I am not sure what this new policy is about. I enjoy posting pix that extend the joke in the toon and make other people laugh. Why does that bother them?
Saw this on another comic here:~*Our apologies, but to fight off abuse from the spammers, we now limit our comments to include text with bold and italics only.~Dang. I’ll still come here for the comic but I’ll miss the pics in the comments. I hope they can find a better way to weed out the spammers.
In fairness to GoComics, I believe all the included pictures (especially GIFs) were a major reason that the site loaded slowly and consumed a lot of memory. In my case, visiting GoComics generally required restarting Firefox at least once, because it would start to freeze up.
*Our apologies, but to fight off abuse from the spammers, we now limit our comments to include text with bold and italics only……………….PLUS………….we can’t post .gif or .jpg here anymore…………..I think if we ALL complained to GoComics that might help to have them revert back to the GOOD old normal that it was!!!!!!!!!!
Ten Cats is a favorite for both the strip and the comments. What a wonderful group of people who care about each other and share a laugh or two each day. Because of the comments, I have recommended Ten Cats to everyone who will listen to me.
I won’t stop coming to the strip because of GoComics’ attitude towards posting pictures (and I don’t understand how that can be considered spam, the comments from the trolls were a lot more spam-like), but I will certainly miss the pictures as they lifted my mood every morning. I may not be able to comment any more as I am not sure how to get bold and italics here.
Perhaps the problem isn’t the trolls. Perhaps the long stacks of photo after photo posted by some people is the problem. I did that a few times in the beginning when i first learned how to post photos, but stopped. I made it a personal limit of three photos in a row in one forum MAX. And i tried to keep my bunnies on topic, either of the comic, or conversation in the forum. Some people have gone overboard with the number of posts, and that might be the prob
I, too, will miss the photos. I was able to enjoy cute cat pics without getting sucked into more extensive postings elsewhere on the net. Limiting the postings per person is worth considering.
I, for one, LIKE seeing pictures of kittens, cats, bunnies and puppies. It’s what makes this comment section so different and wonderful. I like seeing pictures of members new pets and seeing the joy. I like seeing the pictures of the cats who have passed on and letting the member share his or her grief with us. I likes sharing pictures of my foster kittens.
I don’t know what gocomics problem is. Who cares of someone posts 10 pictures of cats in jail outfits or bunnies sleeping in cereal bowls? We are all animal people here and it’s what draws us to this place.
If go comics is going to do this to us, I, for one, will not renew my membership next year. Now I’m angry that I just renewed it at the end of Sept.
I only recently discovered Ten Cats (about 6 months ago) and really enjoyed the cat videos and pics. If your policy on this doesn’t change I have no reason to click on Ten Cats.
This comic is perfect for what is going on. We are in Lock Down. I, too, love all the pics, especially ones of commenter’s cats and all the funny ones that make me smile. No smiles today. I will still read the comic as I love it.
I guess I’m guilty of “spamming” several pictures at a time on this comments section (rarely post pictures on other comics), but a warning would have been nice, or a message implementing a restriction on the number of posts per hour, or something like that.
Well this sucks, I don’t often comment but I loved coming here to see the pics and have posted a few of my own too. I don’t recall seeing any spamming in the comments like I have at other sites so I call bs gocomics
I’m a pro member, mainly to avoid the ads and support the site, but I think I will not be renewing my subscription when it comes up for renewal, plus I will move Goat-Comix to a different browser and implement ad-blocking software.Their loss, not mine.
I’ve just checked my Groat-Conners account and my subscription renews on the 14th October, as the CC details are out of date, so the account shouldn’t renew, I’m not going to update them.
I have not been commenting here that long. I do enjoy the people and loved the pictures. I only posted pictures twice, but I guess no more. That’s too bad, but it’s their little store so they can do what they want. I will let my pro account expire mainly because of the way they handled the so called “problem”. It wasn’t discussed, there were no alternatives offered or reasons given except for the spam thing.
I guess I am guilty as well, but I loved posting pics of cats, trying to carry on the theme of the strip. We have an unique community here and I;d hate to lose it. Not renewing your Pro membership would only help GC. They would then be able to get more ad revenue. Please write (politely) to Customer Services and tell them they will lose readership unless they give us back our original format.Today is a sad, sad day.
