Left Brain Right Brain
Of late I have been blogging on Left Brain right Brain (LBRB) the very popular site for autism news, science and opinion autism run by Kev Leitch. Kev managed to get LBRB listed on Google News, so putting topical stories there makes sense if you want to reach a wider audience. And I do. It also means less work for Kev to keep LBRB up near the top of Google News searches if he is getting a variety of articles from different authors instead of having to write it all himself.
Unfortunately some people are finding it difficult to comment on LBRB at the moment and Kev is too busy in his life away from the internet (Yes, he does have one!) to fix it right now. I would not even know where to begin to fix it even if I had access to that side of his site, which I do not. So I am going to start posting my articles here and on LBRB. That way lots of people get to read them and if the comment form on LBRB is not working for you, you can have your say over here. I will start by reposting my existing LBRB articles here.
Comment by jypsy | July 11th, 2009
Thank you!
Comment by Michelle Dawson | July 12th, 2009
I notified LBRB of the problem (which by then had existed for a while) two months ago. Others may have done so earlier. As I’ve written several times now, I was berated by Sullivan for even pointing out that there was a problem.
At that time, two months ago, other people also politely pointed out that they were no longer able to post comments on LBRB.
I suggest those who have been excluded by LBRB join the LBRB exiles blog http://inresponsetolbrb.blogspot.com/ to post your exiled thoughts.
Sullivan from LBRB, who appears to be in charge, has made it clear that he does not see any real problem here. This makes it unlikely that anything will change.
Comment by jypsy | July 12th, 2009
Yesterday I posted a very short comment here. It never appeared.
Comment by Mike | July 12th, 2009
Hi Jypsy,
you fell foul of one of Akismet’s algorithms for spam because the html in your message exceeded the length of the text. I fixed it.
Comment by jypsy | July 12th, 2009
In English: my comment was too short?
At any rate, I do appreciate your attempt.
Comment by codeman38 | July 12th, 2009
I also commented on issues with the comment log-in system at LBRB when it was launched several months ago. The issues I reported still haven’t been fixed.