Because of a deluge of spam in the past couple days, I’ve turned on comment moderation, which means that readers may comment as follows:
1. You may comment on any post immediately by signing in via TypeKey.
2. You may comment on a post without signing in, but your comment will not appear until someone at XGW has cleared it.
Obviously, it’s better if you can sign in via TypeKey, but some people have had difficulty registering or signing in, especially via AOL. If you have any difficulties with TypeKey, please e-mail me at editor /at exgaywatch.com and describe the problem you are having, and the browser that you use.
Sorry for the inconvenience. As time permits, I will try to make time to implement a spam blacklist and a couple other steps that would allow unmoderated comments to resume.
I just wanted to stop and say that I appreciate the time you all put into this site. It is nice to see these items highlighted that the media glosses over or is one-sided on.
Thanks
When I was having trouble posting the last time moderation was turned on, I went into Internet Explorer and deleted all of my cookies:
Tools -> Internet Options… -> Delete Cookies.
One thing that I’ve seen on other web sites is that they require the commenter to type in a six digit code before the comment will be accepted. You might want to consider that here.
BTW, kudos, Mike. Excellent web site. I don’t agree with you some of the time, but–as Frank Sinatra would say–that’s life.