If you missed my last post, “Why did you post that comment?” about a woman with commenter’s remorse who asked me to ban her account so that she would keep from posting any additional comments, I’ve got something else for you.
Drunk Bloggers.Yes. It seems as though BWD is the new DUI, only without the car and the potential to ruin lives.
I’ve been told by a slew of members in the community that there is one blogger in particular who gets drunk at night and goes ballistic in the blogs. I’ve seen some posts where he is a bit direct but nothing too alarming so I didn’t think much of it.
Well, today I was in the abuse queue and came across at least ten photos that were pretty risque. Okay, they were porn. I couldn’t believe the magnitude and the audacity it must have taken to post that in the community.
It got him banned.
Tonight he sent me an email asking why on earth his privileges were revoked because he’s never violated the terms of service and is demanding I tell him why. I think those members were right about him.
It must be a full moon this week.
Do you think you’re ever read any blogs that were written under the influence? How could you tell?
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September 22, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Sue John
I don’t know about blogging under the influence, but we frequently get members posting whilst drunk. It’s the equivalent of calling your friends on the telephone when you are drunk and waking them up at the early hours of the morning, but this way they get a wider audience, … lol. Generally another member will report the posts because they can tell the member concerned is posting out of character. Plus their spelling and grammar goes out of the window, and they forget to use capitals letters, full stops and commas. Resulting in the drunken waffle resembling a jumbled-up wordfest.
I do like the term BWD that you used though. That about sums it up nicely … very catchy.
I wonder if those same drunk bloggers, and posters, go around registering at different communities whilst under the influence and then the next day wonder why their in-boxes are full of “confirmation of new registration” emails. They must hold their heads in their hands mumbling, “What did I do, where did I go, what did I write?”
September 24, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Angela Connor
Hey Sue: Ha I wish we had some stats on drunk bloggers and could see their path of going from site to site if that were the case. I have to say though that I’ve seen some “jumbled up wordfests from folks who I know were perfectly sober!
Thanks for the comment!!