WordPressComments Policy
- 1. We love comments on this website – they are as important as anything we write ourselves. They add to the knowledge and community that we have here. If you want to comment then you’re more than welcome – whether you feel you are a beginner or an expert – feel free to have your say.
- 2. We delete spam – We have spam filters in place which automatically catch the majority of automated spam comments. We don’t put up with it and if any slip through the filters we delete it immediately.
- 3. Relevant links in comments are actively encouraged – if you’re leaving a comment on our website and want to point to a link on your own or someone else’s site that is relevant to the topic then please feel free to do so. This adds to the conversation and improves the website.
- 4. Irrelevant links are not encouraged – if you leave a comment with a link in it that has no relevance to the post you’re commenting on it could be be deleted. This is a trend that we see happening increasingly on this blog. If you really want to annoy us then the way to do it is to do this on multiple posts. If you engage in this practice we would encourage you to think about the impact that such an approach has upon your reputation. Build your websites profile through genuine interactions and participation in the community here by all means – but spammy linking in comments could do more damage to your reputation than it is worth.
- 5. we allow signatures in comments – We do not to delete comments with signatures as long as the comments were relevant and added something to the conversation. i.e. if you write a comment that says ‘nice’ or ‘good post’ or ‘great blog’ or ‘try viagra’ and then leave a signature on your comment then it could well be deleted.
We don’t want to be a bunch of grumps and come down on readers of this website – but we also don’t want to be taken for a ride and have our website (which we put hours of work into each day) used in ways that don’t add value to it or the community around it. There is a fine line in moderating comments – and we want to be transparent as to our stance. We wish we didn’t have to have a comments policy – but unfortunately one was made.
Our advice to those commenting on websites, blogs (not just ours) is that in a sense you’re visiting someone else’s home when you leave a comment. Comments have the ability to build up our tear down your reputation. They are a permanent record of who you are and what you stand for – so take care – be gracious – make sure they add value (not only to the website, or blog you’re visiting but also to your own online profile)