Instead of simply having it to where comments are either turned on or turned off, perhaps you could set it to where comments are considered invisible until approved by the comic author. It's just a difference between prefering to make things selectively visible vs selectively invisible. Also, I really think there needs to be some kind of notification system so that you know when someone has commented on you and to which strip they have commented.

I don't see anything wrong with people using it strictly to show off positive comments. Comments only have as much value as you want them to, kind of like stars or comic ratings.

Just checking in to say I support this idea, regardless of whether or not the comments are deletable.

i could just as easily say to you that you are arguing the worst case about commenters and there even being a need to delete comments. why don't i? because i don't need to belittle your opinion to make my own known

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Would it make you feel better if there was an option for the commenter to delete their comments? That way you could stop someone from tailoring their comments to suit themselves, although I'm not sure that's likely to happen, ever.

What I'm more worried about is why someone would be so determined to have their comment, negative or otherwise, be made permanent.

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Dad was flammable

I love the idea.

I also agree that we should be able to delete comments. Nothing sucks more than seeing stupid flames everywhere.

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Dinosaurs had eggs bro, the chicken came way later.

Aye, captain.

Sounds neat. I say do it.

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all the wrong things for all the right reasons

I'm a brownnoser so I think anything Brad says or does is perfect.
Go whatever this forum is about!

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"I'm a firm believer in the philosophy of a ruling class. Espcially since I rule." -Randel,Clerks

I miss that site, some of the comments on it were fantastic even if the comics weren't.

Do eet! Do eet now!

Good plan. I've been vaguely toying with the idea of learning how to save my comics, and put them in a blog,
penny arcade style, with buttons for merch, info about the annal convention etc. Not got around to it.
This would add a lot of that functionality.

Comment spammers will always be trying to stay one step ahead of the game. Example: Max2 turns comments on, but then gets bored/dies horribly, and his comments fill up with spam. Your current proposed method is an "alert a moderator" button, and maybe that's enough. But I was thinking you could (if this is easy enough to do) have a setting that resets comments to off after a (month, year, period of time) of no new comics.
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Dear Ms. Mandingo,
My Name is Mr Emma Sankho a credit and finance manager with African Development Bank here in Dakar Senegal. In my department i discovered an abandoned funds (USD$ 20.5 million) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich, Germany) who died along with his entire family in July 2000 in a plane crash.

Since i got information about his death, I have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidlings and laws but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after Six years, the money will be transfered into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and an Indigene cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
Your percentage will be declare to you as soon as you indicate your interest. I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated once you have agreed to get this fund transfered through your account.
Therefore, to enable the immediate move of this fund to you arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating.
1.Your full name and address
2.Your telephone and fax number for easy communication.
3.Your company's name and address.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application .
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the movement of the money.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Contact me on this email;emma_01@walla.com

Yours Faithfully,
EMMA SANKHO

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woof

There's a Ms. Mandingo? Or was Mandingo a girl all along?

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My Name is Mr Emma Sankho

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after all this guy has a woman's name as a first name...

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Mediocrity at its most average.

There's a Ms. Mandingo? Or was Mandingo a girl all along?

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last i heard i was a black lesbian ethiopian. i'll keep you updated

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what if nigger meant kite