate them, or set them up with women in the post photographs, or sell some random bit of equipment they no longer wanted. However, this was my first stupid troll like comment arguing that all kinksters were sick, abused as children, mentally damaged and should all be in therapy.
What made me happy was that it was the work of but a second to delete it from my moderation queue. Some guy had taken a bunch of time to write a lengthy screed, and with the flick of finger it was gone. He could have spent that same time polluting youtube comments, cluttering up a forum site with idiotic posts or sending nasty emails to sex workers. So in some very small way, my swift redirection of his time and effort into the void, made the internet just a little bit smarter.
Of course, we all take happiness where we can find it. In this ladies case, it seems to feature combining her first with his bottom. Quite literally two thumbs up.
I found this somewhere on tumblr. I’m afraid I don’t have an original source. If anyone can help me attribute it, please leave a comment. And if anyone knows the guy involved, please suggest that he should remove his socks before posing for a fisting photograph.
*laugh* You ain’t nobody until you get at least one of those.
You know what gives me a nasty little bit of happiness? When some arsehole who I have blocked from viewing my blog tries over and over (and over) to access it. It makes me quite childishly gleeful.
There are only two whose comments got so bad that I blocked them. I just checked and the most persistent one last tried to access my website 23 hours ago. That makes it 138 times(!) that he’s tried since I blocked him. He hates me so much that he just can’t keep away. Bless :).
Ferns
Sorry to hear you’ve had to go to the extent of blocking people – even if it does ultimately result in a moment of childish glee! 🙂
I’ve not had anyone anywhere near that bad. I sadly suspect that might be down to the difference between being a male or female blogger who writes about sexuality. Trolls do some to enjoy hassling women a lot more.
I wish you all the joy of blocking the idiots with none of the pain of when a new one sneaks through 🙂
-paltego
My Facebook block list is almost as long as my forearm, so you’ve been doing really well – sorry you’ve had to experience this, though. But as you say, it’s swiftly dealt with.
I have been doing remarkable well. I wouldn’t swear in court that this was absolutely the first instance I’ve had, but it’s certainly the only one I can remember. Long may the scarcity continue!
-paltego