Comments on: Terms of Use and Universal Comment Link Philosophy http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/terms-of-use-and-universal-comment-link-philosophy/ Helping you learn more and do more with WordPress Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:44:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Weekly Digest: WordPress Tips Month, Grateful to Guest Bloggers, WordPress 2.3 « Lorelle on WordPress http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/terms-of-use-and-universal-comment-link-philosophy/#comment-1002409 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:58:57 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/terms-of-use-and-universal-comment-link-philosophy/#comment-1002409 […] Terms of Use and Universal Comment Link Philosophy […]

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]]> By: Two Months of Blogging and WordPress Tips « Lorelle on WordPress http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/terms-of-use-and-universal-comment-link-philosophy/#comment-1002228 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 03:57:12 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/terms-of-use-and-universal-comment-link-philosophy/#comment-1002228 […] Terms of Use and Universal Comment Link Philosophy: Creating a bit of a controversy, John Pozadzides slaps us in the face about creating a Terms or Use, Comments Policy, and other legal policies on our blogs to protect ourselves, but also protect our readers and commenters. […]

]]> By: Blog Exercises: Comments Policy « Lorelle on WordPress http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/terms-of-use-and-universal-comment-link-philosophy/#comment-986932 Fri, 03 May 2013 11:16:48 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/terms-of-use-and-universal-comment-link-philosophy/#comment-986932 [...] Terms of Use and Universal Comment Link Philosophy « Lorelle on WordPress [...]

]]> By: Blog Exercises: Comments and The Blog Bullies « Lorelle on WordPress http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/terms-of-use-and-universal-comment-link-philosophy/#comment-978559 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:13:38 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/terms-of-use-and-universal-comment-link-philosophy/#comment-978559 [...] Terms of Use and Universal Comment Link Philosophy [...]

]]> By: Lorelle VanFossen http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/terms-of-use-and-universal-comment-link-philosophy/#comment-626990 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:57:28 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/terms-of-use-and-universal-comment-link-philosophy/#comment-626990 Apples and oranges. A comments policy is not repeated ad nauseum. It is a link in your Pages or near your comment form. If people are interested, they read it. If issues come to a head, you have something to point to. It protects you, just as much as the fine print you never read on your sports ticket holds all involved harmless. You may not read it, but it still applies.

]]> By: Paul http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/terms-of-use-and-universal-comment-link-philosophy/#comment-626143 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 07:36:00 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/terms-of-use-and-universal-comment-link-philosophy/#comment-626143 My personal opinion is comment policies are polite but not needed. You, the owner and in most circumstances the author of your site, are entitled to do whatever you want with comments. Be that allow them, not allow them and even moderate to your heart’s content. The bottom line is it is your site. You do not owe anyone niceties or fair warnings when common sense should be the ultimate policy.

Sad but this reminds me of the warning they play at Yankee Stadium. Every inning a recorded announcement warns patrons that errand balls may fly into the stands and can be dangerous if struck by one. Obviously this not only occurred multiple times but the unintended recipients of fly balls were shocked that such an event happened at a baseball game.

Are we left with an MP3 loop of the blog author’s prerecorded “comment policy” every time someone visits our sites?

Sad times.

]]> By: Does Your Blog Have A Comments Policy? : The Blog Herald http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/terms-of-use-and-universal-comment-link-philosophy/#comment-568941 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 18:09:57 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/terms-of-use-and-universal-comment-link-philosophy/#comment-568941 [...] on how to handle them and comment etiquette and manners, and more and more bloggers are adding comment terms and conditions, also known as a Comments [...]

]]> By: What Is Sucking Your Blogging Confidence Away? : The Blog Herald http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/terms-of-use-and-universal-comment-link-philosophy/#comment-568819 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:18:30 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/terms-of-use-and-universal-comment-link-philosophy/#comment-568819 [...] Comments Policies, and Comment Etiquette, I covered some of what John proposed in his article, Terms of Use and Universal Comment Link Philosophy, and he also covers the subject of link spamming in comments on his blog, taking the issue further. [...]

]]> By: Time Wasting Blog Comments, Comments Policies, and Comment Etiquette : The Blog Herald http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/terms-of-use-and-universal-comment-link-philosophy/#comment-510000 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:23:48 +0000 http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/terms-of-use-and-universal-comment-link-philosophy/#comment-510000 [...] Terms of Use and Universal Comment Link Philosophy, guest blogger, John Pozadzides, laments the need for a comments policy on your blog: …for [...]

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