Giving constructive feedback, or posting additional information, etc. on an entry are most definitely great examples of why commenting here is so valuable.. Unfortunately there are detractions as well which sometimes seem to get way out of hand at the cost of their overall effectiveness.

That's all I ask is that they get used usefully, and don't become a huge distraction whereby somehow the comments (and any ego's contained therein) become more important than the news itself and taking action upon it.

BTW, don't thank me - this site's users are what is carrying this site at the moment, because I just can't dedicate the same amount of time to the site that I have in the past. So thank you, and everyone here that contributes to it in various ways.

Best wishes.

I think that commenting is vital to the dynamic of this site, however I understand the dilemma you face and share your frustration with the pointless server clogging flame wars.

If you do go the dedicated server route you can expect a significant donation from me as I consider this site to be a critical resource for the truth movement.

Thanks for all your work.

I hope that you and yours are well.

The truth shall set us free. Love is the only way forward.

Eliminating the comment function would ruin the site, imo. The comments are one of the main reasons I come here. It's vital for people to be able to discuss the information posted. Abolishing comments would rob the site of its community character and place all of the decision making power into the hands of a few people. We need constructive criticism to keep things open and healthy.

The Eleventh Day of Every Month

The comments section is what makes this site so interesting.

What about automatically creating a thread entry in the forums you mention for each 911blogger entry. You could then have a link under each 911blogger news item that links directly into the appropriate forum section relevant to that story.

Another alternative would be to use something like [http://www.haloscan.com/] to host the comments like prisonplanet.com - although I dislike the blog format since it's not threaded like on 911blogger.com.

Would be a very sad day, if they ditched the comments.

Would be better if they warned / banned abusers before such a dramatic change that affects everyone.

911blogger rocks with comments, please keep them.

Thanks for such a brilliant site.

Best wishes and good luck

I shall train an armada of pigeons lest the comment feature perished.

Let's just get a real server, we can afford it.

The Eleventh Day of Every Month

I will ignore any and all provocations from now on. And I apologize for letting myself be baited into flame wars. It will stop from my end, period.

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WTCdemolition.com - Harvard Task Force

This is a vibrant site because it's a news AND discussion site.

I've got tin cans and string, should the day come we ever need to re-invent the network.

Call for collection of money today... dz needs it, and deserves it!

I posted this lower in the thread and however worthy it might be, I'm honestly not trying to be an obnoxious spammer, but second-page stuff tends to be harder to see. Nonetheless, get your wallet out and head over to dz's dedicated server fundraiser.

The comments can be used to post additional information and links to supplement the original blog (which is VERY useful).

I read the comments as much as I read the entries.

Perhaps we should all limit ourselves to a certain number of comments per post. I'm not saying this should be a restriction—rather a personal choice. This is the best way to avoid flooding the blogs. Make your major points and then let it be. If you really have such a strong opinion about something and lots of points, write a blog! My two cents.

Yes, at times there can be heated discussions. I don't mind that too much, as long as it doesn't degenerate into name calling and personal battles that ignore the subject of the post. 9/11 can be an emotional topic, and this is why it can happen at times.

What I have noticed is since the implementation of register only comments; the amount of "trolls" has significantly decreased. This has been an overwhelming success. I'd rather spend time debating with people who are willing to admit they had a father and mother if it is inconvenient to their argument.

“We're an empire now, and when we act we create our own reality."

That the Arizona "holocaust" smear campaign, has been admitted as a coordinated effort by 9/11 truth "debunkers" to wreck it.

This was probably supported by other "anti-truth" factions also.

More Info : http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/march2007/140307smeartactics.htm


911blogger rocks because it supports free speech, I love it because the majority of members are "top class"...

Long live free spech, 911blogger comments and the ability to vote them up or down.

It works very well and would be "crazy" to change such a winning formula.


Just my tuppence...

Best wishes

its one of the reasons i have been pushing for coordinated legal action.

i have been having extensive conversations with one of the founders of 911Truth.org and she reports that the attacks against this movement have been EXPONENTIALLY increasing. some of it is quite mind boggling and scary. It has gotten to the point where it is so out of hand that many feel it is the #1 challenge to this movement in 2007.

at the same time - with all the recent revelations in the news of FBI abuses of the Patriot Act and the recent abuses at the Justice Department - now may be the time to expose governmental abuses against this movement.

i think Blogger is a great site also. but, i think there is value in discussing this subject.

