KnowTnT.com Site Update

Over last weekend and this week, I've been in discussion with someone who claimed that there was a libelous comment on the site - one which they found potentially damaging. Of course, it was posted anonymously - and I had to take pains to explain the difference between a comment and a blog. Still, it would seem that Trinidad and Tobago is coming up to speed on Internet culture despite itself.

After some due diligence, I removed the offending comment. This required making sure that the person claiming libel was an actual human being. It involved speaking with lawyers. Ultimately, there was little of a case that could be brought against the site despite some aggressive posturing - but in my unwritten philosophy there is a need to be fair. And in being fair, it becomes necessary for people to face their accusers. And in this, the site has not permitted for that mainly because I left anonymous comments open until they were abused.

They've been abused. Anonymous commenting on the site is now no longer available.

While this may be an inconvenience for some (though not the people who think Facebook is the Internet and think their comments aren't worth putting on the site itself), it is necessary. And one of the things I plan to have working on the site within the next month or two is the Facebook connection between the site and Facebook so that people can log in to this site with their Facebook IDs. The problem in the past with this has been the interface that Facebook provides apparently changing.

But for now, no more comment cowards will be permitted.