I used to browse and really enjoy the icanhazcheeseburger site until the owners/hosts decided to roll out changes that made the site less user friendly and included more adverts, I (like many others) walked away from the site, and its content took a nosedive. This could also happen to Gocomics.
Then click the blank spaces to see who to send a notice to that you will not be seeing their ad anymore and that they are wasteing their money supporting GoComics.
On top of no longer allowing links and pictures, they also have a character limit (almost as small a limit as twitter has) and we can’t do line breaks either anymore.
Highlighting, right clicking and waiting for each picture to load is too time consuming. If I can’t see my friends’ pictures and comments there’s not much incentive to hang around!
We appreciate your feedback regarding the comment tool, and want to explain why we have changed our comment policy.
As our web audience has grown, so to has the amount of users that have taken advantage our historically lenient commenting system. With that in mind, we greatly value the community that visits and engages with our features on a regular basis, and in an effort to protect that experience we’ve made the following changes:
A. Comments are now limited to 500 charactersB. Captcha has been added to comment “Submit” process to reduce fake posts from botsC. Images are no longer allowed in the body of commentsD. Comment art is now restricted to the use of bold and italic font characters
We understand that for some of our users whom have been respectful of our previously policies, that these changes may be disappointing. However, all these changes have been made in the hopes of creating a more streamlined, positive, and protected user experience for everyone that visits our sites.
I’ve replied that it’s not cool to annoy/alienate their dedicated users and that they have used a brutal sledgehammer approach to the spam and that I will not be renewing my pro membership
My membership was due to renew on Oct 7. I emailed them and cancelled. To all of you who posted pictures – do not feel guilty or sorry or anything. We all enjoyed the pictures so much. More Cats Than Sense – thanks for posting their reply. I will miss your pictures as well as all the others. I also enjoy everyone’s comments but am afraid some might leave us. This all just makes me sad!
Not dissing on anyone here, because I do enjoy your photos and comments, but when few commented on the strip, I can sort of see where others would complain, I enjoy this strip, pictures and all, everywhere around here, and all the camaraderie that has happened here. I have friends, email and phone that I have because of gocomics. But the ones they should be going after are the “Trolls Under the Bridge” and they aren’t!
My cats have been driving me bonkers today….constantly on my lap, behind me as I sit at computer, rubbing legs and (Tyler) nipping fingers a bit. Gotta love felines!!!!
I haven’t seen anything on any of the 50+ comics I regularly read which would constitute span (like it did in the early days when advertisements were regularly posted). And if the only spam is from the Trolls, then leave the rest of us alone. I am so sick and tired of the 99% being punished for the sins of the 1%.
I too enjoyed the pictures but don’t know how to post any. However cancelling your memberships is only hurting the writers of these comics. I love Ten Cats and I won’t bail because of these rule changes. Peace out.
Thanks to Dry and the others who love Ten Cats and support it. This is a wonderful and unique strip and I wish it would get syndicated but that hasn’t happened so far.Love Graham’s work. I live in Vancouver so see his Vancouver Sun’s editorial cartoons every week.
DennisinSeattle about 8 years ago
I am not sure what this new policy is about. I enjoy posting pix that extend the joke in the toon and make other people laugh. Why does that bother them?
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member about 8 years ago
No photos of cute bunnies here. Not any more.
tad1 about 8 years ago
BRING BACK THE PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
meowlin about 8 years ago
Saw this on another comic here:~*Our apologies, but to fight off abuse from the spammers, we now limit our comments to include text with bold and italics only.~Dang. I’ll still come here for the comic but I’ll miss the pics in the comments. I hope they can find a better way to weed out the spammers.
x_Tech about 8 years ago
Yes, we are all in lock down.
x_Tech about 8 years ago
Contraband pic…
http://1funny.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sad-cat.jpg
Highlight the above, right click and open in a new tab (or window).
x_Tech about 8 years ago
http://www.magic4walls.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Cute-Sad-Bunny.jpg
Highlight the above, right click and open in a new tab (or window).
