I am unusual among bloggers in that I keep an open combox. That is to say, if you comment it will appear without my vetting it first. If you're abusive and foul and ugly I let it remain because people who are sensible will read it and judge you according to your own ugliness. Your foul attitude and negative spirit will only hurt one person: you.
However, if I am to keep an open combox I need people to remember a few points about a blog and its comment box:
1. This is my blog, not yours. I'm happy that you read it. I love all my readers, but if you want to make long rambling comments on all sorts of matters start your own blog. Don't use my combox as your mini blog.
2. Make the comment a comment. In other words, read the post and make your comment intelligent, brief and enlightening.
3. Keep to the point. Comment on the post in question. Don't go off on a tangent of your own.
4. Keep to one comment per post. This is not an internet forum or chat room. If you want to engage in long drawn out discussions and arguments use forums and chat rooms--not my combox.
5. Try to be intelligible. Remember, other people are reading this who may not know all your private lingo and agenda
6. I try to be witty, concise, tolerant, open minded and curious. Please try the same attitude.
7. Be nice to people. It pays.
8. You don't know it all, so don't pretend you do.
9. Tell us something new
10. Flatter me....(just kidding)
Those who cannot or will not abide by these simple and civilized rules will have their comments deleted. This is for the sake of all readers, and not just padre.
Saturday, April 02, 2011
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9 comments:
uh oh , was it me? :p
Hi, God is great thru you; no kidding, no jesting! Keep it coming. My Mini-Cooper is just fine, no mini- blogs to slow it down! Peace.
You don't know it all, so don't pretend you do.
Wait!!! Noooooooooo!!!! OMGosh! I'm shocked, I tell you - shocked.
I truly thought I did know it all.
Be still my beating heart...
A combox spring clean! Great idea. I look on your blog as a room, a lounge almost and your combox is the hallway outside that room, somewhere to gather and discuss our (your readers) latest visit. It is so real to me, it's almost a place, you see. I don't mind having comments removed (a bit like being asked to leave a pub for rowdy behaviour hahaha!) if you deem them inappropriate, but I would dread being banned altogether. I think that would really truly affect me, although it would be my problem to solve, non-the-less.
There are certain blogger's comboxes, I no longer go into, they are like (strict)school rooms and I automatically want to stir things up when I sense I am being treated like an ignorant child, even if I am one at times. No blogger is that much of a know it all, but some begin to think they are, just like us readers I guess?
No 4 might prove difficult for me, so I'll work on that. No 7 aswell, as I did threaten to deck (punch) someone in one of my comments here last week, but in m defence, I was stickin' up for you Father!
Permission to be a fecetious old fogey?
1970s talk:
Rules Ok
EIIR Rules UK
Fr rules Standingonmyhead Ok
Therefore
Combox rules ok
ok?
If you know what's good for you....
Actually, the guidelines you posted would work quite well if the words "combox" & "conversation" were interchanged. It's really about manners, allowing others to have and express their opinions.
As for me, I tried the open combox but wound up moderating after someone on the order of a Slavic prostitute tried to advertise her wares. Apparently she hasn't found your place yet!
Number 6 is a bit limiting. Those of us who are not very articulate may not be able to live up to this tall order.
Help! I'm being oppressed! Come see the violence inherent in the system!
You are the greatest Fr. Longenecker! (Abiding to rule #10 :P)
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