Getting Tired With Some Of The Comments... {grrr}

Let me begin by saying that the majority, of members and contributors to this blog, is truly fantastic!

With that said, I am very disappointed with what happen in this week's The Great {Weekly} Exchange. So much so that I ended up disabling the comments.

After reading the comment made by Disgusted with moderator (in this post), I felt I should respond. I have struggled with the decision about anonymous posters for a very very long time. The fact is that the majority of anonymous posters are great. For example, it was an anonymous poster who alerted us all about J.Crew being spotted at T.J. Maxx. To punish them all for the actions of a few seems unfair to me. (And yes, it really is just a few. I know this.)

I also do care when regular contributors get attacked on this blog. It is awful when it happens. I hate it. I try to delete all mean-spirited comments as soon as I see them or become aware of them.

I have thought about getting moderators, but to be honest it is a lot of responsibility. I don't have the time to do it myself. I also don't want to burden someone else with that task either.

I think we can all agree that this is a wonderful community and we hate to see it get worse, or for the blog to "close up shop." Please don't assume the worst in other people's comments. Please don't respond to questionable comments- ignore it.

So I beg of you, please please please... work together to continue making this site great. :)