I’m not going to name names here because no one is being malicious and everyone, and I mean everyone, on this site has their heart in the right place.
I don’t know how to say this delicately.
We appreciate the “we interrupt this thread with breaking news” links in the comments every once in awhile. Especially when they are truly very important breaking news that everyone should be aware of.
But when a thread is used to simply post the stuff that interests you at a particular moment, habitually, it’s not cool. In fact, I’m getting emails about it.
People are here because they like this blog, not the shadow blog you’re creating in the comments section.
Please think about it a bit and see it from our perspective.
I kind of go in spurts with my comments, but I truly appreciate this site. It’s sort of comforting to be surrounded with people who think the way I do. Thank you.
Remember, I heart you guys and don’t want to offend you. I understand the breaking news links and I very much appreciate them. But not everything is breaking news.
Totally with you on this. I very rarely click on the links unless I sorta kinda know the commenter who keeps it germane to the topic at hand.
What about if it’s related to, or enhances the thread?
Links posted with no word on what’s at the other end are always ignored.
That being said, click on this link for the secret to making a killing in real estate flipping houses and cure your erectile dysfunction too.
I did not put this up to dissuade someone from putting a link to something in the comments. If it relates to the thread, GREAT.
If it somewhat relates, FINE.
If it doesn’t relate, but it’s real important breaking news, we appreciate that, too. We all do.
If you do it sometimes… that’s okay too.
When it’s 90% of your comments, no.
There isn’t that much breaking news.
At that point you’re simply saying, in effect, “I have more interesting things for you to see than what you’re here to see.”
It’s kind of insulting. In fact, it’s the hat tippers on the stories that are emailing me and asking me to do something about it.
Bad_Brad- That’s fine, if it’s a different angle or an update. But sometimes the link in the threads are from the SAME article that was posted in the story.
Is this similar to guess the reader? Are we encouraged to guess the culprit?
Jus’ kidding. My guess would be off by a continent anyway.
What am I gonna do with you Double Engkeburka??
Ya, off by a continent that some people think is a country?
Hey, whose blog is this anyway?
The thing I love about the comments section here is the engagement between readers. Link-dropping isn’t engaging with your fellow iOTW pals. And, like has been said, I skip clean over them like fast-forwarding over commercials.
I support the request wholeheartedly. Africa Bob, are you listening?
Ditto
@Engelburka Engelburka – I don’t think there’s much guessing involved here. And BFH, you’re doing the right thing in the right way. What we’ve been seeing is a venial sin, a far cry from a mortal one. Sort of like a dear friend, someone who’d give you the proverbial shirt off his back, but who burps loudly at the dinner table.
I’d like to encourage lurkers and readers to comment more.
Don’t worry about spelling, grammar and all that. If you’re foreign, use BING translate. We’ll figure it out. lol.
I am not Foreign! Dont talk good dont mean outlander!
Well said. Reasonable.
If the post isn’t germane to the thread what’s the point?
Exactly.
The thing is, erb, he’s a great patriot!!!
I love the guy.
He’s not putting in links to the Daily Beast.
We should give him a thread of his own that people can bookmark and go to to see his lin…
Wait a minute…. I may have just stumbled on a fantastic idea!!
Everyone can have their own thread!!
Oh wait. That’s Twitter.
Click here. Pretty Asia woman want meet you
Tonight. She tight.
News is broken, anyway.
Bob is a good patriot. I’m not angry at him or anything like that. He just has to comment a little more and link less. That’s all.
Oh shit. Fur said some of what I just said. lol
I am good with it cause I don’t
know how to get the internet address
in the box and then make it red! and underlined.
I also skip over links with no description. Fur has his email posted for any and all tips (even the 5th grade potty humor!).
Thanks, Fur, for addressing this. I know you didn’t like to do it.
BFH,
All of the people who are regulars on this site, are intelligent enough to go to breaking news if they want breaking news. This site should be an escape from breaking news.
Thank you for helping to preserve what little sanity I have left!
Over at Gab, you get a come on from the whores on Seventh Avenue.
Following 3K, nobody follows back, Russian bot whores?
Don’t let iOTW become Seventh Avenue.
https://iotwreport.com/site-note-dropping-links-in-comment-threads/
LOL! Smarty pants.
-MJA
You mean something like a – a- a – I donno, a bullpen?
What I’ve discovered over the years is that IOTWReport is not a ‘breaking news’ site. If people want that there are a number of conservative sites that are exactly that. IOTWReport is a commenters’ blog; perfect for community, indepth discussion (sometimes). Sometimes just a string of funny quips. Almost always entertaining and provocative.
I can’t in no ways make them red letter thangs anyhoo.
Sorcery, from my perspective
I may be missing Fur’s point that one particular person has been called out for something that others of us have done on occasion, myself included. but since the ‘bullpen’ has been taken out, there is little choice when we want to post news we believe is ‘breaking’ & interesting to the readers.
