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"Can we have this for the entire Internet?"

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"Can we have this for the entire Internet?" -- comment #1 from xeger

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:04:58 -0500

"Mommy -- make the bad people go away!"

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Posted August 27, 2008 9:04 AM by xeger

"Can we have this for the entire Internet?" -- comment #2 from Alex R

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:08:47 -0500

If the work of these guys bears fruit, maybe you *can* have this for the entire internet one day.

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Posted August 27, 2008 9:08 AM by Alex R

"Can we have this for the entire Internet?" -- comment #3 from Tracey S. Rosenberg

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:13:23 -0500

Thats tottally SO WRONG!!! I cant believe there so mean!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Okay, I can't even keep that up for more than ten words.

Do people really think the moderation is lax around here? Or do I just miss all the good stuff?

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Posted August 27, 2008 9:13 AM by Tracey S. Rosenberg

"Can we have this for the entire Internet?" -- comment #4 from Daniel Martin

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:15:42 -0500

As for "can we have this for the whole internet", for a while I've been maintaining a greasmonkey script that provides the equivalent of a usenet killfile for the comments sections of a whole bunch of different blogs. Some people swear by it (in the good way); I find it helps more with the cluelessly bizarre than with actual trolls per se, who do tend to get stomped on by the blog owners. (there are a few regular commentors at "Good Math/Bad Math" who seem to define "cluelessly bizarre")

However, I've never made that script cover Making Light - there simply isn't a need here. True trolls are swiftly disemvoweled, and those that aren't are made quick sport of by the social environment. It seems acceptable.

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Posted August 27, 2008 9:15 AM by Daniel Martin

"Can we have this for the entire Internet?" -- comment #5 from Doctor Science

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:16:30 -0500

I am *definitely* putting this on my 12-y.o.'s system. Her generation lives by YouTube.

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Posted August 27, 2008 9:16 AM by Doctor Science

"Can we have this for the entire Internet?" -- comment #6 from Manny

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:29:34 -0500

People are wrong on the Internet!

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Posted August 27, 2008 9:29 AM by Manny

"Can we have this for the entire Internet?" -- comment #7 from John Chu

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:35:59 -0500

Even if the net result is merely properly capitalized, properly spelled, and properly punctuated stupidity, that's still an improvement.

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Posted August 27, 2008 9:35 AM by John Chu

"Can we have this for the entire Internet?" -- comment #8 from C. Wingate

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:50:39 -0500

I'd be happier with it if the Firefox spellchecker weren't so lame. But what I'm really looking for is something to tell Google to quit giving me commercial sites when I don't want to buy something, and omnium gatherum fulfill all searches sites ever.

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Posted August 27, 2008 9:50 AM by C. Wingate

"Can we have this for the entire Internet?" -- comment #9 from Bruce Cohen (SpeakerToManagers)

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:58:05 -0500

If it doesn't filter LOLcats, we'll have an entire internet that can haz cheezburgers.

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Posted August 27, 2008 9:58 AM by Bruce Cohen (SpeakerToManagers)

"Can we have this for the entire Internet?" -- comment #10 from John Houghton

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:13:10 -0500

OMGWTFBBQ!!1! Thats so coiting lamé!

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Posted August 27, 2008 10:13 AM by John Houghton

"Can we have this for the entire Internet?" -- comment #11 from ethan

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:25:47 -0500

C. Wingate #8: Yeah, if it uses the Firefox spellchecker, all references to Rhode Island would be blocked.

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Posted August 27, 2008 10:25 AM by ethan

"Can we have this for the entire Internet?" -- comment #12 from j h woodyatt

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:03:18 -0500

Alas, this would practically eviscerate Sadly, No!

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Posted August 27, 2008 12:03 PM by j h woodyatt

"Can we have this for the entire Internet?" -- comment #13 from Alan Hamilton

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:27:54 -0500

Woo hoo! I've wanted this for a long time, or at least a way to hide comments. 1500 comments saying "this is fucking gay!!!1!!" doesn't do much for me.

