i hope you are able to tell the difference between an actual comment and spam.

"dan's" comment is spam.

if people from fresno want to write travelogues from asia, i'm fine with it. if some tourist agency is just posting long ads for their business in the guise of an article, that seems outside of the intention of this website. which is why i posted the stated intention of the site.

i talked to josh the other day, and he said it was quite difficult knowing what to cut, if people should be blocked and so on. in some cases, i'd agree. in others, like dan's comment, it seems more transparent. the adverts for traveling to asia, i'm not so sure of, as i've not sat down and read them, but i suspect that they may be out of place.

but i'd say that this discussion doesn't really fit here.