A word from the Gothamist tech team: more ›

Yes, we are still have a wee bit of trouble with commenting. We promise you, however, we are working on it. In the meantime, in lieu of acting like a petulant grandpappy in the comments about the problem at hand, feel free to direct your bile at your editor. Issues with comments can be sent to editor@sfist.com. Thank you. more ›

In an effort to tame the trolls, SFGate's site (as well as a few others like ThinkProgress) use software from an outside company that implements a unique "block user" function. This feature blocks all comments made by a user from view by anyone but themselves (upon login). That is to say, whenever the quasi-banned user logs in to the site, they see their comments intact; but to everyone else, the offending comment is simply... more ›