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Anger Central has been getting a number of questions about how we do things. We've also been getting requests for help concerning rants about companies listed here. So as a service to all our readers we have created this page for you.
Do you have a question? Please feel free to send it to . These questions will not be anonymous, so think about what you write. If we like the question, we might even post it here. Questions are listed in the order they are received. The newest postings are at the top of the page.

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Why don't you guys put link(s) to newly added rant(s) with their title on your site's homepage? Going through all those pathetic rants to find the new one is really pissing me off.

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We looked into that early on, however ot would have been far to difficult to administer. This is why we have an RSS feed with links back to the rant in question.

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It really makes me angry that I can't comment or reply to someone's post on here. I love the site Webmaster, I really do, but I think you should put some area for message forums.

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There are several reasons that comments aren't implemented on the main site. First is technical. The back end of this site is ancient and isn't easily set up to handle comments. The second reason is that keeping an eye on the comments section would be a royal pain in the posterior. Additionally, comments would have to be logged and that would kill anonymity.
The blog is set up to handle comments and they are enabled.

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I JUST WROTE A FABULOUS ENTRY AND IT WAS FUCKING ERASED! WHY DON'T YOU WARN WHAT THE CHICKEN SWITCH DOES!!! I Though it would make the password easier to see!!! My night is ruined! No catharsis for me!

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We naturally assumed that a ranter had a modicum of intelligence and common sense. There are two buttons. One is SUBMIT, which most people assume to mean "Submit the rant" and the Chicken Switch which generally means you are "Chickening out" and DON'T WANT TO POST ANYTHING TO US! Simple, easy to understand, and not a problem unless you have the IQ of a dead ant.

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For the most part this site kicks ass but I have a little beef. Why is it that you post rants from kids? I don't have a problem with kids who have legitimate gripes about certain things, but I cant stand it when kids whine about stupid shit. "my mom wont let me fuck a 30 year old man so I hope the bitch rots in hell" "my teacher wont let me cut class so now I want to kill him" oh boo fucking hoo. Listen kid, you have to learn that you cant always get what you want so deal with it.

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We do not have an age verification system on this site, and considering the level of emotional maturity of some of our posters, we can't always tell how old they are. The more childish rants are tossed, regardless of the age of the poster. We agree, we do see a lot of teen posters. Better to let them post here then go to school with a rifle, don't you agree? :)

Question:
Why did you trash this site? You deleted everything! This was such a cool site and now it sucks!

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We felt like it. :)
Actually the site had become unmanageable. We had been looking into doing this for a long time and we felt that this was the point to do it at. The webmaster had gone to China so we had our chance, and we took it. We have redone all the index pages, removed the racists section, (A big mistake creating that one. We had no idea there were so many stupid people), and built a new section for places. We also instituted some basic guidelines so that posters will have an idea what will be acceptable and what won't be. Before we removed all the old postings we made a full backup and burned it to a CD. We have also found another site that is archiving the entire World Wide Web and they have a number of our postings there. We have communicated with them to see if they would like our last backup, and while they are interested they do not have a means to import it. (A serious lack of planning on their part in our opinion)

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I sent in a post arguing with the webmaster regarding something he wrote in a Note from Anger Central but it doesn't get posted. Why? Is he a coward or something?

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As we have stated time and time again, this is not a debating page. 99% of these types of postings are routed straight into the bit bucket. Besides, this is our site. Don't like it? Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out.

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How do we determine which are the 10 best? We get in something like two hundred+ postings a week. We have to filter through them to find those that meet our basic criteria, and then list them on the site. Also there is the time problem. We spend close to 5 hours a week just updating the site. We do have other lives in the real world.

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I've noticed that the webmaster responds to some questions by using the plural personal pronoun "we" (e.g. "We update the site about once a week..."). Is this is merely an example of the webmaster's humility, or is Anger Central really managed via an aggregate effort?

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Why do we only see the back of your head when you have your web cam turned on?

Answer
The webmaster is trying to protect his identity from NSA spies. As you know they fly around in black helicopters looking for free spirited people to brainwash into mindless workers who will vote for Al Gore. ;-B

Actually, web cam is attached to a USB port on my Pentium 400. That system is running Windows 98. The system I work on most of the time is a Pentium 800 running Windows NT. Windows NT doesn't support USB equipment unless a third party driver has been written for it.
Update 5/11/2003:
The web cam has been replaced with a new one that handles Windows 2000, and the Pentium 400 has been upgraded to a 1gig system

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Actually, this is a message for the webmaster/editor/response-person. If I'm correct, the anger forum is not a debate forum. Is this still the policy? I understand that you are a conservative Republican, but maybe the rules should apply for all. IMHO.
Thanks.

