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Satanlife? Whoops.

Actually, I would read a Web page with that name.

There are still people commenting on the Keillor t-shirt thread. And, strangely, The Apprentice thread.

How do you go about preventing comment spam?

Oh, several spammers have found it. A custom-built site lets you build custom filters to handle it though. It's a war of attrition, but we can catch most of it.

I appreciate all of the constructive thoughts that many of you had to offer. We will be taking them into account when looking at future modifications. I hope someday that you all can use sotanLIFE as a tool to enhance your free time. In response to hipmn, I think its ironic someone who is looking for outside the box thinking takes a juvenile jab at our name. If you don't like our name, so be it, but find a more creative way to slam it. In response to annet, I have no problem using sarcasm to an extent to spice up writing. What I have a problem with is sarcasm for sarcasm's sake. Please feel free to email me at phil@sotanlife.com if you have any further comments, questions, input, etc...

yeah. way lamer than doing mnspeak comment posts at 10:41 on a saturday night.

I agree with the "sotan" references - does anybody actually refer to themselves as a "sotan"? I certaintly don't. I don't know anybody that does.

I was actually designing a "Mpls/St. Paul Nightlife" site myself. It was to be called Minnesota Pulse (http://www.mnpulse.com). Half-way through my project, however, sotanlife.com was born. I realized that, while their site was terribly designed and rather cheesy, they had obviously put a lot of time into the database and advertising (I've seen sotanLife.com advertisements at bars/restaurants/lifetime fitness even!).

I decided to go a different route and dedicate my site to local developments, both residential, and commercial etc; one of my other hobbies.

My point is this: It is a well though-out site, and has more potential than most other MN "Scene" websites. I say give it a chance, give it a while to realize that text-based advertising is more effective and more appreciated by users, and I think it will be a great source for what its intended use is.

Shameless Plug: In the meantime, check out the site that was created because I didn't want to bother to compete with sotanlife: http://www.mnpulse.com/

Phil, I wasn't taking potshots. I simply misspelled your name.

I think SotanLife is awesome! It is a class project for a bunch of ESL students, right?

If it isn't, well, there will surely be some pissed-off Sotan dentists who want their money back once it goes under.

Kissing? I meant kidding.

Shit. Damn these enormous man-hands and this tiny keyboard.