Comments on: Wednesday Crankette: We Rule, They Drool: Trolls At Large

By: Rufus

Rufus — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:54:39 +0000

Mike,

The same thing holds for Threedonia. You can click on a commenter’s name and see his or her comments. However, everyone here is so awesome there’s no reason to do that.

By: Mike Kriskey

Mike Kriskey — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:49:45 +0000

JohnFN tipped me off to a good feature at BH: you can follow specific commenters. So, if you spot someone who’s generally making good points, you can click on the name and follow them.

Now, I haven’t seen how this works in practice yet, but it seems in theory to be a good way to cut through the trollish comments and see where the good debates are taking place relatively quickly. And then the threaded comment format could be taken advantage of for a “blog-within-a-blog” reasonable—but hopefully contentious—discussion.

I don’t know if I’ll follow MovieBob. I know I said I miss him, but when push comes to shove maybe I don’t miss him that much. I know it takes a grain of sand to make a pearl but—as anyone who’s gotten it in his sneakers can tell you—a little sand goes a long way.

By: Wankette

Wankette — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:32:04 +0000

No, but Robbie the barista’s a quick study. I am unafraid!

By: David Marcoe

David Marcoe — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:28:32 +0000

I know ‘em in Arabic & Farsi.

But do you know them in Swahili, Sanskrit, and Cantonese?

By: Rufus

Rufus — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:27:21 +0000

That is very funny you say that, Mike. If you read any of my stuff at DH’s place you know that John had me teamed with Rich (a different Rich, not trzupr). John gave us both about three months notice that Big Hollywood was coming so we could move on if we desired. Rich decided to drop out of the blogosphere and I knew I didn’t have time to carry a site on my own. John was unemployed and has no kids and could do this full time. It was a bear for me to keep up. Floyd was a frequent commenter to my and Rich’s posts at DH’s place so I asked John if he was alright with me grabbing Floyd and one other commenter from his site. If I couldn’t get two others I was also going to hang it up. Floyd said “yes,” and my first pick for a third was MovieBob for the exact reason you mention. I wanted a contrarian view. MovieBob had something else in the fire and declined the offer. I haven’t been to his site for a few months, so I don’t know if his other deal came to fruition, but as much as he often gave me fits at Libertas I always admired his sincerity and intelligence. We have almost nothing in common, but that never bothered me. I actually appreciated that about MovieBob.

Very funny you had the same thought!

By: Wankette

Wankette — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:24:36 +0000

Mattt: Eeeyyeeeuuuwww. I gotta say, though, that “slit” isn’t that big a deal to us.

I promise a RadioThreedonia of dirtywords. Last person left standing gets a gift bag. It’ll be me — I know ‘em in Arabic & Farsi.

By: Mike Kriskey

Mike Kriskey — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:16:27 +0000

You’re right, Rufus. I’m not a big movie fan, either, but I followed John from Libertas to Dirty Harry’s Place because his passion for and knowledge about movies—especially older movies, about which I know nothing—is magnetic.

And I know you get this, but I wanted to make it clear I wasn’t dissing Big Hollywood. I subscribe to the feed and read maybe half of their posts. It’s good stuff.

I like Threedonia a lot, too. One thing I miss—and I shudder to type this—is a MovieBob. Someone who can get my temper up without being a complete troll. But I guess I should be careful what I wish for.

By: Rufus

Rufus — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:52:06 +0000

Great Yogi reference, Mike! And very true. I am very impressed with Big Hollywood. Because I was working on John’s DH’s Place blog I had some inside information that Big Hollywood was coming a few months before it was announced. I thought it would be good, and for John’s sake I wanted it to be good, but it far exceeded anything I imagined. He and Mr. Breitbart are doing a great job!

I don’t see myself posting there either, and your Yogi quote nails it. It’s so popular I’ve got nothing to add. My thoughts are echoed ten-fold by others in the comments by the time I read a post. Actually, aside from Threedonia and an occassional comment at June’s place John Nolte is the only weblogger to ever draw a comment out of me. He had a real knack for writing his posts in such a way that he drew people out. As evidenced here, I don’t even know much about movies, but John is such a good writer he had me following his posts at Libertas and commenting like a fiend. As good as Big Hollywood is, I think the main thing missing is John’s writing. I know he’s very busy as Editor, but it’s a shame he can’t post more.

By: Mike Kriskey

Mike Kriskey — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:36:09 +0000

I don’t do the Big Hollywood comments section too much. Unless you get a something posted early in the conversation, it’s going to get drowned out by the sheer deluge of comments–pedantic, redundant, idiotic, flame-bait, troll droppings, and the rest.

I know what you mean.

Nobody goes there anymore: it’s too crowded.

By: Mike Kriskey

Mike Kriskey — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:06:24 +0000

…there are no really derogatory words for women’s breasts…

And yet, women never use those words, either. It’s always either “breasts” or “boobs.”

Why have I never heard a woman refer to her hooters, ta-tas, or bazongas? Am I just hanging out with the wrong crowd?