Anywhoo, this blog has persisted for some time now with generally well-meaning comments, but with a recent post and comments I think its time I laid down some ground rules.

The comments policy is over here, and is now linked to at the bottom of every post, and (based on the one I put together for the BlogHerald) basically outlines that I will keep comments unless the have content that:

• is abusive
• is off-topic
• contains ad-hominem attacks
• promotes hate of any kind
• uses excessively foul language
• is blatantly spam

For now I’m tolerating otherwise “anonymous” posts (i.e. fake name / email) provided the discourse is reasonable and adheres to the above.  And of course this being my blog, I get to arbitrate what counts as abusive, off-topic, ad-hominem, hate, foul language, and spam.  For all would-be spammers, take note: I have a liberal idea of what counts as spam (although being blog spammers they’ll be using automated tools to scrape RSS feeds, and therefore not actually reading these posts).

Anyway, I feel like its almost as if I’ve had to lay down hand-washing rules in a hospital — but there you are.

I rarely if ever delete or moderate a comment, but if it happens to yours keep the comments policy in mind before you get a hold of me.

RESOURCE: For those wondering about comment policies in general, Lorelle wrote a great one at the BlogHerald a few months ago.