Pithy (yeah, right) about 8 years ago
In fairness to GoComics, I believe all the included pictures (especially GIFs) were a major reason that the site loaded slowly and consumed a lot of memory. In my case, visiting GoComics generally required restarting Firefox at least once, because it would start to freeze up.
Dean about 8 years ago
I only come here for the pictures.
Dean about 8 years ago
Perhaps if all the PRO users stop paying and the rest of us get AdBlock then GoComics will learn their lesson.
Suny about 8 years ago
*Our apologies, but to fight off abuse from the spammers, we now limit our comments to include text with bold and italics only……………….PLUS………….we can’t post .gif or .jpg here anymore…………..I think if we ALL complained to GoComics that might help to have them revert back to the GOOD old normal that it was!!!!!!!!!!
stairsteppublishing about 8 years ago
Ten Cats is a favorite for both the strip and the comments. What a wonderful group of people who care about each other and share a laugh or two each day. Because of the comments, I have recommended Ten Cats to everyone who will listen to me.
ladykat about 8 years ago
Has anyone tried posting pics this morning?
bbear about 8 years ago
catitude.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member about 8 years ago
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bbear about 8 years ago
Well, that was a wasted 45 minutes searching, coding and coming here to share with you only to learn that I am a spammer. Oh heavens.
ladykat about 8 years ago
I won’t stop coming to the strip because of GoComics’ attitude towards posting pictures (and I don’t understand how that can be considered spam, the comments from the trolls were a lot more spam-like), but I will certainly miss the pictures as they lifted my mood every morning. I may not be able to comment any more as I am not sure how to get bold and italics here.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member about 8 years ago
Im going to make someone unhappy with me here, but i think that it needs to be said. Iv’e seen this coming.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member about 8 years ago
Perhaps the problem isn’t the trolls. Perhaps the long stacks of photo after photo posted by some people is the problem. I did that a few times in the beginning when i first learned how to post photos, but stopped. I made it a personal limit of three photos in a row in one forum MAX. And i tried to keep my bunnies on topic, either of the comic, or conversation in the forum. Some people have gone overboard with the number of posts, and that might be the prob
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member about 8 years ago
What i don’t like is the heavy handed, no warning approach that GoComics has used.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member about 8 years ago
BTW, LOVE CHESNEY IN THE LAST FRAME! ROFLMAO!
JanLC about 8 years ago
I will miss the photos. They were the real reason I came to this strip. Thank you all for the wonderful pics and memes over the years.
Marathon Zack about 8 years ago
Another prison bunny:
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3289/2943101572_3ce6964a38.jpg
Marathon Zack about 8 years ago
Escape attempt:
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http://grapee.jp/en/wp-content/uploads/12165_main.jpg
Mt Girl Premium Member about 8 years ago
I, too, will miss the photos. I was able to enjoy cute cat pics without getting sucked into more extensive postings elsewhere on the net. Limiting the postings per person is worth considering.
Queen of America about 8 years ago
I, for one, LIKE seeing pictures of kittens, cats, bunnies and puppies. It’s what makes this comment section so different and wonderful. I like seeing pictures of members new pets and seeing the joy. I like seeing the pictures of the cats who have passed on and letting the member share his or her grief with us. I likes sharing pictures of my foster kittens.
This is where I start and end my day.
Queen of America about 8 years ago
I don’t know what gocomics problem is. Who cares of someone posts 10 pictures of cats in jail outfits or bunnies sleeping in cereal bowls? We are all animal people here and it’s what draws us to this place.
If go comics is going to do this to us, I, for one, will not renew my membership next year. Now I’m angry that I just renewed it at the end of Sept.
kodj kodjin about 8 years ago
I only recently discovered Ten Cats (about 6 months ago) and really enjoyed the cat videos and pics. If your policy on this doesn’t change I have no reason to click on Ten Cats.
Perkycat about 8 years ago
This comic is perfect for what is going on. We are in Lock Down. I, too, love all the pics, especially ones of commenter’s cats and all the funny ones that make me smile. No smiles today. I will still read the comic as I love it.
