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Why are comments disabled in the TTG blog? ("Blogs" section in this site)

OMAOMA
edited December 2012 in General Chat
I just noticed that the latest half a dozen blog posts have all 0 comments, which I thought it's very odd as every blog post in the past had lots of comments. So I've checked it out and I've effectively found out that there is no comments section anymore. Why is that?

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  • RibsRibs
    edited December 2012
    Because a considerable portion of the people who were posting were being generally horrible people and rude in far too many ways.
  • Giant TopeGiant Tope
    edited December 2012
    Yeah, so basically people are assholes
  • Nintendo Boy1Nintendo Boy1
    edited December 2012
    Oh, I just figured the posting slowed down now that people won't have to bitch about a next episode. To be fair, I stopped looking reading the comments once Episode 3 and 4 were spoiled for me because of it.
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited December 2012
    OMA wrote: »
    I just noticed that the latest half a dozen blog posts have all 0 comments, which I thought it's very odd as every blog post in the past had lots of comments. So I've checked it out and I've effectively found out that there is no comments section anymore. Why is that?
    People on the comments were posting tons of complaints about games in posts about other games. Posts were insulting Telltale and its staff, and posts were insulting other members of the community. Some posts even went so far as to impersonate other people since the comments didn't require registration. In a nutshell, people were really abusing the ability to post comments, so the comments were taken down.
  • RingmasterJ5RingmasterJ5
    edited December 2012
    Jennifer wrote: »
    People on the comments were posting tons of complaints about games in posts about other games. Posts were insulting Telltale and its staff, and posts were insulting other members of the community. Some posts even went so far as to impersonate other people since the comments didn't require registration. In a nutshell, people were really abusing the ability to post comments, so the comments were taken down.

    If anyone wants an example of this.
  • GaryCXJkGaryCXJk
    edited December 2012
    There should be a system where the balls of the poster are removed, and if the post happens to be not-cruddy, they get their balls back.
  • GaryCXJkGaryCXJk
    edited December 2012
    The GOTY version could just have an animation with A.J. Locascio pointing towards the screen with a Woody Woodpecker laugh, exclaiming "Tricked you into purchasing the GOTY edition!"
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited December 2012
    GaryCXJk wrote: »
    There should be a system where the balls of the poster are removed, and if the post happens to be not-cruddy, they get their balls back.

    Most of the aggressive posters on the blog did not even use the relative anonymity of their forum name, but instead chose to use full anonymity by not registering at all. So you could say those balls never existed in the first place, and what can't be taken can't be given back eventually. :D

    I guess that until the new site is up, which changes blog comments considerably, the option to comment won't return. Which isn't really a loss at all. It's not as if people were discussing the respective blog entry anyway. :( :(
  • GaryCXJkGaryCXJk
    edited December 2012
    To be perfectly honest, I forgot we had a blog to look at.

    And there's not even a blog about the VGAs!
  • tobartobar
    edited December 2012
    Vainamoinen wrote: »
    I guess that until the new site is up, which changes blog comments considerably, the option to comment won't return.

    There a new site on the way? Ô_o
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited December 2012
    Did you not know this? Huh.
  • RibsRibs
    edited December 2012
    tobar wrote: »
    There a new site on the way? Ô_o

    I wouldn't get your hopes up, it's been in development since 2010, if memory serves.
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited December 2012
    One of the perks I got when becoming a mod was to actually get a chance to see the new site. It does exist.
  • RibsRibs
    edited December 2012
    Darth Marsden wrote: »
    One of the perks I got when becoming a mod was to actually get a chance to see the new site. It does exist.

    Are you sure you just didn't have a near-death experience due to extreme amounts of radiation, moving forward and glimpsing this "heaven" and assuming it to be an alternate universe where everything's turned out alright as opposed to the purgatory it truly is?
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited December 2012
    Pretty sure. Heaven would have a 'view most recent post in thread' option.
  • RAnthonyMahanRAnthonyMahan
    edited December 2012
    GaryCXJk wrote: »
    To be perfectly honest, I forgot we had a blog to look at.

    And there's not even a blog about the VGAs!

