Attention TTAC Commenters (Especially DeadWeight): Disposables Prevent Reception

Bertel Schmitt
by Bertel Schmitt

To be used as burn packs in Sharia jurisdictions

Yesterday’s anomalies with TTAC’s commenting system were fixed after long hours in short order by our crack technical team, cheered on with robust language undying praise by our editorial team. In Wednesday’s evening hours, the problem was declared as solved. All TTAC correspondents could comment again, unencumbered by announcements that the post is roasting in moderation purgatory. All except DeadWeight.

And a few others, possibly. DeadWeight (and a few others) use what is called a “disposable email address.” In DeadWeight’s case, it is Spambog.com. While other avenues of landing in moderation limbo are not well researched, using a throw-away email address for your TTAC registration is a sure-fire way to be denied the joy of immediate publishing of your comment.

TTAC’s FAQ says in pertinent part:

“Comments from people (or bots) who use certain anonymous email providers have a high rate of spam, and therefore are blocked at TTAC. It is a long list, ranging from “@advertfast.com” via “@discardmail” all the way to “@zoo-hardcore.com” (I kid you not). If you sign up using one of those, the sign-up will not be accepted. Once you are successfully signed-up, this lockout should not be a problem for you, unless you manually change your email address to one of the throwaway guys. If you can’t comment after changing your email address, change it back.”

Of course, if you yearn for the personal attention by either Derek or Bertel, and you want them to read each and every comment of yours (possibly days later, when it is a really slow news day,) and if you want them to decide each and every time whether the comment is worthy of the limelight, then there is no better way than to use a disposable emailer.

Don’t expect a personal warning sent to that discardaddress. By their very nature, disposable email addresses are like condoms (i.e. not meant for re-use,) and we won’t even bother.

Bertel Schmitt
Bertel Schmitt

Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.

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  • Signal11 Signal11 on Aug 16, 2012

    That's fine and all, but I haven't been able to access my profile page since signing up, period. I've tried contacting TTAC staff through different methods and they've all been universally ignored. How about helping out a commenter here?

  • Bertel Schmitt Bertel Schmitt on Aug 16, 2012

    Pls send a message using the Contact message box, address it to "Editorial suggestions" and explain exactly what happens (not) when. Thank you.

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