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As of today commenting on Skeptifem will require users to sign into a valid account. This is because the creeper mentioned in this post keeps submitting comments with increasingly horrible content. I cannot ban him because he does not sign in to submit comments. He is asking about my personal whereabouts and questions about my job. This dude doesn't understand that he isn't entitled to information about my personal life or a say on someone else's blog. Telling him to fuck off and not post comments here anymore results in him gaslighting me, which is sort of hilarious in an all-text format. My first reaction was shock horror.

This is in addition to continuous violation of the comments policy and just generally being a myopic douchebag. I delete shit from this dudebro almost daily, and I am sick of it. I quit reading it a long time ago because he is the one commenter that has so far, without exception, never said anything of worth. This is a huge pain for me, and hopefully singing in to comment won't be too much of a pain for all of the people gracious enough to regularly read my blog.

I am not a fan of one person ruining things for everyone else, but I don't know of another solution to the problem.

Commenters who want to remain anonymous for valid reasons may email me their comment. An example of a valid reason would be fearing retaliation from misogynists or wishing to remain anonymous in calling out someone else's bigotry. Confidentiality will always be respected when discussing issues of abuse or harassment. Asking for help from commenters is another good example of a valid reason for confidentiality. These are not strict guidelines and I won't post any information or comments emailed to me without getting permission first. Abusive people will get a rule that chucks their correspondence directly into the trash.

Thanks in advance for your cooperation