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Good content begets good comments. Then again, as I glance to the right, I am not shocked to see that the most commented on Blogtown posts are mostly junk.

I, for one, support the idea of heavy-handed moderation. Meaning--even if a comment is not obscene, abusive, or spam--if it's a terrible comment then it shouldn't be posted. I am tired of reading comments by people who don't spell check or provide anything new to a thread.

If your comment is rejected, step your game up and try again. (Granted most of my past comments would probably be rejected and that's fine with me.)

For a perfect example of why comment sections should be moderated more strictly, see this craptacular comment thread: http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/Blogto…

For the love of God give me one good comment on any subject and I'll read it; and stop allowing the garbage to pile up.
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You should have closed comments. That would have been funny.
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Begging to be censored is pretty sad. Blogtown gets such a paltry number of comments anyway...a thread of 31 comments freaks out Chundy? Christ.
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Often I find that the comments are far more interesting and entertaining than the content that spawned them.
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The comments damn near ruin the Hipstertown blog. Especially the ones in all caps by that nerdy little douche you all love to fawn over.
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For contrast - this is what the comments section on the exact same blogpost by Paul Constant looks like over at The Stranger's Slog:

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/…
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I'm in the business of lulz, and business is good.

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