Comment Policy

I have been debat­ing about adding this, but I think that it’s best to set some ground rules about commenting.

1.  Com­ments are wel­come and encour­aged!  There’s no way for me to know if a post that I write impacts you (pos­i­tively or neg­a­tively) unless you com­ment.  Please voice your opin­ion.  If you’re not sure whether to com­ment or not, then go ahead and com­ment.  If you’ve crossed some kind of line, don’t worry.  I’ll email you and let you know.

2.  Com­ments should add value.  If a com­ment is clearly spam, I will delete it.  No ifs, ands, or buts.  Most com­ment spam is caught auto­mat­i­cally, but a few slip through from time to time.

4.  First-time posters are held for mod­er­a­tion.  This is a way that I ensure that you’re not a troll or flamer.  After I approve your first com­ment, your fol­low­ing com­ments will show up automatically.

3.  Links should be related to the post topic.  Also, the spam soft­ware, Akismet, auto­mat­i­cally catches posts with 2 more links to be held for mod­er­a­tion.  If you do not see your post imme­di­ately, that is usu­ally what has hap­pened.  If it doesn’t appear after 12 hours, e-mail me and I’ll look into it.  Usu­ally that just means that I haven’t got around to approv­ing comments.

4.  Be polite and treat oth­ers with respect.  I can’t stand “flamers” and “trolls”, or oth­ers that try to piss peo­ple off or inten­tion­ally insult oth­ers.  Also, if you use curse words, they will be edited or deleted.  If you curse often in your com­ments, I will have no choice but to delete your com­ment.  Please try and keep your com­ments “family-friendly”.

Thanks, and com­ment away!

Dis­clo­sure state­ment:  The author of the blog is not respon­si­ble for the con­tent in the com­ments sec­tion.  The com­ments in no way reflect the posi­tions or the views of the blog author.