I learned a lot there, but I’ve left because I am as much a disruptive force there, as they are here. Shame…just is. I “banned myself” from their blog for the same reason. Dustin is correct. “For better or worse, we blog because we enjoy it…” They don’t “enjoy” me there, we don’t “enjoy” them here. Tough topic to “have fun” with.

“No intentional antagonism.”

A little antagonism is OK, but not too much

I think you’re being deliberately thick regarding Synthetic’s “1997″ statement. He doesn’t say prices will go back to 1997 prices. He says a fair price today is to start at 1997 prices and ADD 3.5% per year to arrive at today’s price.

I found his posts on this particular thread to be logical and on-topic. If you can’t handle a dissenting opinion, maybe you should quit blogging.

I completely understand your desire to keep us “honest” by following the proper WOM ethics and yet we need to have a way to deal with trolls. Synthetic has no desire to add any value to the conversation and consistently lies in his comments and has sent threatening emails to both Ardell and me in the past. I can honestly say that we never delete or edit comments because we disagree with someone’s opinion. Someone really has to be a troll in order to get Ardell mad!

For better or worse, we blog because we enjoy it. Synthetic’s purpose is to take away the enjoyment we get out of blogging and to intimidate others so that they do not feel comfortable contributing. I’m with Ardell that unless he is willing to stay on topic (and develop the ability to convey a logical thought), then he is not welcome here.

I couldn’t find anything on womma.org that addresses this issue. We considered not permitting anonymous comments, but that didn’t seem appropriate. Synthetik has been warned in the past, and he is banned from my posts. So you may not find anything in his post that would lead you to understand why he was banned, as that is an ongoing issue. He has sent me personal, threatening emials and he was warned not to take every article and turn it into his personal diatribe. He stopped for awhile, but he was fairly warned, and now he is banned.

Dustin can decide whether all of his comments go straight to the spam filter. I can only delete his comments on my posts after the fact.

If you have other suggestions, I’m willing to listen. If you can point me to the section of womma.org that addresses commenters who are banned from the site, and how to best deal with that, I would very much appreciate your input and direction. I cannot even report his threats, because he does not reveal who he is. His emails come from the same anonymous “moniker”.

I read synthetics post earlier and didn’t see anything wrong with the post other than general disagreement.

Censoring and deleting posts essentially invalidates the whole blog.

You might want to check womma.org (word of mouth marketing association) for ethics on deletion of posts

I deleted the rest of your comment, as your are clearly spewing out garbage at this point. Synthetik, go back and read your own comment #2, and stop acting like I am pulling my facts out of thin air.

I told the girl to rent, and you are commenting as if I told her to buy. You need to take a pill.

You are history. Go back from whence you came. I do not control other people’s posts on here. But your comments are not welcome. You turn everything into your own personal message.

We DO feel sorry for you that you had to sell in 2003, and likely would have made a ton of money if you could have kept it through now. We really DO feel sorry for you. But that is no excuse for you to run around screwing with our articles, and turning the comments into your own personal rant point.

I’ve had it with you. No more comments from you on MY articles. Anyone else can treat you as they wish.

Its’ funny how you read my comments and infer that I said we’d revert to 1997 prices. Do you miss these obvious things on purpose?