I am receiving a repeated comment which is libelous and defamatory
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libel?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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I have been rejecting it on a daily basis as spam but the offender sends it to me almost daily recently. Can I report or forward his comment to anyone?
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Please see these:
http://en.wordpress.com/abuse/
http://en.wordpress.com/complaints/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/disputes/Pursuing a defamation case through the courts takes years of time (minimum 3 – 7 years) and costs a fortune, which primarily goes into the hands of lawyers assuming you can prove malicious intent and quantify any damages to your reputation in dollars and cents.
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Thank you, Time thief. It is just the irritation of the personal insults and attempt to deliberately be injurious that upsets. I have spammed the message several times but it continues to pop up awaiting my moderation.
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Why don’t you just go to your Comments page on the dashboard (Discussions, I think it’s called) and put the guy’s username or statements into the banned box? That way they’ll never show up and you won’t have to read it.
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Dashboard >> Settings >> Discussion >> Comment Blacklist
Then goes to Spam – remember to save changes
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Delete garbage. Don’t mark anything that is not spam as spam! I screws up the spam filter when you feed it garbage. Who cares what a crackpot says? Don’t read it. No one can trigger your emotions unless you allow them to. http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/how-to-starve-a-troll/
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Note that you have complete control comment moderation. http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-moderation If your blog is public others can, of course, read it. They can submit comments but you can Moderate all comments and choose which ones to approve or not.
For trolls, you can “blacklist” them at Settings > Discussion toward the bottom of that page. Enter their email address, their username, and if they included it, their website. That will automatically send them to moderation so that their comments do not appear on the blog. Do note though that if they are determined, they can use a different email address or username to get around that. Also, do not put their IP address in the blacklist. IP addresses are no longer unique, and you might end up blocking legitimate visitors. All they would have to do is go to a wi-fi hot spot, or connect via a different ISP and they could get around that.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-blacklist
Set your blog so that first time commenters are held in moderation till approved, then from that point forward they will not need approval. Settings > Discussion. The next step on that of course is to set it so that all comments are held in moderation until approved. That way you are in control, and they might just get tired and go elsewhere after a while. -
I have tried to rid myself of this pestilence but every time I delete him as spam, his re-appears awaiting moderation. I tried to go to blacklist but none apppeared on my commments blog. Will try again.
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This is no big deal unless you choose to make it into one. I would simply blog on and delete the idiotic comments. In fact I did that for 2 years while a troll continued to comment. I never gave it the satisfaction of any kind of acknowledgement.
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P.S. These threads are indexed by Google and everyone with internet access can read them. Let’s not feed the troll who could be reading right now, okay?
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Thanks again, think I will now close the discussion. Wish you all well in your writing and creativity.
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