Keeping the flamers and trolls in line
In an Aug. 25 post, security expert/blogger Bruce Schneier retells this joke — “I needed a password with eight characters so I picked Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.”
Not bad, but not as funny as the comments left on the post by “the moderator” (presumably Schneier) in response to the apparently inappropriate comments it had generated:
Richard, I’ve removed your comments for excessive obnoxiousness. Note: when multiple people are complaining about your behavior, “suck it up” is not a good answer.
Tommy, I’ve also removed your comments. “Political correctness is ruining the school system” is not an appropriate subject for this blog. In addition, we’ve spent more than enough time on why your song parodies are not allowed here; don’t raise the subject again.
As a side note, I’m reasonably sure the Clive who posted here was not actually Clive Robinson. But I’ve removed that comment along with a couple of others that were simply objections or follow-ups to comments that aren’t here anymore.
Posted by: Moderator at August 25, 2011 11:01 PM
And about a half-hour later, “the moderator” reappears with:
Richard, knowing as I do that not all good-byes on the Internet are forever, I’m banning you for immediately repeating the behavior I warned you about.
He’ll be here all week.
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