If you were going to prevaricate, wouldn't you pick someone better, like, oh, Elle MacPherson?

Clearly, you MUST be telling the truth about your affair, but are trying to throw the Big Media off the scent!!!

Why are my innocuous comments being "denied for questionable content?"

> Why are my innocuous comments being "denied for questionable content?"

Frank's filters are set annoyingly high. I've noted this to him, but he doesn't seem to do much about it. Look for something really innocuous and preposterous like 'he-double-hockysticks' or something of that sort. Yes, it can be that ridiculous. The filter will not allow anything that might be unacceptable around a six year old Mormon and his family and then some.

I have a choice between having filtered comments or no comments at all. Its not the best choice, but given that when I had unfiltered comments, I spent hours every day cleaning graffiti out of the comments and trackbacks.

I do care, but its a tough choice between letting the blog get overrun or allowing some version of comments.

You are always welcome to send email direct if you like.

> I have a choice between having filtered comments or no comments at all.

I understand this (I've commented to you before but this is the first time you've responded).

I would hope you've at least made the observation that the existing system is literally preposterously obnoxious to whomever created it or runs it (it's an egregiously bad implementation of a filter).

If it at least TOLD you what the offending thing was, it wouldn't be half as obnoxious. It doesn't apply it on the preview, either, so you can't even guess there... you can only dyke out parts and see if they pass or not, which means you have to literally post a message in pieces to figure out what the "offensive" part is. As it is, you can have a 500-word comment and no reasonable notion of what it was it found unacceptable. It's one reason I don't comment a lot more, and I assume I'm not alone in that. I've taken the time to write comments a number of times, had it reject them for some mysterious offense, and said "**** it", and tossed the post away. I think you would have a much livelier comment section of the blog if it were not for this seriously badly designed misfeature. I have no idea why you've chosen this software, but it does have the absolute most user-unfriendly comment filter I've ever seen on a blog. It should either have better tuning or at least more feedback as to the offending item. As a programmer of 30 years, I cannot grasp how they failed to pick up on that. Feedback on the source of a problem is ALWAYS -basic- good design practice.

And near as I can see, it does seem to react to something as trivial as, as I noted, "H-E-Double-Hockeysticks". There are at least some other words that I think are acceptable outside of Sesame Street which it apparently takes offense to, as well, and therein lies another annoyance, in that the user will often use something completely innocuous in casual & polite adult conversation which it rejects.

Frank, it's your site -- please don't take this as me trying to tell you how to run it, I'm just rrying to give you feedback from a long-time regular. I hope you'll at least pass those comments on to someone who matters.

BTW, as far as sending you an e-mail, I don't see that information anywhere on the site. I might be missing it in a complete "DOH!", but I don't see that info anywhere... Not surprising, I've just presumed you just don't want any spam.