A brief word about comments and trolling.
I regard this blog as still being pretty young. Most of the people who comment are people I know in real life, although I’m hoping that if I keep it up long enough that will change. Occasionally I do get comments from strangers– mostly Betty Boop otaku (or Booptaku, if you will) who like to make unsourced arguments about who did which voice in what cartoon. It seems, however, that as I become more and more visible (despite still not being all that visible) on Google and the like, trolls are starting to show up.
So here’s what I’d like to say for the record: Please, argue with me. Nothing makes me happier than getting a comment from a stranger who disagrees with me. But if you want to disagree with what I have to say about movies and pop culture, let’s talk about movies and pop culture. Because if the best you can do is make ignorant, personal attacks on me and the other commenters (who, as I mentioned before, are usually my friends and family), I’m just going to delete your comment.
I debated whether or not deletion was the way to go, but Amanda’s response was, “Hilarious as the troll is, the comment doesn’t do anything but make for a hostile environment. There’s no actual attempt at a conversation, so why keep it?” and I think she’s right. Conversation is what I would like it to be all about. So please, if you want to comment here, learn to have one.