More_Cats_Than_Sense about 8 years ago
I guess I’m guilty of “spamming” several pictures at a time on this comments section (rarely post pictures on other comics), but a warning would have been nice, or a message implementing a restriction on the number of posts per hour, or something like that.
poppet bear about 8 years ago
Well this sucks, I don’t often comment but I loved coming here to see the pics and have posted a few of my own too. I don’t recall seeing any spamming in the comments like I have at other sites so I call bs gocomics
More_Cats_Than_Sense about 8 years ago
I’m a pro member, mainly to avoid the ads and support the site, but I think I will not be renewing my subscription when it comes up for renewal, plus I will move Goat-Comix to a different browser and implement ad-blocking software.Their loss, not mine.
Marathon Zack about 8 years ago
https://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/wpid-article-1328526676102-119b59a5000005dc-372956_636x378.jpg
More_Cats_Than_Sense about 8 years ago
I’ve just checked my Groat-Conners account and my subscription renews on the 14th October, as the CC details are out of date, so the account shouldn’t renew, I’m not going to update them.
Queen of America about 8 years ago
I would love to have Grahams’ take on this issue. Maybe he could work it into a new strip.
Neal Janzen Premium Member about 8 years ago
I have not been commenting here that long. I do enjoy the people and loved the pictures. I only posted pictures twice, but I guess no more. That’s too bad, but it’s their little store so they can do what they want. I will let my pro account expire mainly because of the way they handled the so called “problem”. It wasn’t discussed, there were no alternatives offered or reasons given except for the spam thing.
Have a great fall and winter everyone..
Marathon Zack about 8 years ago
Today’s Half Full has a similar hacksaw/prison theme:
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http://www.gocomics.com/half-full/2016/10/04
kennethcwarren64 about 8 years ago
Geo Comics has a very bad CATITUDE !!!!
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member about 8 years ago
I guess I am guilty as well, but I loved posting pics of cats, trying to carry on the theme of the strip. We have an unique community here and I;d hate to lose it. Not renewing your Pro membership would only help GC. They would then be able to get more ad revenue. Please write (politely) to Customer Services and tell them they will lose readership unless they give us back our original format.Today is a sad, sad day.
peaches_mi_usa about 8 years ago
I like Marathon Zack’s workaround for GoComics image limits. All of his pictures came up just fine for me when I highlighted and opened in a new tab.
More_Cats_Than_Sense about 8 years ago
I used to browse and really enjoy the icanhazcheeseburger site until the owners/hosts decided to roll out changes that made the site less user friendly and included more adverts, I (like many others) walked away from the site, and its content took a nosedive. This could also happen to Gocomics.
pcolli about 8 years ago
I see the previously posted links and pictures are still there.
Dean about 8 years ago
Get the AdBlock.
Then click the blank spaces to see who to send a notice to that you will not be seeing their ad anymore and that they are wasteing their money supporting GoComics.
mpguy2 about 8 years ago
Is it possible that readers who want to post pictures could send them to Graham, and HE could post the ones he thinks others would enjoy seeing?
Maizing about 8 years ago
On top of no longer allowing links and pictures, they also have a character limit (almost as small a limit as twitter has) and we can’t do line breaks either anymore.
daleandkristen about 8 years ago
@X-Tech Thanks!!! We CAN still post pics, etc.
x_Tech GoComics PRO Member said, about 12 hours ago
Contraband pic…
http://1funny.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sad-cat.jpg
Highlight the above, right click and open in a new tab (or window).
But…will we have to do this for EVERY picture????
JP Steve Premium Member about 8 years ago
Highlighting, right clicking and waiting for each picture to load is too time consuming. If I can’t see my friends’ pictures and comments there’s not much incentive to hang around!
JP Steve Premium Member about 8 years ago
(Just cancelled my Pro membership)
tad1 about 8 years ago
I like to use a hacksaw to slice the idiots at Gocomics!!!!! >:) The pictures here were great. :)
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray about 8 years ago
Home Depot has stuff that’s only at the website, but you can order, pay and get free in-store pickup !
More_Cats_Than_Sense about 8 years ago
Just had a reply to my email to Goatcomix, but it is too long to post in one hit (500 char max), so I’ll see if I can post in sequential chunks
More_Cats_Than_Sense about 8 years ago
We appreciate your feedback regarding the comment tool, and want to explain why we have changed our comment policy.
