Daily comment limits
Remember the movie Ground Hog Day, where the lead character wakes every day in the same small town to live the same day over and over again.
Well, this blog is beginning to feel like Ground Hog Day. It has the same boring commentators repeating the same boring assertions, engaged in the same boring conflict with the same boring people who hold the equally boring opposing points of view.
If you don’t get it, I am sick of reading the mindless partisan bickering. The funny thing is that I suspect half of you are sitting in Parliament House or party Headquarters engaged in viral marketing techniques for the next election against the other half. [Given his propensity for spelling errors, I am sure Glen is behind the Liberal Party’s new web site].
In an effort to bring back some value into your comments (or at least limit the number of repetitive comments you can post), I have introduced a daily limit of 6 (update: 5) comments per person. In the future, I may apply even tighter rations on those who are abusive or extra boring. I can relax the restriction on others who demonstrate a commitment to scintillating narrative and insightful analysis. Indeed, I might introduce a rating system that automates the task for me.
In the mean time, and because I cobbled together the daily limits plugin in a fit of pique in a hour or so before going to bed, there is no guarantee that it is working properly. Contact me if you spot a glitch, or if you want to make the case for extra daily posts.
Update At the suggestion of a number of commentators, I have reduced the daily comment limit to 5.
You can see the top daily commentators on the site stats page.
Download: the latest version of the plugin from here. It is version 0.0.3, released on 11 April 2007.