(when I have done it, on several occasions, I always try to put a ‘hijack alert’ in the front of the text)
Fur, correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think you want us to email you every time we have something to share. it would drive me nuts if I was being bombarded w/ stories 24/7 (it must take you most of the day to go through what you get now!)
& I promise, I will NOT send you ‘tip’ emails regardless, & also promise no more thread hijacks from me. I am taking AA’s advice.
Africa Bob, I’m looking at you.
Africa Bob,ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ, Plain Jane, yes, we recognize you as a fellow patriot and want to know your thoughts and comments. We enjoy your input.
BFH, you say things so delicately and nice, so now I’m going to go mushy on you. 🙂 🙂 🙂
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ – No. What you did is fine, plus you leave an explanation on why you linked.
What we’re talking about here is a person’s excessive linking (sometimes up to 10 on a thread which is usually dropped without an explanation on how it relates, and sometimes it doesn’t.)
Zonga- I liked the bullpen too. But the site’s structure started to fall apart because of it. (like that Florida pedestrian bridge. WE SAW THE CRACKS!!!lol)
oh god….how i love this site and group
Kindly please ignore this test
< string >
Don’t misunderstand; If suddenly California splits into 3, Pelosi starts making sense, or Hillary is confessing, and we missed it? LET US KNOW!
@Poor Lazlo –
If you type in this:
ababab <a href=”https://iotwreport.com”>click here</a> abababa
It’ll show up as this after you post it:
abababa click here abababa
There are a very few commenters here that I don’t trust.
“Anonymous” is one of them.
MJA – when you stated that not everything is breaking news… you must not watch FOX News channel. Every time a new show begins it starts with “Breaking News”!!! LOL
Snowballs— I know, right? And why is Hannity’s show always a VERY SPECIAL EDITION OF HANNITY??? Gaaah.
No offense, Africa Bob.
@PHenry March 25, 2018 at 1:43 pm
Isn’t “make a fortune” and “cure erectile dysfunction” redundant?
thanks MJA .. btw, Washington Post just posted that a giant fart bubble was observed rising in the Pacific Ocean, & believe Godzilla is waking … Women & Minorities said to be affected the most … stay tuned … I won’t post the link 😜
My links are ALWAYS relevant.
The cease and desist order I got in the mail was a bit rough!
No more cat videos….got it.
@Disenfranchised Honkey March 25, 2018 at 3:04 pm
> There are a very few commenters here that I don’t trust.
> “Anonymous” is one of them.
Then our work here is done
I noticed this from day 1. I guess I’m a trend setter.
Yes we can now go home
The Anonymous thing bugs the hell out of me too. How are you suppose to identify one out of 50. If you want to join in on the dialogue we should be able to identify you.
Its good to remind folks of the normal parameters of comments.
@Bad_Brad March 25, 2018 at 3:42 pm
> we should be able to identify you
try [SHIFT]+[2]
My “no offense” comment to Bob displayed as anonymous
Anonymous
How many Bad_Brads are here slick?
Somewhat amusing.
Message not received yet and posting them long after this thread started.
https://iotwreport.com/cnn-defames-pamela-geller-to-embarrass-john-bolton/#comment-801742
😎
Would it be possible to bring back the Bull Pen, or a dedicated place for “Breaking News”, then it could be posted there?
Just to be clear, my last comment was NOT “Breaking News”.
ShakeNbake – Cat videos are only for facebook. 😀
Okay back online the mother fuc cable was off for 5 hours . I call them and told them you guys a 10 minuets to put back my mother fuc cable or the next bill I will pay when I feel like to paying it. So know MJA has new rules no problem sometimes stuff happen and I just want people to know. Because the fuc mother in the media doesn’t care to put important stuff only trump is bad so I will behaved better. I love you guys and I love America with all my hearts. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Ps I posted 2 comment before I read this so don’t get crazy with me know.
Awesome, Bob. Good attitude!
Really was a need for the Bullpen. Too bad it messes things up.
Sorry that I had to cut your cable, Bob.
But I know you’ll be good now.
(See guys, THIS is why I like Bob.)
And stay off the grass too, damn kids
Hey Bob, where are you from? Just curious.
About 10 years ago, someone walked down my alley at 3:30 a.m. one Sunday morning and fired four shots into the air right behind my house. Very loud.
In less than 30 seconds I was talking to 6 neighbors out front along with 2 of my sons. Most of us were armed. With the echoes off the house next door, I thought it was right outside my window at first.
After the impromptu neighborhood meeting, number 2 son said the cable service was down so he’s going to a friend’s house. Sometimes that service went down so I just checked the router and sure ’nuff, no incoming. Made no connection to the shots fired until the cable guy showed me the damaged area on Monday. Small hole on one side and big ragged hole on the other.
Damn. He hit it square on.
We had a cable assassin roaming the alleys.
@Dadof4 March 25, 2018 at 4:43 pm
That’s one way to deal with CNN
MJA I’m a American citizens that love America and very conservative I don’t like communist, or socialist. Never will vote DEMS and I came from a socialist country that can’t even write down the name of it because it makes me angry that’s the Americans citizens doesn’t understand that socialist and communist don’t work you have to work for your things nothing is free like the great Margaret thatcher socialist cry power to the people and raise the clenched first .that my mother nurses and my father a engineer and everything was taking from us. Ps take a guess.
i’m a fan of “mother fuq” i can tell that moe tom is too.
