This is, in fact, my blog. I think of it as my cyber living room, and the commenters as my guests. However, some of you seem to think it’s okay to come here and unload on me or my guests.
That’s not acceptable. I want everyone to feel welcome here, so I’m setting some ground rules.
1. Stay on topic - unless it’s an open thread. (I will supply them.)
2. No more epic cut-and-pastes. If you want people to read something, use a link. If you use more than one, your comment may be held in our spam filter. (No, it’s not a plot. If you’re having trouble posting, use the contact form.)
3. Don’t act like an asshole to me (your hostess) or the other commenters. If I think it’s simply a slip-up, you’ll get a warning. If you act that way twice, you’re outta here. I’m a lot more interested in having discussions than I am in letting people use me or my other guests as their personal emotional punching bag. (Rule of thumb: If you wouldn’t say it to someone’s face, you probably shouldn’t write it, either.)
4. If you don’t like these simple rules for civil behavior, go start your own blog - where you can be as nasty as you like. Good luck!
As a lurker, I would like to suggest this refinement…
Emotional cat litter boxes
to replace emotional punching bags
Damn straight, Susie. People need reminders that the proprietor has the final say and sets the rules.
Now, I think of my blog as our hot tub. Same rules apply, of course, and in addition, no peeing in the water.
Are you saying I need To put A breathalyser on my computer? Because I really would not have posted that comment if it was not for the twenty third beer I had.
I guess you’ve been diligent about cleaning up the comments, because I haven’t seen many that were objectionable.
In fact, there’s far too few FEW comments, IMO. And please, everyone, that doesn’t mean to post “FRIST!” on each empty thread. An active set of commenters is a benefit to a blog community.
Even if keeping them on topic has much in common with herding cats.
Neoliberals need rules.
You can always tell a Clinton blogger…
Soullite, is that something you’d say to my face?
Common sense courtesy.
Maybe you’re getting one too many emails overtly or covertly calling out your intentions of {paraphrasing} “just tired of seeing msm attacking hrc” and “not necessarily an hrc supporter” versus the obvious OB hate/jealousy going on here…
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joe,
were you trying to give us an example of a comment that breaks rule #1? if so, thanks! that illustrates perfectly what susie was saying not to do.