08 April 2005
comments redux
Note to those cross with me for closing comments:
It has come to my attention that certain people think it was 'arrogant' and 'over the top' to close the comments facility (by the way, all the comments people wrote are still there, and will return when I reopen them). I find this a bit surprising - I didn't block comments because I didn't like what people were saying (though, of course, one tires quickly of uninventive requests to f-off and so on), I closed them because it was taking up too much time to read them all. I have a PhD to finish this year, and checking the blog every 15 minutes is not conducive to this kind of work. It was nothing personal. I will reopen them (if I still have any readers) in November. Any other comments can be sent to me by email.
Just so we're clear, I never once blocked anyone, and deleted a grand total of three comments the whole time the blog has existed. For related thoughts on these issues, see this post by jodi dean.
It has come to my attention that certain people think it was 'arrogant' and 'over the top' to close the comments facility (by the way, all the comments people wrote are still there, and will return when I reopen them). I find this a bit surprising - I didn't block comments because I didn't like what people were saying (though, of course, one tires quickly of uninventive requests to f-off and so on), I closed them because it was taking up too much time to read them all. I have a PhD to finish this year, and checking the blog every 15 minutes is not conducive to this kind of work. It was nothing personal. I will reopen them (if I still have any readers) in November. Any other comments can be sent to me by email.
Just so we're clear, I never once blocked anyone, and deleted a grand total of three comments the whole time the blog has existed. For related thoughts on these issues, see this post by jodi dean.