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No, this is not a forum of any kind. The webmaster is not a conservative Republican, he is a Libertarian. His beliefs are simple. Do what you want, just leave me the F*** alone! There are plenty of debating sites you can check into to post your discussions. Anger Central posts are hand edited and coded onto the web site. Very little CGI is used. You are obviously commenting on the Notes from Anger Central. These are the comments of the webmaster. He is an extremely opinionated bastard and when he sees a post that annoys him, he will respond. We've tried to talk him out of this, but the last time the subject was brought up he hacked into the manager's medical records and arranged for him to have a full proctologic examination with an enema thrown in for good measure. We just leave him alone now. 8-}

If you have any questions, please use one of the email links. The webmaster has been known to respond via email.

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Yes, we do get fan mail. We also get threats of legal action and occasionally of violence. There are no plans at this time to make any of this available to the general public.

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Yes. However, we will not start a debating page. To much back and forth and we start editing posts.

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We update the site about once a week, generally on Sundays. We do most of the work offline, so we're continually working on Anger Central during the week.

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We get between 30 and 100 rants each week. Some are written in a language different from English, and those are discarded. Others look like they were written by a drunken 4 year old. Those are also generally tossed. Anything that makes absolutely no sense what so ever is also discarded. we also see a lot of postings that are nothing more than attempts at turning this site into a discussion web. Those are looked at very carefully and a decision is made on a rant by rant bases. This brings us down to about 20-50 good rants each week.

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We don't. The number of posts written by Angry.Net personal, (excluding the Notes from Anger Central), is actually quite small. Remember, the views listed here do not represent the views of Anger Central or the company presently hosting this site. We maintain this site simply for recreational purposes only.

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What are you, some kind of racist? I see some of the most disgusting things posted here concerning people of other ethnic backgrounds.

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No we are not racists. If you bother to read some of our "Notes from Anger Central" you would see that. The webmasters sister is deeply involved with a gentleman from Puerto Rico. They soon will be wed. The webmaster likes him. A lot! Why? Because he to works in the computer field and the two of them can talk computers till the cows come home.
(Much to the annoyance of the rest of the families)
Updated 3/15/2003
The webmaster is now engaged to a woman from China. Strike two against the racists! :)
Updated 2/19/2005
The Webmaster has married the lovely lady from Fushun, China. Strike three, Yer outta here!

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Are postings really anonymous? I have seen reports about web bulletin boards giving out the names of people who posted to lawyers, and those people being retaliated against by other people and companies.

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Yes, the postings are anonymous. The form we use runs the message through a Microsoft FrontPage form component. This component makes the form results readable and also has the added benefit of stripping out all the headers. If Anger Central were served with a subpoena, we would turn over our archives after consulting with an attorney. We would also post notification on the home page that this was being done. However, the lawyers would be very disappointed with what they get. Tracking back posters would be almost impossible. Also, the ISP providing the space for this site is not doing any logging on Anger Central, so that too would make tracking down a poster difficult.
We do get mail in from time to time via a mailto link rather then from a form. This mail can be tracked back to it's source, and we are cautious about posting. Most of this type of post comes from AoL users. Also, we have placed on our Form page our PGP public Key. Maybe the NSA can crack it, but some corporate lawyer won't be able to.

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No, we do not. The reasons are varied. First, Anger Central is not a bulletin board. We do not post "Well I think", and "No you are wrong" type postings. This is not a hard and fast rule. We started getting a lot of people arguing back and forth about men, marriage and abortion. These arguments quickly moved to the level I'm right and you're wrong you moron." posts.
Another reason is repetitive posts. One night we had 40 new posts come in with different categories listed. As we went through them we soon realized that this was one person, (a woman), who had just been dumped by her boyfriend. While we felt for her pain, it was really only worth one good posting. We edited all her posts and came up with one good one.

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NO! We are not here to "Feel your pain." We don't care about your pain. In fact we may just make fun of your pain in a Note from Anger Central. This site is here for entertainment purposes. We do not make any money from it, and it does take up a fair amount of our time to maintain it. If you want to help, go to our Company Store and buy something. Preferably expensive too. ;-)
Updated 3/13/2005
You can also donate generously to Anger Central via our Secure Transaction system.

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No, we do not unless specifically asked to by the holder of the address. The reason is simple. We will not be a party to any sort of harassment by people. For instance. Joe Blow sends in a rant saying that Jill Blow is a slut, and that if you want to get laid call 555-1212 and that her address is 123 East North street, Taneytown Kentucky. Aside from the calls and visits Jill would get, not to mention possible violent types who have a problem with the word "No", we would be sued. When we get a post like that in, we will either not post it or edit out any chance of tracking down people.

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Article One:
Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.