October 5, 2004

Blog Comments Now Require "Approval"

Category: My World

Recently I've had a problem with anonymous users posting rude, offensive, and generally inappropriate comments to my blog. Therefore I am forced to implement the necessary process of reviewing comments before they get posted to the site.

This is an unfortunate but necessary step to avoid offending the people who I've invited to read this site, as well as the uninvited. :P It will also significantly reduce the likelihood that anyone will want to sue me because of the comments being posted. So here's my "Policy on Alan's Skew Comments":

Please keep your comments relevant to the content posted on this site. This is my site and therefore I reserve the right to refuse to post a comment. If I deem it to be inappropriate, I'll attempt to return it to you with a note telling you so. It'll be up to you to change it or not. If you don't like it, get your own blog.

Here's a list of the top five things that will cause me to not post a comment:

  1. Use of expletives except in occasional mild expressions of emphasis - There's a lot of words in the English language, please expand your vocabulary.

  2. Threatening language - I don't wish to be sued or have any harm come to me or anyone I know.

  3. Deragotory, defamatory, or threatening language about me or issues concerning race, ethnicity, religion, political affiliation, or sexual orientation - I don't wish to have legal counsel for the Armenian-Pro-Nuke-Transgender-Conservative-Whale-Lovers-for-Jesus Committee of South Bend, Indiana, or any other group suing me.

  4. Disclosure of anyone's personal information - This is the "World Wide" Web after all.

  5. Advertisements - I already have more than enough offers for help to grow more hair, enlarge parts of my body, remove unwanted hair, improve my stamina, and buy my prescriptions in other countries, while cleaning my oven and showing me graphic images of young people doing unspeakable things with other species. Eeewww!

This is a partial list and is subject to change without notice.

I apologize in advance if I do not have time to get your comment posted immediately. I have a day job and that's what pays the bills, so that takes higher priority than my blog. Sorry.

Posted by alan at October 5, 2004 6:35 PM
Comments

No way! That is ridiculous. The person doing that not the system you are now forced to use. Crazy. Some people!

Posted by: Snow White at October 5, 2004 7:41 PM

This is a terrible sign of the times, I like your rules maybe you could get them started in schools. I like reading your blog. It is seeing a different piece of the world. Love ya, Aunt Sally

Posted by: Aunt Sally at October 5, 2004 10:40 PM

Well, Blank ditty Blank, Blank, Blank! It is a shame that a policy like this is necessary. I loved your last posting Alan and know more than a few people I could send that photo to myself.

Posted by: Monique at October 5, 2004 11:08 PM