Comments on: I Can Think of Only a Couple Reasons to Delete Comments

By: Jay Thompson

Jay Thompson — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:06:36 +0000

Doesn’t surprise me that he deleted trackbacks too. He doesn’t respond to emails either. Some people don’t, and probably never will, get it. It’s really a shame as his was about the only voice supporting SAR. He killed a great thread.

Apparently admitting he never seen the site he was condemning, and then saying the SAR should pay restitution was too much conflict for him to deal with.

Reminds me of the seven year old that takes his ball and runs home crying when things don’t go his way.

By: Nat

Nat — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:53:35 +0000

I read that post over the weekend & read most, if not all of the comments. What I can’t believe is that he left the post up and deleted the comments. I know he read the comments, due to his responses, but did he learn anything from them? If he did, he should have either removed the whole darn thing or simply apologized to Jay and the poor guy the original post was about.

By the way, I spent Saturday night taking the word THE out all of my URLS! Then, I spent Sunday at GoDaddy buying up numerous variations of sites like http://www.I-am-just-an-agent-looking-for-leads dot com. Just want to be prepared if the use of the verbiage “home sales” becomes a violation of the code.

By: gulfshoreslife

gulfshoreslife — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:41:15 +0000

Jim,
I quote – “It takes a special kind of person to delete an entire conversation – to nullify the time, thought, effort and attempt at an honest debate/discussion that was put forth by the commenters.”

I think your synopsis best exemplifies my feeling as well. I twice posted comments and neither ever appeared. In fact one of them should have been the first comment on the article. It was neither mean spirited nor lacking in thoughtful contemplation prior to taking the time to respond. As you stated, my time, thought, and effort was nullified by his moderation.

What amazed me was that my two comments simply supported the facts and pointed out where he was wrong in his statements. The comments were not adversarial at all, but were never published. I would guess in total I had a good hour of my life nullified by his unreasonable moderation. I should just cut off his comment options so that no one wastes their time pointing out his ignorance and misstatements.

By: knox

knox — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:41:52 +0000

I wish the thread was still there – I rarely take my muzzle off and I feel i wasted it on that oaf.

By: Matthew Rathbun

Matthew Rathbun — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:16:22 +0000

Someone who is so unwilling to allow opposing views remain, evidentially doesn’t have much confidence in their stance.

That’s just sad…. Most people would have left Jay’s comments, just to show that someone of that caliber was reading in the first place.

By: Ryan Ward

Ryan Ward — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:16:21 +0000

That is unbelievable. I checked in on the post today to see if he corrected his post and found it all missing. It’s unfortunate on many levels. Most, because it was an excellent place for others to have learned about the subject and really get 2 sides of the story. It’s this as much as anything that I find unfortunate.

By: Jim Duncan

Jim Duncan — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:38:59 +0000

It’s a real shame that he lacked the fortitude to defend his comments, and changed his entire post. It takes a special kind of person to delete an entire conversation – to nullify the time, thought, effort and attempt at an honest debate/discussion that was put forth by the commenters.

By: Jay Thompson

Jay Thompson — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:05:58 +0000

You have GOT to be kidding me!

This guy called me and anyone who disagreed with him unethical (he did eventually apologize) and he also admitted he’d never seen Marc’s site. Yeah, so writes repeatedly how misleading Marc’s site is and then admits he’s never seen it???

And then he deletes the entire discussion?

Unbelievable.