For the rest of you who aren’t anonymous: I guess this should have been the 7th bullet point on that last post; because I’ve been laughing all night. People never cease to amaze me—even the crazy ones. 😀 Blessings to you all… back to normalcy tomorrow. Feel free to run amok in the comment section.
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Dear Anonymous,
You seem to be missing the point. This is my blog. You are not entitled to read it just because it’s public. You are not entitled to anything from me, really.
I suspect you’ve not been reading “Evidently” long enough to know this: so I’ll just state it clearly. I have a strict policy of not publishing anonymous comments. I don’t make a habit of writing them and I won’t publish hatred of any sort. No amount of threatening me will change my position. Of course, using bogus email addresses makes it impossible for me to explain my reasons for banning; not that you’re entitled to know.
Speaking of threatening, I am not naive. Blackmail is only useful if you have something to hold over my head. I am aware that any person with a 5th grade education can work around the ban I have in place; as you have demonstrated with your demands via commenting. The ban was never meant to be impenetrable. It was put in place for other reasons; again, reasons you are not entitled to know. I fully expect those who find their access denied to seek other measures to read this blog.
However, I would suggest you stop and take a good look at your behavior. Are you really a person who will stoop to threats and blackmail just to read a blog? THIS BLOG? Good grief, get a life. Even in all my delusion of grandeur I do not suppose this blog is important enough to resort to such antics. You might want to ask yourself why it is so imperative for you to have unfettered access to this blog? I mean, seriously; haven’t you had your fill of crafty projects and tilted photos of hand pulled mochas?
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UPDATE:
Dear Anonymous,
Your contrition is appreciated and I accept your apologies. You will find, however, that your comment has not been published. As I stated earlier, I do not publish comments with bogus email addresses. While I understand that many people use online pseudonyms, my own husband does, you still need to use a name of some form and a real email address. Email addresses are never published but they are required in order for your comment to be considered for publication. This is primary; content is secondary. So even if your comment is complementary, if it lacks the appropriate information it will not be published. This has been the standard on this blog for 6 years. It is non-negotiable.
As I stated previously, the ban will not be lifted. Contrition acknowledged, there has been no demonstrable reason for me to do so. However, you are free to continue to read via a proxy.
This makes me laugh too! I mean, come on ~ proxies are a dime a dozen… there’s no mystery here. And the gall – that you don’t have a right to restrict who does and doesn’t get to view YOUR site – it is amazing. Furthermore – there’s no one holding a gun to THEIR head making them read… so get over it for crying out loud! Get a life, and move on to making the world a better place… that’s my vote for “anonymous.” And I’m with you… if I have something to say on a site, even a thank you, it is done with my name and my e-mail address. This BS about leaving a fake AOL account is just laughable… If you don’t have anything worth saying – that is going to build up and add value – then don’t say anything at all. This is my view of commenting…
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Enough is enough. I don’t usually address this nonsense. But I think anonymous should be warned to stop wasting their time and mine with the threats. It’s kinda like talking to a three year old hell bent on defiance : this is a statement not a discussion. No amount of maneuvering on your part will change my mind. ~W
Oh my. What an idiot.
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This is not the half of it. 😀 ~W
I’m really sorry someone is harassing you through comments. My daughters and I were talking about people who do that, and just can’t understand what their motivation is. If you don’t care for a blog or a bloggers opinion, don’t read it!
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I agree with you. There are any number of blogs I no longer read because they took on a tone that I just didn’t need in my life. (and there are a great many blogs I just don’t have time for!) This is the downside and if you’ve been blogging for any time, as you know, you pick up haters. But, contrary to what they might think, they are entitled to HATE if they like, but they’re not entitled to READ. And they’re certainly not entitled to any preferential treatment because they demand it in threatening comments. Uh. No. 😀 ~W
It always amazes me that people can be such gluttons for punishment. I mean, I’m going to assume here that Anonymous isn’t continuously leaving lovey-dovey comments and she’s angry that you won’t post them. I imagine that they’re pretty not-nice things she’s saying, which leads me to believe that she’s probably annoyed or offended or somehow bothered by your blog. In which case, a rational person would think that Anonymous would simply STOP READING YOUR BLOG. But apparently she likes to torture herself, likes to force herself to read and see things that bother her. I only wish she’d leave her name so that we could get her the help she needs.
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One would hope, right? It baffles me. Because I don’t have time in the day to get to everything I want to do, much less read blogs I don’t like. Heck, I don’t even have time to read all the blogs I DO like. Nutty. 😀 ~W
people are amazing. I’m glad you are taking it all in stride though. People like this obviously thrive on negative attention. Just don’t give it to them!