As our web audience has grown, so to has the amount of users that have taken advantage our historically lenient commenting system. With that in mind, we greatly value the community that visits and engages with our features on a regular basis, and in an effort to protect that experience we’ve made the following changes:
More_Cats_Than_Sense about 8 years ago
A. Comments are now limited to 500 charactersB. Captcha has been added to comment “Submit” process to reduce fake posts from botsC. Images are no longer allowed in the body of commentsD. Comment art is now restricted to the use of bold and italic font characters
More_Cats_Than_Sense about 8 years ago
We understand that for some of our users whom have been respectful of our previously policies, that these changes may be disappointing. However, all these changes have been made in the hopes of creating a more streamlined, positive, and protected user experience for everyone that visits our sites.
We appreciate your understanding.
Thank you,
Universal Uclick Support
More_Cats_Than_Sense about 8 years ago
I’ve replied that it’s not cool to annoy/alienate their dedicated users and that they have used a brutal sledgehammer approach to the spam and that I will not be renewing my pro membership
Perkycat about 8 years ago
My membership was due to renew on Oct 7. I emailed them and cancelled. To all of you who posted pictures – do not feel guilty or sorry or anything. We all enjoyed the pictures so much. More Cats Than Sense – thanks for posting their reply. I will miss your pictures as well as all the others. I also enjoy everyone’s comments but am afraid some might leave us. This all just makes me sad!
noreenklose about 8 years ago
Trying to get around the ban- – -....
http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/9700000/Adorable-lil-Kittens-cute-kittens-9781762-240-320.jpg
BaconBoyCamper about 8 years ago
Maybe try to place a wee description before the direct-link to illustrate what the link will show?
Catzy about 8 years ago
Some of the comments, I find very insulting to Graham Harrop. If you have no interest in Ten Cats then go somewhere else.
noreenklose about 8 years ago
ATTENTION
Message for GC moderators.
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http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/06/03/14/294C01E400000578-3109202-Usually_cats_with_tongues_like_this_have_oral_problems_most_comm-a-26_1433339645284.jpg
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Please change BACK to old standard. At least, put line breaks back in. Run on commentary is hard to read ! ! !
Dry and Dusty Premium Member about 8 years ago
Not dissing on anyone here, because I do enjoy your photos and comments, but when few commented on the strip, I can sort of see where others would complain, I enjoy this strip, pictures and all, everywhere around here, and all the camaraderie that has happened here. I have friends, email and phone that I have because of gocomics. But the ones they should be going after are the “Trolls Under the Bridge” and they aren’t!
zippykatz about 8 years ago
Graham Harrop has a Facebook page.
daleandkristen about 8 years ago
Little Oliver in his prison garb….TOO ADORABLE.
My cats have been driving me bonkers today….constantly on my lap, behind me as I sit at computer, rubbing legs and (Tyler) nipping fingers a bit. Gotta love felines!!!!
denise.wolff about 8 years ago
I haven’t seen anything on any of the 50+ comics I regularly read which would constitute span (like it did in the early days when advertisements were regularly posted). And if the only spam is from the Trolls, then leave the rest of us alone. I am so sick and tired of the 99% being punished for the sins of the 1%.
sweetpeapete about 8 years ago
Sadly my pro membership charged me last week. Had it been today, I would not have renewed. This is so crazy.
Gretchen's Mom about 8 years ago
For paragraph breaks, use this code: & n b s p ;
(You need to remove the spaces between each letter/character in order to make it work.)
amethyst52 Premium Member about 8 years ago
I too enjoyed the pictures but don’t know how to post any. However cancelling your memberships is only hurting the writers of these comics. I love Ten Cats and I won’t bail because of these rule changes. Peace out.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member about 8 years ago
Well, I’m not happy about it, but there isn’t much we can do about it.
Its not only their ball, its their ball park.
tad1 about 8 years ago
Wish there were great pictures today. :(
Catzy about 8 years ago
Thanks to Dry and the others who love Ten Cats and support it. This is a wonderful and unique strip and I wish it would get syndicated but that hasn’t happened so far.Love Graham’s work. I live in Vancouver so see his Vancouver Sun’s editorial cartoons every week.