I've been reading Sam's site for a while now, and over the time I've been reading it, I've grown to appreciate his commentary and knowledge. His latestmove has caused quite a stir.
If you leave a nasty comment on Sam's site, he has started to mark them as flame bait, even going so far as to mark up certain portions of comments.
Did you ever do something you knew was wrong, only to have someone catch you and chastise you later? Ever do something that afterwards you didn't feel so great about? Well now, Sam is marking it up and pointing it out to the whole world (or at least to everyone who reads his site). Can't think of something nice to say? You better now say anything at all then, because otherwise Sam may memorialize it in red struck text. Take that!
Sam has every right to do whatever he please on his blog, however maybe there should also be a way to retract statements that are inflamatory as opposed to branding them and drawing attention to them. At least give the commentor the ability to admit their mistake, apologize, and take it back. I mean hell, doesn't google cache enough trash as it is?
I've removed the red color.