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They are. I suspect, because this is an medium where people feel a certain sense of anonymity, that they do things they would not normally do. I don’t think this person would send these sorts of emails using their real name or address. Any more than I think the blogger that sent them to harass me would say the kinds of things she writes in the real world to a person’s face. But because we think we are “untraceable” we do things we wouldn’t ordinarily do. I have never been about vengeance; but protection is another thing. ~W
I don’t get it. Seriously. If you’re too chicken sh** to leave your name then why? If I read a blog that has something I don’t agree with then I just stop reading it. No one is forcing me to read it or comment on it.
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Yeah, it confuses me too. I mean, why stalk a blog you don’t like? ~W
Whine…I want to know what A said. lol. I got the mother of all anonymous comments the other day when I wrote about Maudy Thursday- it went on and on and on- it was clearly from some rabid religious nutcase. Oh, it was vile. Plus it took up two pages. Anyway, I don’t understand the business of leaving comments you’re not willing to put your name to.
I loved your bullet post (thank you for the nod; the peeps met their demise today) and I really liked the link to the bit on friendship.
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I sent you an email with details. Not that you’ll get it… I think I go to spam. 😀 But I liked that post on Friendship too. 😀 ~W
Oh, a threat? Good grief…What was the threat? Publish my rude comment and let me see your site so I can be nasty to you…or I won’t be your friend? Do you remember that one from childhood, when resorting to manipulative techniques to try to get what you want? …but I’ll be your very best friend….
I have had the opportunity to think a lot about the “anonymous” commenter lately (as we’ve had similar problems) and then the people who aren’t anonymous at all…but publish complete rubbish and lies at the sake of another person on their blog (and usually then try to leave you anonymous comments on your blog, just in case we’re not smart enough to know where that’s coming from…) I agree with Sulu, in the respect, if you find me vile and evil…why take precious time out of your day to read my blog? And, I would like to take it a step further…why are you so jealous that you would publish something on your blog about me? Because, that’s the only explanation for why someone would even DO something like this…I think you should take a long hard look at the motives behind what you’re doing…is your life not dramatic enough, that you now have to try to create a situation where you can flip out? (and I would be veeeery careful about what you say, and the exact words you use, or if you choose link to someone else’s blog in a negative way…someone just won an $11million lawsuit for slander, and blog’s are considered news communities, so traditional journalistic law applies to them…you may want to refresh yourself with the definition of slander…cause’ if you’re PO’d now…think of how you’d feel if you lost you home?)
And honestly Wende, I think we can all see by the subjects you choose to write about and concentrate on, that you’re probably not going to publish nasty comments…I don’t know who actually would. Is it weird that this whole thing makes me want to giggle…since choosing to ignore the person, that they are now so worked up that you don’t want to come out and play, that they are resorting to threats? Do you think they’re also standing around pouting with their arms crossed stamping their foot too? Please anonymous…get a life, go volunteer, do something good in the community…feed your soul. It will make your life so much better.
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You’ve had a rough go of it. I have never understood the need to trash other people online. I mean, sheesh… get a grip. There is a difference between writing our experiences and malicious attacks. I suspect, most people know that difference. It’s the few that don’t that always seem to think their anger and rage can be disguised as satire and no one will notice. Perhaps they can’t differentiate. It’s really sad. ~W
Cheez Whiz!
I started to laugh and then I realized how pathetic it was, but then it made me laugh again because Anon sounds exactly like a pathetic, whiny 3 year old.
Sometimes the anoymorons in the world need a good mocking. 😀
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I know, it makes me giggle. I don’t know how I can make it any clearer: but I don’t allow anon comments. Never have. In part, because if you have something worth saying then there is no embarrassment of leaving a working email. Most anon comments I see are full of anger… kinda pointless. ~W
This situation baffles me because I blog for the relationships and the people, the interesting posts, and the learning about others’ lives. So, I REALLY don’t get the drama. It is not my frame of reference. And those who leave anonymous comments through strange machinations make me both laugh and cry. Laugh because it’s ridiculous and cry because—as you said, get a life. P.S. Do send me the info/e-mail; I don’t have a spam filter.
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It’s nothing new—just the same old lot running amok. 😀 I emailed you, though. ~W
It’s nuts. And, they are nuts. And, I think that bemused pity is the best response. After all, it can’t possibly really have anything to do with you — it’s all about them and their sad little world. It’s a shame, really.
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It’s mind boggling. And, you know what I resent most… is that they even think I care enough to know about it. I mean, I don’t have time for this, and I really abhor the idea that I’ve even had to address it at all. ~W
Girl some people are so small minded, only thing is they are unable to see just how small they are. lol
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It’s been an interesting thing to watch. ~W