I have no idea what happened but everything went into the spam filter there for an hour. I fished them out and tried to fix it.
Update. All of the comments from the last two threads were going into the spam filter and then people who commented there continued to have everything go into the spam filter. I tried deleting those threads to stop this. I hope this is fixable. One easy fix is to comment with your same name and a different email. I tested that out. Another is to change your name slightly. Then you go into pending and once you’re approved, you’re good to go.
MikeJ
Do we even get macaroni salad to go with?
Dee Loralei
Elizabeth Warren retweeted something I said and is now following me on twitter! I can’t go all fan girl stalkerish and shout my glee on twitter! I can’t jump up and down at home, because people are sleeping! So you guys get my silly, silly fangirl glee!
And no, John Cole doesn’t follow me! LOL
mclaren
No, the spam filter is functioning properly. Everything spewed out by 99.99999999999% of the commenters on this forum amounts to spam, from the gibberish vomited out by cranks like General Crackpot Fake Name, to the sociopathic lunacy that erupts from drivel geysers like eemom.
Dougerhead
Testing.
Yutsano
It seems to still be occurring Doug.
@mclaren: :: snickers ::
Warren Terra
As long as we’re complaining about crap on the internet, all day the banner ad at the top of the site has been pimping the godawful Broderite cult that wants us to be ruled by, according to their own name, an “American Select”. I just thought I’d mention how much those assholes tick me off.
Linda Featheringill
@Dee Loralei:
Congrats. And squeal to your heart’s content.
Litlebritdifrnt2
My most precious darling Judy chose Thursday October 13, 2011 to slip over to the Rainbow Bridge, on her own terms, and by her own rules. She jumped up onto the bed and snuggled up to me, and there she slept. At some point of me extracating myself from her body and going to work and my Mum getting up and checking on her she chose that moment to go to the rainbow bridge. I have no idea why, other than the fact that she was an 11 year old boxer and way older than she ought to be, she was still puppy like the day before, she frolicked in the yard with Cueball, she ate her dinner as heartily as any dog ate her dinner the night before. And yet, and yet, she knew it was time and she chose to take her leave while Gramma and Norman were visiting, in order to give me arms to grieve. There has never been a dog more perfect than Judy, a charming young lady, who always knew her manners, who was always a perfect polite boxer. I am slobbering at her loss, Cueball is beside himself with grief. Mum, Norman and I went away for the weekend after she died and her loss was out of my mind for a while, but now I get back to the house and she is not there, there is no joyous welcome, and her absence is palpable. I know that I was holding on way past the years that I was allowed to have, but damn, I would have wished for a few more days.
Warren Terra
@Warren Terra:
And having said that (but for some reason lacking permission to edit the comment), the top banner ad is now for “Public Strategy Associates”, who apparently want to help me out by fulfilling all of my lobbying needs in the Alabama state legislature. I’ve never been within a hundred miles of Alabama. WTF?
Yutsano
Testing
Warren Terra
@Warren Terra:
And having said that, the ad is now for “Public Strategy Associates”, who apparently want to help me out by fulfilling all of my lobbying needs in the Alabama state legislature. I’ve never been within a hundred miles of Alabama. WTF?
This would have been an edit to my earlier comment, but I can’t get permission to edit it. And now my comments are disappearing into the ether – not getting Moderated, just vanishing. DougJ, what did you do to the commenting system?
Yutsano
@Litlebritdifrnt2: Oh man. I’m so sorry hon.
Anya
@Litlebritdifrnt2: I am sorry for your loss.
Yutsano
I don’t know if this is related, but the site has been loading strangely all day for me as well. I figured it was just FYWP being quirky and didn’t think much more of it.
EDIT: And that one came right up. FYWP. No really.
Dee Loralei
@Litlebritdifrnt2: Oh honey, I am so sorry for your loss. I’m glad your mum and Norman were with you. Judy will always be with you.
jl
@Litlebritdifrnt2: Sorry about your sweet pet passing away.
jwb
And we lost the previous post.