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Posted August 27, 2008 12:27 PM by Alan Hamilton

"Can we have this for the entire Internet?" -- comment #14 from Jim

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:33:18 -0500

#11: I think we can live with that.

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Posted August 27, 2008 12:33 PM by Jim

"Can we have this for the entire Internet?" -- comment #15 from Dave Bell

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:41:18 -0500

"Stop your Polish chitchat and steer two three zero!"

This tool won't stop the comments which hit that video.

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Posted August 27, 2008 12:41 PM by Dave Bell

"Can we have this for the entire Internet?" -- comment #16 from Katherine Farmar

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:15:05 -0500

There's a script called YouTube cleaner, which hides all comments automatically. It stopped working a while ago when YouTube started changing their templates frequently and the scripter couldn't keep up, but it's been updated recently and now it works like a charm. It also removes related videos and promoted videos (which I find really distracting). And any or all of these features can be switched back on at will, which is handy for those rare occasions when you do want to read the comments.

Now if only somebody would do something similar for Veoh. Commenters on Veoh make commenters on YouTube look like Fellows of All Souls...

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Posted August 27, 2008 1:15 PM by Katherine Farmar

"Can we have this for the entire Internet?" -- comment #17 from Nix

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:13:04 -0500

One wonders how this thing differentiates novel words (especially proper names) from spelling errors. Maybe something's only a spelling error if it's a short distance from a valid word, but that would kill dialect as well.

(But then, I suppose that's part of the point.)

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Posted August 27, 2008 2:13 PM by Nix

"Can we have this for the entire Internet?" -- comment #18 from John

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:47:47 -0500

There are only a couple of sites at which I read (or contribute) comments, and this is one of them. Otherwise, there's simply too much stupid to bother with.

Thank you all for being so literate and polite!

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Posted August 27, 2008 2:47 PM by John

"Can we have this for the entire Internet?" -- comment #19 from pedantic peasant

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:16:04 -0500

I am reminded of the old joke:

Mom: Did you tell your father you wrecked the car?
Son: Yes.
Mom: What did he say?
Son: Should I leave out the swears?
Mom: Of course.
Son: Not a thing ...

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Posted August 27, 2008 3:16 PM by pedantic peasant

"Can we have this for the entire Internet?" -- comment #20 from pedantic peasant

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:18:01 -0500

I am reminded of the old joke:

Mom: Did you tell your father you wrecked the car?
Son: Yes.
Mom: What did he say?
Son: Should I leave out the swears?
Mom: Of course.
Son: Not a thing ...

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Posted August 27, 2008 3:18 PM by pedantic peasant

"Can we have this for the entire Internet?" -- comment #21 from Nicole J. LeBoeuf-Little

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:46:45 -0500

Daniel Martin @4: I run greasmonkey/killfile, but I've never even seen the option to apply it to Making Light. I just assumed ML's blog software (Movable Type?) didn't play nice with it. And I didn't worry about that too much, for the same reason you don't use it here.

It used to play nice over at Slacktivist, which was good for my blood pressure in very very specific situations involving very very specific people. Then Greasemonkey went V.3 and the "kill" "hide comments" etc. links stopped showing up there.

Seeing your comment about choosing not to use it here, I wonder whether there's a killfile functionality I'm missing.

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Posted August 28, 2008 1:46 AM by Nicole J. LeBoeuf-Little

"Can we have this for the entire Internet?" -- comment #22 from kouredios

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:17:40 -0500

Sadly, it still blocks out people ironically misspelling or over-punctuating things.

Happily, it still gives you the option of bringing individual comments back into view if you so choose.

Very cool, thanks!

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Posted August 28, 2008 12:17 PM by kouredios

"Can we have this for the entire Internet?" -- comment #23 from BuffySquirrel

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:52:36 -0500

Eh, I was just on YouTube today, and amazed by the inanity of the comments. Nice when a problem and a solution coincide so neatly!

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Posted September 4, 2008 6:52 PM by BuffySquirrel