And I think it's safe to say that some of us seemed to know all of this instinctively, while others played right into the hands of these disruptors.

"I know this didn't come through when I blogged it, but then I had to adhere to guidelines, which I am not free to disclose at this point. And this is not to mention the push to all but invent the crisis of Holocaust denial among the twoof movement, though in fact, it is no more prevalent there than anywhere else.

In the same vein we were to tolerate Nico Haupt and I'd been explicitly advised to visit his news aggregator. At the time it seemed odd, but I then I saw so much that seemed to confirm the "truth" movement was a scam. I should have been more suspicious, but as this was where my head was at the time, I only saw it as validation. This was a point of contention between James and I: first I was supposed to push Nico's 911Blogger parody, that included Nazi imagery as amusing, then I was told I must acknowledge it's offensiveness but defend Nico's free speech rights."

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WTCdemolition.com - Harvard Task Force

I appreciated that bit too. It highlights the hyposcrisy of "debunkers", though it turns out this might all be a ruse to increase traffic at SLC.

Impeachment. Accountability. A better world.

What if it was put up by a misguided Truther?

Your point? You're not implying RT did it, are you? ;-/

Impeachment. Accountability. A better world.

Doesn't seem like his kind of stunt, so no.

I'm just saying that there is no evidence that any debunkers were involved in perpetuating this hoax and it doesn't do anybody any good to lay blame in that direction based on nothing. I think it's much more likely that somebody in the "Truth Movement" got fed up with the Screw Loose Change crew and this was his or her response.

That's what it looks like on the surface anyhow, and unless there is some good evidence for a contrary position I don't see why we should assume something that's counter intuitive.

Well, I as a general point of policy, I would take NOTHING at face value that comes from "debunkers", or even "alledged debunkers".

Impeachment. Accountability. A better world.

Not taking ANYTHING a debunker (or alledged debunker) says at face value....is unreasonable, how?

Or are you having one of your reading comprehession problems? You sound like you want to start a fight about NOTHING.

Don't make Jenny post links...

Impeachment. Accountability. A better world.

..if you cannot tell the difference between a) thinking out loud(throwing ideas out while being married to none of them) and b)actively pushing a theory about this hoax.

But then communication DOES seem to be a problem with you.

For the record, considering the evidence available, NONE of us has the answers here. And the idea that the hoax was to increase SLC traffic came from some other board--I didn't invent it. It's just an idea.

EARTH TO MISTERGUY--this isn't important--it's just a curiosity. Stop acting like it's one of the key's to 911 activism.

Moving on here.. let's see if you can--WITHOUT responding further. ;-)

Impeachment. Accountability. A better world.

Does not work well. My blogs get voted down all of the time. Like the one that was my interview with John Feal, and my delivery of his check. Surely that deserves a 1 right?

Compare that to some of the Holocaust Denial posts that have gotten between +6-+10 votes. WHAT?!?

There are also people intent on voting down everything I say, regardless of whether it's good or not. It seems there are "teams" of individuals who's sole purpose is to vote certain people down on this site.

That being said, and as someone always tells me, "You're the highest rated poster here, quit your whining".

Richard Cheney - Chief Executive Of Halliburton

before giving you an up vote. (someday maybe we'll see the end of popularity voting.)

What a timely illustration below, of the very trouble dz's having here in our 911 Romp-a-Room.

The "Holocaust Denial" discussions have had elements of extreme importance trying to separate those two words in the context of overarching 911 truth... that you continue to join them is if you don't know.... is simply frustrating. I went to synagogue too, yet completely reject the manipulation of this subject by non-jew-jews (the greater purveyors of confusion on this, in my stupid opinion). Please stop. That's why the negative vote... and for your suspicions of a roving band 'out to get you'.

I swapped that to a positive vote (which IS getting boring) in the hopes that you will quite whining. Your extraordinary work towards truth and justice will never go forgotten by me.

p.s.: The site loads of internecine flame-wars, voting, and external 'attacks'... are not soon to ebb before we earn the satisfaction of flowing truth. Stand strong.