ETA: Disregard, as that was my test. I lost a comment into the spam filter on the previous thread, but it’s working now.
Villago Delenda Est
@Warren Terra:
Duly noted.
I share your loathing of Broderite scum.
eemom
@Dee Loralei:
that’s awesome! Congrats!
blah
Doug testing.
Ash Can
@Litlebritdifrnt2: Deepest condolences on your loss. She sounds like a wonderful doggie.
jl
Blog still eating my commments.
Sorry about L’s dog. Sounds like was a sweet pet.
This blog don’t work to well sometimes, and starts throwing away comments, with not pattern, rhyme or reason that I can see.
I figure just part of the dysfunctional charm of the miserable lefty blog.
eemom
it is still eaterating my comments!!
jwb
Cool. when I tried to edit the previous comment it got marked as spam.
slag
@jwb: And it was just starting to get good too.
jwb
And now, my comments are disappearing.
The prophet Nostradumbass
@Litlebritdifrnt2: Oh, wow, I’m so sorry.
jl
The blog is F’d up. Last post went away. Comments being eated and pooped into an alternative dimension.
Villago Delenda Est
OK, if we’re bitching about ads, I’d like a shout out to Fred N. Sauer (it’s possible I’m related to him, that’s my paternal grandmother’s surname) and his obviously idiotic book…idiotic because this very country was founded by liberals. You know, Jefferson, Madison, Franklin…those guys, who started an insurrection against a bunch of royalist and corporatist assholes a couple of centuries back?
jwb
And now my comments say they are awaiting moderation.
Villago Delenda Est
Oh noes! “Broderite” seems to trigger the spam filter!
Jenny
@Litlebritdifrnt2: It’s so hard losing a little one.
jl
Blog totally F’d up on bad acid or something. Not taking kindly the DJ’s intervention.
jwb
Except the one I just posted, which I assume is in the spam filter (and this one will probably be there as well). Leaving comments as to my actions in hopes that it helps debug.
eemom
@mclaren:
you are pathetic.
jl
@Villago Delenda Est: The ad I got where I can ask a dog vet questions seems to have fixed the problem.
This blog is weird.
slag
Wow. Two threads down. Think of all those poor neurons…fired for no one.
General Stuck
Testing testing – Mclaren is an asshole- testing
Let’s see if she slides through
eemom
and WHERE, may I ask, is Cole, while his blog is imploding before our very eyes?
jwb
Looks to be working now. Let’s see.
ETA: Can I edit my comment?
opal
@Litlebritdifrnt2:
For 11 years she knew she was loved.
You did fine.
jwb
When I try to edit my comment, it marks it as spam. I wonder if that’s where the trip is.
eemom
testing
RareSanity
This all seems quite ominous Douger.
I think, as a safety measure, we should move our blog readiness level to DEFCON 4 for the time being.
scav
Jumping into the whirling wall of spam filtering with joy. Condolences, disttain and random bits of text to all as appropriate. eoiflxlhv xkh fd phrn d !
Steeplejack
But I’m still good, right?
ETA: Whew.
TaMara (BHF)
@Litlebritdifrnt2: I’m so sorry for you loss. You know, whether we can comment or not, you’ve got the sympathies of a whole bunch of B-J’ers.
jwb
@RareSanity: Or maybe terror alert red. Oh, the days of the color coding…
jwb
And that comment was just eaten.
scav
Something’s really really wrong. Nothing ated me. Again? This one I’ll test editing on.
ETA. Edited. Ated?
WTF: Nope.
Steeplejack
@RareSanity:
DEFCON 4 low, DEFCON 1 high.
/Pedantry channel still operational.
slag
@Steeplejack: I blame you. I don’t know why. You and your weird html.
RareSanity
Wait, wait…WTF?
Now I’m getting the dreaded “site survey” pop-ins?