    The blog's been pretty sparse lately. Probably because Alan left a while ago and Telltale didn't get a new community manager until very recently.

    On top of that, in an age with Facebook and Twitter (not to mention how Telltale's been getting more and more coverage by gaming journalists), the blog's probably not the best way for Telltale to deliver news anymore.
  • ZeruisZeruis
    edited December 2012
    I was kind of miffed about this. Would have been nice to get a say in the nomination blog posts for TWD, but I can see why TT disabled comments.
  • TrenchfootTrenchfoot
    edited December 2012
    Alan left?!

    Sorry, I haven't been visiting the site much lately. What happened?
  • WarpSpeedWarpSpeed
    edited December 2012
    From the perspective of we normal users, Alan just disappeared one day, no reason why. We were without a community lead for a while, but Puzzlebox is now in charge. We'll see what she can piece together.
  • GuruGuru214GuruGuru214
    edited December 2012
    We were without a community lead for longer than you think. Alan's job hadn't been "community manager" for quite some time before he left (his last day was the first day of PAX, at the end of August), as he was working with marketing. For a good chunk of time, the mod team has had to work with the former support person, Michael Parks, who left about two weeks after Alan did, leaving us in the hands of Job, the new PR manager, and later MattP, the new support person, until Puzzlebox finally got hired on.
    Ribs wrote: »
    Are you sure you just didn't have a near-death experience due to extreme amounts of radiation, moving forward and glimpsing this "heaven" and assuming it to be an alternate universe where everything's turned out alright as opposed to the purgatory it truly is?

    I can vouch for his sanity. It exists. And I'm going to stop there before my opinions get me in trouble.
  • TrenchfootTrenchfoot
    edited December 2012
    Wow, this is quite shocking. Alan seemed nice enough, although I'm happy for puzzlebox and company for their new jobs.

    It truly surprises me that he just left. Was he not liked around here? Maybe the pressure of having to deal with TT's deadlines and the fans demands was too much for him?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=iB9M0LMJtyk#t=23s
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited December 2012
    He lost a retirement match.
  • GuruGuru214GuruGuru214
    edited December 2012
    Trenchfoot wrote: »
    Wow, this is quite shocking. Alan seemed nice enough, although I'm happy for puzzlebox and company for their new jobs.

    It truly surprises me that he just left. Was he not liked around here? Maybe the pressure of having to deal with TT's deadlines and the fans demands was too much for him?

    From what I'm told, he left in part because of things going on in his personal life and in part because he had another opportunity, though I don't know where. As far as I know, it had nothing to do with anybody not liking him or anything about Telltale itself.

    But we only get very vague details on this stuff, so don't hold me to any of this.
  • RibsRibs
    edited December 2012
    GuruGuru214 wrote: »
    From what I'm told, he left in part because of things going on in his personal life and in part because he had another opportunity, though I don't know where.

    His twitter seems to suggest he's working for Activision now, doing PR for Call of Duty. :)
  • Shadowknight1Shadowknight1
    edited December 2012
    Ribs wrote: »
    His twitter seems to suggest he's working for Activision now, doing PR for Call of Duty. :)

    Ew...I'd rather stick with TellTale, myself.
  • TrenchfootTrenchfoot
    edited December 2012
    Oh, well at least it was not a community thing. Glad to hear that.

    I imagine it must've been hard for him to decide but probably Activison could afford to pay him more and sadly in this economy that's a priority.

    I do hope he does well, though.
  • der_ketzerder_ketzer
    edited December 2012
    Shadowknight1 wrote: »
    Ew...I'd rather stick with TellTale, myself.

    From what I've seen here the last months the CoD fans might be easier to handle.
  • OMAOMA
    edited December 2012
    I see. Thanks for all your replies. Maybe they could only disable comments for not registered users, so you'd have to log in to post a comment. In sites I manage I've seen that seems to stop most impulse rage posters and trolls ;)
  • GuruGuru214GuruGuru214
    edited December 2012
    That's how the new site will be, but with all the effort going into the new site, it's apparently not worth diverting resources to add a feature like that to the old site.
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