Destroy anonymous trolls.

But c'mon, Deference, you don't want to miss out on quality posts like:

Monkeys, airplanes, doo-doo, civil engineering, rancor, elephants.

That's gripping reading that I don't want to be left without . . .

I think there's an option in the 'post blog' settings that lets you specify no anonymous posters. So you could do it for all your articles if you wanted to.

I agree with Sanchino, how can you pass up griping reparte like. "you neo-con pig you suck" or "you bleeding heart moron, you suck"

Monkeys, airplanes, doo-doo, civil engineering, rancor, elephants. - San Chonino

The random words spam-bots incorporate to get around spam filters amazes me. I'm not sure how it works but it would be interesting to find out!

I think there's an option in the 'post blog' settings that lets you specify no anonymous posters. So you could do it for all your articles if you wanted to. - Cactoblasta

Right, but I would ask JU to do away with the ability to post anonymously at all. I personally believe anybody should be able to walk on to my blog and type something up without fear of their post be deleted but, then again, I've not had any serious trouble with anonymous posters on my blog. It's only been on other people's blogs I've run into bots, spammers, etc. . I guess the people I should really be asking are those that maintain the blog - eh?

I agree with Sanchino, how can you pass up griping reparte like. "you neo-con pig you suck" or "you bleeding heart moron, you suck" - ModerateMan

I agree. At least with a registered user there is accountability. It could be years after a registered user says something and they could be quoted and held to task for what they said, but an anon user comes and goes leaving piles of crap that sticks to everybody's shoes but their own.

Cactoblasta, I've looked around and can't find a way to switch a blog setting to only allow for registered users to post after the blog has already been created.

I don't know how Draginol did it unless he used some other means.

Cactoblasta, I've looked around and can't find a way to switch a blog setting to only allow for registered users to post after the blog has already been created.

Click Edit -> select the radio button for "Only Registered Users" under "Who Can Respond"? Does that not work?

Also, you personally believe that your blog should be open to anyone, including anonymous posters, but you feel that Draginol should instate a policy that bans them entirely from JU? There's a word for that... why don't you try leading the way by making it less friendly for anonymous posters, and axe them from all of your postings first?

Not hypocritical at all, pseduosoldier.

You see, if people are on my blog, I have the option to deal with problematic anons.

Many bloggers, however, don't have the time or don't always know of the ways to deal with spammers, so maintaining a blog inundated with anons can be problematic.

This conundrum can be dealt with most easily by doing away with the problem entirely.

Thank you for your invaluable assistance, Pseduosoldier.

I don't know how Draginol did it unless he used some other means.

The guy is Joe User. He can do whatever the crap he wants. He's probably got all sorts of other superpowers we just haven't seen yet . . .

Thank you for your invaluable assistance, Pseduosoldier.

Is this sarcastic or was the part of my post that attempted to solve your issue actually successful?

Something must have changed since the new forum layout.

I go to 'tools', 'edit', then three tabs; 'contents', 'options', and 'previews' show up, but none of them have an option to change to only registered users.

Shucks, thanks anyway, Pseudo.

Is this sarcastic or was the part of my post that attempted to solve your issue actually successful? - Pseudosoldier

No sarcasm. Even though I was not successful, I wouldn't chide someone trying to help unless I was ribbing them in good nature.

JU can be so buggy sometimes. You see how I misspelled your handle, Pseudo in post #8?

Though I'm logged in and though I logged in again I'm still told I have to be 'logged in' to edit the post. That sh*t drives me nuts in heated debate.

"Hey, look! Deference said insoluble instead of 'insolvent'!"

Something must have changed since the new forum layout. I go to 'tools', 'edit', then three tabs; 'contents', 'options', and 'previews' show up, but none of them have an option to change to only registered users.

That's what it is, then. I was referring to utilizing your blog interface to edit. There's an edit hyperlink at the bottom of each article. It's there that you should find the radio button I mentioned.

And I hadn't noticed the mistake in my pseudonym's spelling as I was too distracted by the fact that you had capitalized it at the end of your message.

Bloggers have the ability to decide who can read their individual posts. It's on a per post basis. I'm not going to impose my personal preferences onto the entire site.

I'm still new to this. I stared off just reading, then commenting anonymously, and then after some encouragement from Dr. Guy and others I registered. I still do more reading than commenting.
I've seen some of the rambling comments and spam stuff - it is annoying.