Ok people, we are through the looking glass here. I’m moving the level to DEFCON 3.
There is something brewing…
Steeplejack
@RareSanity:
DEFCON 4 low, DEFCON 1 high.
/Pedantry channel still functional
The prophet Nostradumbass
@eemom: I believe Tunch has him tied up in the basement.
Steeplejack
@RareSanity:
DEFCON 4 low, DEFCON 1 high.
/Pedantry mode still functional?
TaMara (BHF)
@Litlebritdifrnt2: (Trying again). I’m so sorry for your loss. It is the hardest part of loving them so deeply – they leave us too soon.
Steeplejack
RareSanity @44:
DEFCON 4 low, DEFCON 1 high.
/Pedantry mode still functional?
ETA: The disappearing-comments weirdness seems to be related to whether you are replying to another comment or just blatting it out there. Replying gets my comments disappeared; blatting works.
And I see that RareSanity appears to have a correct grasp of the DEFCON hierarchy. Kudos to you. Pedantry withdrawn.
jwb
Poor Doug spending his night digging comments out of the spam filter…
Ron
testing
eemom
btw, this all happened after YOU said mean shit about me and burnsie and JMN in YOUR FP post.
Jussayinzall.
asiangrrlMN
testing
eemom
@eemom:
just to add to the fuckery, I did not post that testing comment.
jwb
testing.
The prophet Nostradumbass
What probably really needs to be done is that someone needs to, at least, recycle the WP processes on the server.
Alison
testing
andrewsomething
The Drum thread had about 70 comments visible for me. Seems like a strange move to delete your post and all the comments, especially since Drum showed up to defend himself. The whole thread disappeared before any one responded.
jl
I thought everyone knew that this here weird blog was weird and didn’t work right a lot of the time.
DougJ: your last post on the dumb thing Drum typed on current fashion in reporting on US Senate is still missing.
RareSanity
@Steeplejack:
DEFCON 5 – All is well
DEFCON 1 – Holy shit, we’re gonna die!
I moved from 5 to 4 in the first comment, now we are moving it to 3, after I received a pop-up to take a “site survey”
thalarctos
testing
jwb
I seem to have lost a test comment down the rabbit hole.
Chris
testing
jwb
@jl: This is a whole new level of weirdness.
pete
@Dee Loralei: So, what did you tweet?
jwb
testing (2).
PaulW
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…actually you can get it for FREE if you use this Coupon Code, JJ47F.
SiubhanDuinne
testing
Steeplejack
RareSanity @50:
Pedantry withdrawn. You appear to have your DEFCON shiznitz in order.
Commenting problem seems to be related to whether you are replying to another message or just posting. Replying (currently) bad, posting okay.
ETA: FYWPWAVRPF!
Rare-Sanity
DEFCON 2!
DEFCON 2!
Comments being eaten! Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!
andrewsomething
Well FYWP. I seem to have gone off to spam land. Strange as in the other thread my post made it through….
jwb
Ha, ha, ha. Only “testing” goes through.
jwb
@jl: Not usually this weird. Testing.
jl
Bwah ha ha ha! You silly earthlings. Your measly tests mean nothing in the face of the FYWP comment disintegrator rays!
jwb
testing
RareSanity
DEFCON 2!
DEFCON 2!
Comments being eaten! Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!
jwb
testing (3).
Katie5
@Litlebritdifrnt2: I echo @opal’s sentiment: remember that she knew that she was loved.
Sentient Puddle
I’m confused. Does this mean that the rest of us will trip the initial poster filter and need to be approved again, or something?
I guess I’m about to find out.
jwb
Now we will see if this actually works now.
BattleCat
BattleCat is suspicious.
Katie5
testing too.
(you’re right–testing gets through. Let’s see if this edited comment shows.)
jwb
@jwb: Have no idea where this one came from. Earlier in the thread?
jl
Bwah ha ha ha! You silly earthlings. Your measly tests mean nothing in the face of the FYWP comment disintegrator rays!
