Comments on: Are Blog Comments A Privilege Or A Right?

By: Mila

Mila — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:52:10 +0000

Well it is your blog and you can do whatever you want with it. And it doesn’t matter if the commenter did know you;

Just my two cents.

P.S. Of course you are entitled to delete my comment

By: Toria

Toria — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:28:47 +0000

John made me up, I live in his beard and feed him music – SPARTA!

By: Lightning Bug's Butt

Lightning Bug's Butt — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:48:17 +0000

Your blog, your choice. Commenting is not a right.

I’ve been blogging for 3 years and I’m amazed at how LITTLE hate there is out there. I’ve had tens of thousands of comments and about 5 of them have been less than positive. That’s amazing!

By: macoosh

macoosh — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:19:40 +0000

http://bugsbutt.blogspot.com/2007/10/move-over-voltaire.html

maybe your negative nelly commenter visited this guy’s site too…. this is a great post…

By: Rose DesRochers

Rose DesRochers — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:25:18 +0000

This is your blog. You are the publisher. Commenting is a privilege not a right. I have been accused of censorship when I have deleted some nasty comments.

By: amyd

amyd — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:05:05 +0000

Anyone that goes to someone’s personal blog and insults them is not trying to ‘create discussion.’ They’re simply being a jerk. And jerks suck. If he wants freedom of speech, tell him to get his own blog. The he can tell the whole world* how much he thinks you suck. *And by ‘whole world’, I mean his mom, as she would no doubt be his only reader.

By: n0ia

n0ia — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:55:08 +0000

And if you owned a bar, we would all expect free drinks

By: Forest Parks

Forest Parks — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:43:38 +0000

This post sucks more than any other post everer in the wholest widest world………. hmmmmmmmmmm I feel better now.

Now I have scapegoated you for what were probably personal angst ridden issues I can get on with what I really wanted to say.

If you owned a bar and someone walked in badmouthing the place, then it would be wholley reasonable to evict them from the premisis. So I say it’s your bar you decide who stays and who go’s.

By: K.

K. — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:45:59 +0000

People don’t have the right to roll up and insult you in your own “home” so to speak. It’s not censorship if you’re deleting what is essentially a flame and the purpose of the comment was solely to offend.

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:39:32 +0000

I cannot wait until the days when i have people commenting on my blog, so i have this problem;)
I feel blog comments are a privilege. Why? Simply because if one person goes saying something negative on a public site,. then , due to the massive network of people reading it, it could start a trend of slamming perfectly good writing.

And if you leave up a negative comment, thinking it will only be one, and you dont want to be a censor-er, then you will have to leave up all hecklers comments, because you made a policy to not edit them.

By: Rose

Rose — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:33:20 +0000

You are right. Nice comment. I haven’t stopped by in a while to see what’s going on. Man! I gotta stop here more often. I’m missing some good stuff.

How long did you work with this person?? He/She must have no clue about who you are. Stay the course……

And, Jon didn’t make me up either. I’m Rose. I’m his friend. I like him. He says funny things that make me laugh and nice things that make me smile.

By: Jo Jo Monkey Man

Jo Jo Monkey Man — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:16:18 +0000

This post sucks!

By: M-shel

M-shel — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:03:29 +0000

PS—I’m real too and NOT jon’s transgender personality…SWEAR!

By: M-shel

M-shel — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:02:07 +0000

Whether it’s on my site or free on blogger, I’m the one putting the time and effort into my posts and if someone only wants to come aboard to attack me personally or to start some ridiculous flamewar…well, that’s why the delete button exists.

And if people don’t like how I run MY blog, then they don’t have to visit it–because when talking about freedom, the biggest one we have is the freedom of choice.

By: El Jefe

El Jefe — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:00:40 +0000

I agree with the previous comments; it’s sad to say, but this is why policies are necessary.

Sounds like this guy has a lot of time on his hands to carry on such an exchange, and likely doesn’t understand the motivation and passion that you have for what you’re trying to do, never mind the effort you put in. On the other hand, maybe pride has you reading things in a way that makes his comments more than they are.

Why not put the emails out there and run a survey to have others weigh in.

By: n0ia

n0ia — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:15:01 +0000

Wow. Just wow. I agree wholeheartedly with how you feel about comments. I personally delete comments that are a bit off kilter on MY OWN BLOG and also on MY OTHER SITE. If there is something of value in the comment - but something in it is a bit off, then I'll cut out the part that I don't feel needs to be there and let the rest slide. And like you, I generally e-mail the person about the comment and let them know why. The thing with my site is that most of the people that read it are (real life) friends, family, or coworkers, so they really don't take offense to it. And it's actually kinda flattering that someone would think that the amount of comments that I post are because I don't really exist. I think if someone were to actually go to my site they would clearly see that I'm a different person than you - My "About Me" section pretty much defines me, although it could use an update here or there. If I'm NOT a different person, then you've got one heck of a case of Multiple Personality Disorder. By the way, I saw the comment he left, and then saw how it got deleted, and immediately understood why. Comments are definitely a privilege, but when they cross over to personal attacks on someone's hard work, they're 100% unnecessary - even if it does bring "discussion" P.S. Perhaps people leave comments saying you suck, because in reality, you've got the balls to do what they've been dying to do forever, but know they'd never be able to hang.

By: Macoosh

Macoosh — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:42:26 +0000

i agree w/ you and snoskred. i mean, people have the right to comment however they choose, but you also have the right to delete what they’ve said. especially if it’s either negative (such as this example) or an inconspicuous ad like some random comments are. this is YOUR space. YOUR space for freedom of speech. you allow people to disagree w/ you or whatever but then you delete them because well, you worked your ass off to make this blog what it is.

i hope that person is reading these comments and realizing he was silly.

and, angry heckler, you can click on my link to find that i am also a real person and not just another one of jon’s personalities.

By: Snoskred

Snoskred — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:42:05 +0000

No. You set a clear moderation policy, and then you stick to it. This is your blog. They can start their own.

Check out Meg’s post on policies –

Policy Galore

Cheers!
Snoskred