This is why you don't feed trolls
Jul. 20th, 2008 07:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dunmurderinI did a dumb thing last night, let my temper get the better of me and popped off to a random spammer on AIM last night -- handle was cash4pantysurvey, btw -- which in turn caused said spammer to probably somewhat justifiably be offended and somewhat less justifiably to decide to flood my AIM window with chats using various usernames in an effort to make it impossible for me to use my current AIM id. Or at least to attempt to.
If I have to, I can switch AIM screennames. I've already got one I can use and I can easily create another one. But, the fact that I got a comment in this journal telling me that "lol, ur blog is retarded" (post deleted, user has since been banned; still have the notification of the post in my email) makes me think that these incidents are related. Because of this, I'm taking the following measures to lessen my dipshit intake as it is bad for my digestion.
As of this morning, I have set my LJ to:
I'm also banning people from commenting who say stupid crap like "your blog is retarded." I already freakin' KNOW that. I wrote a 10+ essay outlining how Transformers DO IT for crying out loud.
I apologize for any inconvenience this might cause, particularly for anonymous commentors. If things stay quiet, I'll consider turning stuff off, but honestly, I HAVE to deal with this kind of idiocy at work I won't do it at home.
If I have to, I can switch AIM screennames. I've already got one I can use and I can easily create another one. But, the fact that I got a comment in this journal telling me that "lol, ur blog is retarded" (post deleted, user has since been banned; still have the notification of the post in my email) makes me think that these incidents are related. Because of this, I'm taking the following measures to lessen my dipshit intake as it is bad for my digestion.
As of this morning, I have set my LJ to:
- Screen comments from anonymous posters.
- Show a CAPTCHA (i.e. human test) for anonymous posters who might comment.
- Started tracking IP addresses for all commentors.
I'm also banning people from commenting who say stupid crap like "your blog is retarded." I already freakin' KNOW that. I wrote a 10+ essay outlining how Transformers DO IT for crying out loud.
I apologize for any inconvenience this might cause, particularly for anonymous commentors. If things stay quiet, I'll consider turning stuff off, but honestly, I HAVE to deal with this kind of idiocy at work I won't do it at home.
