Glitch

Monday, 4th February 2008

It appears that there has been a problem with publishing readers' comments over the past few days. Hopefully this will be resolved very soon.

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Harvey

February 5th, 2008 7:39pm

Not the usual problem namely the elimination by censorship - sorry moderation - of anything dissenting while waving through all the drooling sycophants?

George Steiner

February 6th, 2008 5:10am

Glitch? Mon oeil.

Maven

February 6th, 2008 12:14pm

To ALL. I took screen captures of my attempts to post comments and also captured the text so as to demonstrate that it was nothing that should be censored. I contacted the moderator and explained that 3 hours later these posts hadn't appeared. Magically my posts then appeared and since then it seems that comments are flowing as normal. I would still like the courtesy of a reply to explain what 'magic' ensued after I demonstrated that posts weren't reaching the blog. Was it sabotage? The suspicion remains unless someone responds.

Maven

February 6th, 2008 2:00pm

To clear this up and eat Humble Pie. I did get a response (lost in an e-mail server. The irony!) and I am assured they are diligently working through the issue to see where the glitch is. My previous comment certainly arrived quickly. Thanks to "J"

Sarah

February 6th, 2008 2:55pm

Ha ha! This is my favourite blog on the web and I too am censored sometimes. However, in fairness to The Spectator's web staff, I am not trained in libel etc and I as with anywhere else that I post, one must accept that it is not my intellectual property. I thoroughly enjoy Melanie's updates and the views of fellow posters. At least one knows that one is not alone!

David M.

February 6th, 2008 2:57pm

One of the refreshing things about this board used to be that one's humble contributions appeared to be free from "moderator blight." After repeated attempts to post about Obama's Summit last weekend now I am not so sure. Moderators, as one might suspect, are recruited from the ranks of those deemed too ignorant, narrow minded, humourless and sociopathic to become traffic wardens.

Maven

February 6th, 2008 5:34pm

David M, I don't know if the problem was ever of censorship or technical glitches. I do see that comments are flowing and even criticisms of the people doing the moderating have been let through. I believe we have either solved the problem or are close. I would bet that Melanie herself would be concerned if vibrant discussions on her topics went missing. I know she has been very keen to expose moderating bias at BBC 5Live (as previous articles have shown). I'm sure she would be sensitive to anything untoward happening here. Do what I do. Capture all your posts before you submit them

J. Isaacs

February 6th, 2008 10:53pm

Resolution does not appear to have arrived yet. There are certainly fewer comments these days than there used to be.

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Melanie Phillips is a Daily Mail columnist. She also writes for the Jewish Chronicle and is a panellist on BBC Radio Four's Moral Maze. Her most recent book is 'Londonistan', published by Encounter and Gibson Square.

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