A Note From the Editor

Dear fellow internet patron:

If you are a rational person, you may have become frustrated, disillusioned, even incensed by the levels of unreasonable commentary crowding our public internet spaces. The web is a completely free, somewhat democratic public forum that allows for an astonishing level of discourse among video, blog, and chatroom patrons. But it is both its virtue and its curse that it allows completely unqualified critics to pose as experts who can issue completely valueless commentary without any repercussions. One can maintain anonymity, thereby releasing themselves of any accountability for their comments. Make no mistake; the first ammendment is an absolutely precious right that should be guarded at all costs. But free speech is also a privilege, a privilege which gets abused daily on the internet in the form of useless comments.

"Thank You for Commenting" seeks out and exposes particularly rash abusers of the free speech privilege and comments on them to ease public discussion and ridicule. The irony is implicit, but we feel it is deserved. The comments posted on this blog are the least valuable, most wasteful comments that we find. How do we determine what is "least valuable?" Using a complex set of criteria that measures pointlessness, spelling, stupidity, bigotry, misinformation, illiteracy, and failure to articulate thoughts.

It’s easy to get angry about the amount of useless commentary that exists on the internet, but it’s more fun to laugh about it. We hope to provide a counterpoint to all the least constructive commentary by de-constructing it. And through our research we can encourage comment abusers to hesitate for a second before they post another thoughtless thought.

Thank you for reading, and more importantly, thank you for commenting. Please continue to do so with abandon.

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