But if you keep trying, FYWP will get vewy vewy agwy!
jwb
testing (4).
jwb
Routine post to check.
RareSanity
This is only a test.
scav
@jwb: Testing voiced hypothesis.
slag
Editing is no bueno either.
scav
@RareSanity: retesting.
scav
This is only a test.
jwb
If I just write something with no links will it get posted without moderation or going into the spam filter?
Steeplejack
This is only a test.
jwb
testing (5)
ETA: Attempt edit.
Steeplejack
@jwb:
I think I may have this fixed now. Hold on. It will take a while for me to fix everyone.
scav
Yeah, FWYP and the various associated gods (GSD, FSM, et al) really don’t want us to have a reply button.
RareSanity
@ asiangrrlMN
I came across this pic, I had been saving it all week for you. Quite fitting considering the men in purple’s performance tonight.
http://i.imgur.com/96M4i.jpg
I’m sending it now, in a non-clickable form, because (a)I don’t think there may be a chance laterm and, (b) formatting make break the blog.
jwb
@Steeplejack: Attempt reply to comment.
The prophet Nostradumbass
Only a test!
jwb
testing (6)
scav
@scav: Who did this one? I don’t remember it.
The prophet Nostradumbass
@The prophet Nostradumbass: Uh, what? I didn’t post that.
jwb
Attempt to reply to comment tripped into spam filter. But it did allow me to post next comment.
slag
Just don’t reply directly to anyone or edit anything you write, and you’ll be fine. It’ll be just like reading The Daily Dish.
jwb
testing (7)
jwb
Tests continue to post properly even when other comments do not.
RareSanity
testing (1)
4jkb4ia
Also a test.
4jkb4ia
Trying to test with a longer post……
RareSanity
Testing different email.
jwb
slag. doesn’t work.
jwb
Short works.
jwb
Like Twitter, only shorter.
jwb
Longer than a line, and it doesn’t post.
jwb
@slag: short, with reply?
RareSanity
I can’t bear the carnage…
I think I’ll just go to bed and hope the blog fairy visits while I’m sleeping.
slag
If someone’s going to fix this problem, could that someone also look into why I can no longer reply to comments via my Android phone? Just wondering.
jwb
Short with reply doesn’t work.
slag
Fuck.
piratedan
well aint dis a revoltin development?
BattleCat
@BattleCat:
this man is a genius
The prophet Nostradumbass
Someone at Hosting Matters, or whoever Cole’s techie is, will likely need to get this fixed.
jwb
Steeplejack has the keys?
4jkb4ia
Immigrants being killed by an electric fence is NOT funny. Rather, Cain’s statement was absurd. But FYWP isn’t letting me say that.
RareSanity
In light of some of the successes I’m seeing, let’s move the level back to DEFCON 3.
However, remain vigilant…
scav
GSD I love the internets. Especially the testing from the interior of the meltydown and moving tubes portions of the delirium.
suzanne
@Litlebritdifrnt2: Hugs. Judy sounds like she was a wonderful friend who gave you many years of happiness. I hope that, soon, you’ll be able to remember that stuff, and think less about how much it epically sucks right now.
suzanne
Fuckety fuck fuck fuck.
suzanne
So I can post profanity, but not sympathetic words to L on the loss of her puppeh. EFF YOU DOUBLE-YOU PEE.
Edit: My sympathetic words are stuck in moderation. After all the times I’ve handed FourLoko her ass, look what happens when I go and try to be nice! FUCK.
The prophet Nostradumbass
Charming.
slag
@jwb: What about now?
Anne Laurie
@Litlebritdifrnt2: I’m so sorry for your loss. There are never enough days, are there?
mclaren
Shorter David Broder:
“Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeal like a piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig!”
Warren Terra
Seemed an appropriate way to see whether my comment would publish.
Warren Terra .
I have eaten
the comments
that were in
the blog
and which
you were probably
trying
to post
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold