General: October 2003 Archives

Why do SOME people insist on posting comments with bad e-mail addresses? Its like poking your head in the room and saying, "...what about the your thoughts on [insert subject]...?" and then running away before hearing the answer.

I fully understand some anonymous person wanting to say, "your site sucks", "I think you're stupid", or "my penis is enormous" and wanting to do this without leaving opportunity for my reply. That sort of thing is going to happen by the very nature of a public weblog and the proliferation of cheap PCs for the uneducated masses. Honestly, I find these comments to be quick fun as the erroneous e-mail addresses are occasionally creative. Some of my favorites are:

butt @ muncher.com
jack @ off.com
think @ about it.com
smell @ your fear.com
johnson @ is large.com

What I don't get is the anonymous question - that which appears to be seeking a response, yet the return address is bogus. This occurred again quite recently when someone asked me why I chose a particular software application over other offerings. Dutifully, I wrote out a kind response detailing my reasons for using Kung-Log and the benefits it offered for me. When I sent it out I got a mail error informing me that the recipient [icekitten94@hotmail] didn't exist. Now, why bother Ice Kitten? Its not even a particularly creative address. [check above for more thoughtful offerings]. If you didn't want to know, why ask? If you did want to know, why run away? If you only wanted to dine-and-dash or promote a competitive software selection, why not simply include the link? My comments section is "open" to HTML code (for the moment). For those not familiar with adding code to a post, it works as such:

Replace "[ ]" with "< >" as appropriate.

[a href="http://www.website.com"] Title [/a]

Either way, thank you to all who take the time to post a comment, including Butt Muncher.