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1. 8 days ago on Crankshaft

   Today’s third panel is a copy and paste of yesterday first panel with a few changes. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I’m sure the illustrator gets paid the same whether he recycles the art or not. Eh, a paycheck is a paycheck. (shrug emoji)

2. 8 days ago on Crankshaft

   A cesspool? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I suppose. I’m sure the “Dawns” of the discussion perceive it as a cesspool, given all the snark. That’s why they complain.

   Why would the moderators side with the “Dawns”? What’s their motivation? Could it simply be because the “Dawns” flag comments they find objectionable, drawing the moderators’ attention? It’s right there in the GoComics comment policy: You may use the on-site provided flagging tool if there are comments you find objectionable, and they will be reviewed by our team.

   Don’t get me wrong, I love @billspluts comments. But he can be blunt and overly negative, which rubs certain readers with a delicate constitution the wrong way. These readers flag @billsplut’s comment and draw the attention of the moderators. After so many flags, the moderator deletes the comment. You don’t believe it’s that simple?

   Do you believe the moderators have an agenda? Are they a force bent on censorship? Part of their job function is to remove all snark from the website? They scan hundreds of comic strip discussions daily looking for snark to delete? Really? I’m curious, on what other GoComics title does this censorship happen? I’d like to read the title’s discussion to witness it firsthand.

   @DawnQuinn1’s comment remains because I’m the only one who flagged it, not because the moderator chose sides. Without support, my flagging of her comment is futile.

   There it is. Dawn’s comment is the December 13, 2024, featured comment of the day. Let her mockery of Bill remain for the ages. As @DawnQuinn1 would say, “lol.”

3. 9 days ago on Crankshaft

   What good is that for me? I didn’t get a chance to read @billsplut’s comment this morning. Some of us aren’t able to log in when a new comic strip comes out in the wee hours of the morning.

   This morning, after logging in, I read the comment from the finger-wagger, @DawnQuinn1, mocking @billsplut. It was clearly in reference to something @billsplut had written earlier in the day. The finger-wagger’s comment was not made directly in reply to his post. As a result, the finger-wagger’s comment wasn’t group deleted along with the other replies on @billsplut’s post. At this moment, the finger-wagger’s comment survives. It’s still there, at the top of this thread, for everyone to see. Can @DQ1 be smarter than we think?

   I’m left wondering what was in @billsplut’s comment that got it moderated? Was it written with the intention of antagonizing a certain group of readers? Why did they flag it? What did people post in complaint against it? What did others post in support of it? Was it funny? Beats me. Mind filiing me in?

   I can still see the @DawnQuinn1’s comment gloating, even though her comment was clearly targeted harrassment. Where’s the comment she’s referring to? The moderator saw fit to remove it. Was it justified?

   That’s what happens when only one side uses the flagging tool. If the finger-waggers comment was deleted as well I wouldn’t be wondering about @billsplut’s comment. I’m not interested in some kind of B.S. moral high ground.

4. 9 days ago on Crankshaft

   Rating: Four poop emojis.

5. 9 days ago on Crankshaft

   Use the provided flagging tool if there are comments you find objectionable. That’s what the moderators have told me in the past. The Finger-Waggers use it. Why can’t the Snarkers use it too? I flagged @DawnQuinn1’s comment because I find her whining about the behavior of other commenters to be “not on topic” and an attempt to deprive them of their enjoyment of the strip.

6. 9 days ago on Crankshaft

   WTH? I never responded in this thread until now. How’d you get my name as the party you’re replying to? The GoComics commenting system is getting its wires crossed.

   I’VE BEEN FRAMED!!!

   ♯♫ Hey, man, I’ve been framed" Hey, no, really, man, I was framed. Aw, I never do nothing wrong, man. But every time I get the blame (I’ve been framed!) ♪♪

7. 9 days ago on Crankshaft

   Oh, I’m sorry, I stand corrected. TB doesn’t like to use the word “Christmas.”

   A Harry Dinkle Holiday Story. There, I fixed it.

8. 9 days ago on Crankshaft

   A Harry Dinkle Christmas Story. A story demanded by absolutely no one. Ever.

   Why, TB? Why?

9. 10 days ago on Crankshaft

   But there is good news. Unless the Harry Dinkle “victory tour” extends into next week, there is a high likelihood that there will be a new story arc on Sunday or Monday. There’s a slim chance we might even see the strip’s eponymous character, Ed Crankshaft! Woo-hoo!

   The bad news is the next story arc will most likely be something like “A Komix Korner Khristmas”. Pam goes to the Komix Korner to shop for several omnibus editions for the emasculated Jeff. DeadSkunkhead and Crazy Harry leer as they make a big deal about an unaccompanied “girl” being in their comic book store without a man. There’s a high probability we will have to suffer through another appearance of the hated character, the black hole of charisma, Batton Thomas. Hilarity fails to ensue. Ugh.

   Merry Christmas, Ed Crankshaft. You are missed.

10. 10 days ago on Crankshaft

    Much like the cartoonist who inflicts his narrow interests upon his readers (Harry Dinkle, the Dead St. Lisa, comic books, book banning/burning, etc.), Dinkle inflicts his interest of Claude Barlow music upon an unreceptive audience. Talk about art imitating life. Will Dinkle insult the audience by calling them beady-eyed nitpickers and hidebound literalists?