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More fun at the Comment Farm
Mon Apr 30 2001

OK. Now you can choose whether you want to be able to receive comments from non Account Holders, in the customizer under General Diary Options - Basic Settings - Secure Comments.

It will default to ON for all diaries, you'll have to go and UNTICK the box to allow non authenticated comments.

This is where things perhaps get a little confusing. When you uncheck the box, you are ALLOWING unauthenticated comments. You are not FORCING unauthenticated comments. This means that someone can still provide their username and password to leave a comment, so you will know it is them. If they choose NOT to use their username and password, the name will have (Unauthenticated) beside it.

At least in this way we hope people won't be leaving comments as someone else, although my guess is it that now it has the potential to be the other way around and people will be writing comments, not signing in and therefore getting (Unauthenticated) beside their names so they can claim they didn't post it! My only advice is, if you see a real user name with (Unauthenticated) beside it, you must treat with the suspicion deserved of the comment. Better yet, just delete it.

I am so bored of the childish behaviour exhibited by a decent sized proportion of Net.Users. Actually, thats a wrong thing to say. Children misbehave in innocence and don't understand the pain and harm they cause. YOU lot on the other hand, know exactly what you're doing and enjoy it. But to those that engage in this behaviour, your day will come. What goes around comes around and I (and all the others at the butt end of your 'jokes' and 'funny comments') wish we could be there to see it. You know who you are. Sleep well my childish friends for one day, one day you won't be sleeping so good. What goes around comes around.

5 Comments
  • From:
    Witchgrl (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Apr 30 2001
    Oh how I hope this helps. I'm afraid we've already "lost" some really good people because of the morons who have nothing better to do than hurt people. Good luck

    amy
  • From:
    Bookworm (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Apr 30 2001
    I hope this helps for those who've been hurt by cruel comments left by these childish readers.
  • From:
    Lilith (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Apr 30 2001
    LOL

    It comes and goes quite frequently.

    *munching a crispy cream donut*

    Thinking of you :)
  • From:
    TheElf (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Apr 30 2001
    Not that this has anything to do with anything, but I notice you've ALSO found the time to change the rotating quotations in the upper right corner from right-justified to left justified. Since I'm working on a laptop, that has made a huge difference in my ability to read them. I love the quotes, and so I particularly thank you for making that change, trivial as it was in the face of everything else that's going on at the moment.
  • From:
    SmashHeather (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Apr 30 2001
    ! ! ! This is ridiculous ! ! !

    I agree with Marcelle 100%. People have to be prepared to deal with some nasty comments, or they shouldn't allow comments at all. I cannot begin to tell you all what whiny pains in the neck you are being.