As some of you have noticed, we have a moderation queue, where comments that contain certain words go, until one of us can review them, clear legitimate comments to be posted, and consign the usual spam to oblivion.

There is also an option for blacklisting certain words— which when incorporated into a comment— will instantly, and without appearing in the moderation queue— result in that comment being “vanished”.

Being wearied to death of the current torrent of spam from idjiots too cheap to like, just buy an ad! I have finally taken the step of entering certain terms into the blacklist; terms such as the common names of certain games of chance, the common names of prescription medication, and certain less common terms for various sexual practices and perversions; all of which— based on my experience moderating comments, and emptying out spam by the trailer-load on a regular basis— probably won’t turn up in comments posted by our regular commenters; most of whom, I would assume, are not gambling addicts, sexual perverts, or addicted to prescription drugs.

And if they are, they are kind enough not to share the details with us.

Which is my round-about way of saying if you legitimatly do need to incorporate names of prescription drugs, casino games, or sexual practices into your comment, you would best be advised to either put dashes in between the letters, or astericks, or something. Otherwise, it goes straight into oblivion.