We do not have “moderated’ comments on Rain City Guide, which is a function of moderating comments before they are posted.

We always delete spam, profanity and WAY off topic comments.

There was once a spammer who got the bright idea to post very interesting comments, but they had nothing at all to do with the post topic. A brilliant spamming strategy, but we finally decided they were spam comments.

We also have askimet which is an automatic filter. And once in a while we put a certain person in moderation if they post profanity more than once or if they just are too mean spirited to add anything of value.

I read some of the comments made about commentors on your blog and wondered just how far they were from being sued for their defaming words and their actions on the internet. Some of these people are truely EVIL people who will stop at nothing to take done their precieved foe. They would be well advised to stick to their own knitting and forget what others are doing before they find themselves needing attornies to defend their vendictive actions.

These several people know who they are, they have been on the attack for a long time, and their anger and dark thoughts show.

Not that I disagree with you, but many if not most of the people commenting on this thread are not in the real estate industry. They are in the industry of selling services to people in the industry.

Selling TO agents is a huge industry. So huge I’m wondering what segment of the GNP it is. Any real estate blog that only talks about the industry from the perspective of buyers and sellers of homes, would be incomplete without a post here and there addressing the industry that sells TO agents. That segment is at least partially responsible for the commission structure, and for commissions not reducing as technology made things a bit easier for agents.

Everyone looks for the cost savings to consumers for the expansion of technology. When technology adds too much to the agent’s cost of doing business, the consumer keeps ending up with the short end of the stick, time and again.

/headed for the shower

We have thrown some commenters into auto-moderation for bad behavior from time to time. It’s like one of the hockey players in the penalty box for x minutes. Then they come out and act differently or go back into auto-moderation. That system has worked well for us.

Waiting for a comment to publish after approval kills discussion, and there are few blogs that could garner worthwhile discussion with moderated comments. They are out there, but rare.

Morgan is famous for censorship on his forum, unless it involves his group blasting others. Several of those that have commented on your blog in these two threads are his fanboys. They can blast you, but you can’t say anything about them. Sound familiar?