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By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:46:31 +0000

Thanks for noticing the name issue. We like humans on the web. I’ve changed it but you need to change it in your Gravatar settings, and if you are on WordPress.com, change the display name in your User Profile.

Thanks!

By: ally

ally — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:51:50 +0000

Okay sorry its changing my name back to the “want to..” even after I wrote my name in and replied just then? Could you please change it below to Ally, thank you

By: Ally

Ally — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 02:48:33 +0000

ha ha sorry my name is Ally, my details are auto-filled if I’m logged in when I go to write a comment so I obviously didn’t double check that before I hit post.

I haven’t really thought too much about a comments policy but I guess it will come into shape a bit more as I get different types of comments.

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:59:21 +0000

I love your description of putting on armor. That’s what you have to do sometimes, so preparation in advance, thinking out what you will or will not do, helps, doesn’t it. Well done thinking of your site as your home. Good for you!

By: Val

Val — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:27:45 +0000

I moderate all comments which, aside from anything else, gives me a chance to think about how I want to deal with troublemakers. There have been a few. I’ve been blogging for many years, albeit not all of them on WordPress.com or on my current blog, but yes, there are times when I have to put on armour.

I do have a comment policy and there’s a link to it in an image map in my footer, however, I don’t call it ‘comment policy’ rather I guide people there via an ‘if you have difficulty commenting’ link. So far it has worked. I have made it a reflection of how I like people to behave when they visit me at home, as I regard my blog as a sort of virtual extension of my home.

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:56:15 +0000

I agree. It’s important to consider what you will do, and make sure that you have a comment policy in place to explain and justify your actions accordingly.

Spammers and nasty commenters are often hard to spot, so clarify what you will and will not allow in deciding what is spam or not. For instance, “wanttobeablogger” is an unacceptable name on my site, so I edited your comment and changed it to Susan. Not that your name is Susan, it’s just the first one I thought of as I have no other information upon which to make you a human being. Real names or real sounding names are always appreciated as we like to talk to humans not machines.

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:13:19 +0000

My blog is new so luckily I haven’t had to deal with any nasty comments of yet. I don’t know how I will deal with them when they happen but I think I’d probably just ignore them or delete the really nasty ones. While a blog has place for constructive criticism, mean comments add little to the conversation.

I think it’s disgusting that people will use their anonymity to abuse and bully others as they feel they can escape any retribution.