MJA also didn’t came through the Mexican border. Like the fuc Mexican I wecame to America the right way.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💯💯💯❤️❤️❤️
@Bad_Brad March 25, 2018 at 4:11 pm
> How many Bad_Brads are here slick?
I count 3, so far. But, the beaury of the “@” is that, even without the quote, you know exactly which one I’m responding too.
Guys tomorrow I will be calling each person from the freedom caucus to let them know that I want another person to be speaker of the house because Paul Ryan is to busy sucking mitts Romney’s dick.
@ Africa Bob,
I think only you can make me laugh and approve of the f word (without the k) especially within the contexts that you use it. You are terrific.
Only ONE Bad_Brad? ONE? Wrelly?
(pay no attention to the cat thumbnail) tee-hee
HEY there goes another Bad_Brad swoooosh!
So Africa Bob, I guess you’re not from Detroit or Chicago then? Glad you’re here now where ever you are from.
Hey Africa Bob,
Please record your phone calls with the members of the freedom caucus. I think it would be wonderful to hear you give them an earful!
Bob is not a Boob. 👍
@Petrus, @Bob:. Be careful recording phone calls https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.mwl-law.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/LAWS-ON-RECORDING-CONVERSATIONS-CHART.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwip4prbwIjaAhWExVkKHQ9gAIUQFjAPegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw2a2PLGzkPaFv9IrIQAxl_4
Meerkat Bat_Brad thank you because I’m in the socialist state of Maryland.
OK, now I’m confused.
You’re confused?!
tcth has 2 entries at the top of the site that are updated daily so people can put whatever they want in those 2 places and not go off topic in other entries (tho they still do), guess it works ok. still a moderation burden I guess
why am I confused?
Ya gotta love this site, I know I do.
Best bunch of people on the planet!
So from now on, our links have to be germaine? Well, that leaves me out. I can understand a little spanish, but almost no germaine.
@Bad_Brad – Are you confused about why you’re confused? (-:
What Plain Jane said. ^^^ Wherever you came from, Africa Bob, I’m glad you’re here. 🙂
Uncle Al
Not at all. If I wasn’t confused I would be out of my element.
Did you guys 👂 this in the media about this Muslim in Florida.https://gellerreport.com/2018/03/florida-car-blackout.html/
Comedy gold, Bob. Comedy gold.
If you have an avatar then chances are you are Bad_Brad or the president of General Motors.
What the fucs wrong with my Avatar?
I feel like I’m arguing with myself.
Alright dammit. Y’all go back to your own names. lol
Just a second, are the Bad_Brad’s playing a David Hogg with the timeline here? This avatar discussion looks suspicious.
If I post a link that is OT or breaking news, I will say so.
Otherwise the link (with or without comments) will be related in some way
to the original post.
If someone chooses not to click on my cool link, well… that’s their loss, not mine.
😉
I just got home from visiting my mom in the nursing home. The guy roaming the halls thinking he is a train made more sense then the last 20+ comments! And I laughed as hard at both!
I love you guys!
I’m scrolling and laughing like crazy;
What the fuc?
^^^^^
Exactly.
I have the solution!
On the weekends I pretend to be a security guard and “Youtube” along with many other sites are banned from being able to link too.
So as I sit here typing this the majority of what might be linked is unavailable for me. Can be very frustrating trying to remember which threads are the ones I want to go back to for the links I couldn’t see.
Just ban all the links on your computer.
Well time to go do a round…
Damn, I finally got an avatar!
Awesome avatar Brad. I was thinking of something like that myself.
I don’t know Joe. That Avatar reminds me of the old joke, why didn’t God give men Boobs? We just sit around playing with them and never get anything done.
@Brad – be careful what you wish for. 😉
This chain of comments has got to be one of the funniest things I’ve read all day (and I’ve read a *lot*)!
THIS, people. This is why I keep coming back.
@Bad_Brad (at 10:32 pm): Diogenes is right. I’m more “well-endowed” now than
some of the girls I dated in high school.
😉
Joe, if Diogenes finally embarrasses me into getting an Avatar you gotta get one too.
You know who used to have good avatars is Dano. MadJack was good too. If I could come up with one I would.
MadJack had the best Avatar EVAH. I miss that guy.
Comments are hilarious!
What about (Africa) Bob? He goes sailing a bit too often and it’s not easy keeping up. Seriously, Africa Bob, seems to loves this country and he’s a great addition to reader comments. Welcome aboard, Africa Bob.
BTW, Has Bad_Brad been cloned?
Bad boy bad boy, whatcha’ gonna do when dey come fo’you?
Hire an 8 year old to go here for the image MadJack used for his avatar. The kid can copy and paste in your gravatar account. No account? The kid can set it up.
http://www.relatably.com/m/success-kid-meme-maker