Blog Rules

A quick clarification of the rules for my blog.

For most posts, I turn comments on. I like discussion. You’re welcome to express your opinion and disagree but it’s my house. If you’re being uncivil to me or the other people here, I may warn you, or simply kick you out.

When new users post a comment, the system holds it in moderation until I have a chance to review it. I’ve had to do this to get rid of the spammers and scammers. There is also an automated spam detection system (Akismet), which will occasionally flag a real comment as spam especially if there are more than two links embedded in the post. If your comment hasn’t shown up for 24 hours, send us an email and I’ll have a look for it.

When necessary, I delete comments. Here’s a guide for making sure your comment doesn’t get deleted:

Stay pretty much on topic.
Don’t link to your own sites, except in the URL spot.
Be polite. Don’t say anything you wouldn’t say in my living room.

When a comment violates any of these three points, I’ll happily delete it. It’s one click for me. So keep that in mind before you spend 10 minutes writing something that won’t ever show up.

These are all fairly standard Living Room Rules, but since I’m having to tighten up because the spammers are getting through more often and some people seem unfamiliar with them, so I thought it would be better to state them.