Spaw, as someone who only reads a small percentage of the threads running at any given time, I haven't read about this filter you mention. Is there a thread or a page you can link to here that tells us how it works? Is the filter in effect now?

I also enjoyed seeing the way several regular 'catters diffused the divisive posts initiated by the trolling guest. I agree that making them go away permanently would save space on the server for worthwhile threads. The conversations this guest posts are the equivalent of someone coming into the house with dog poop stuck to his shoe. The shoe now doesn't belong in the house, it has to go back out onto the porch to be dealt with out there. And in this case, the guest stepped in his own, not in his dog's. And it smells offal.

SRS