tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925686079259728342.post8065902214802281040..comments2024-03-11T21:41:58.342-04:00Comments on The New York Times Crossword in Gothic: 08.29.07 -- All ThumbsDONALDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17398968047673788006noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925686079259728342.post-77548236829573844722007-08-29T21:32:00.000-04:002007-08-29T21:32:00.000-04:00Anonymous:Interesting question -- I can't answer f...Anonymous:<BR/><BR/>Interesting question -- I can't answer for the "Rex" site, except that it is a clique of regulars that are not too happy when someone comments under the "anonymous" label. The Comment section there has become more of a coffee break for solvers where, in fact, many of them know each other personally, either through academia or through the ACPT -- therefore creating what perhaps seems hostility, but it is merely the modus operandi for pedagogues -- nothing wrong with that, just don't take it personal.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, this site probably does not elicit a great deal of comments, if any, due to the fact that it is entirely independent of any personal associations regularly commenting on a daily basis, e.g., always the same readers commenting -- think of it as "no more room around the water cooler".<BR/><BR/>Also, I am sure the "Rex" site gets quite a few hits -- more than perhaps this independent one, which gets 500 to a thousand hits a day, according to SiteMeter.<BR/><BR/>You might like the Comment section on "Madness...Crossword and Otherwise" which is a much more "everyman" site -- at least when Linda is the Commentator-- I hear the next two weeks she will be in Hawaii, so Commenter beware! <BR/><BR/>You might consider establishing an identity other than "anonymous" to see whether the "Rex" site accords respect.<BR/><BR/>I myself no longer comment there.<BR/><BR/>Good luck!DONALDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17398968047673788006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925686079259728342.post-25682401004939653272007-08-29T14:16:00.000-04:002007-08-29T14:16:00.000-04:00Are there no comments at your site because you are...Are there no comments at your site because you are more hostile than the Rex site -- I no longer comment there because it is so unpleasant.<BR/><BR/>Just WonderingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com