Please Read Before Posting Comments…

Your comments are welcome here @ NetManners.com. I encourage you to share your point of view and experiences and even ask questions about your online conundrums. With that said, not all comments get approved and here’s why…

What many seem to not understand is that Blogs are about opinions and conversations not about one-sided bloviating or desires for self-promotion.

I have a handful of Blogs and each and everyone is moderated. By being moderated this means that any comments submitted need to be approved by me before being added to my Blog for public viewing. My site — my call! And I am very persnickety about what gets added to my site by those I don’t know. It’s called quality control.

A site visitor’s comments do not see the light of day on the Blog unless they meet the following criteria:

• The comment must include your name; at the very least your first name — typed properly is a plus. We are all adults having a conversation about issues that are important. Put your keywords or nicknames in this field and I hit delete. If your post is relevant and specific and you don’t use your name, you may get a pass the first time with a note to read this policy — but future posts will not be so lucky. Continue to not use your name; delete.
• Being this is an E-mail Etiquette site — type like you get that. Type like a grade schooler with poor grammar, typos and incomplete sentences, all lower case and chances are your message is lost in your inability to communicate properly. Delete.
• The comment must be specific to the post you are commenting on — and I mean specific. General blah-blah-blah doesn’t cut it — comments must include detailed verbiage clearly about the post in question or it gets marked as spam. Comments like “I see your point of view but don’t agree…” without telling me specifically why you disagree, tells me you are just link baiting. If you disagree with my commentary, please do give me your POV in a professional and coherent manner. I will respond back with the same courtesy and clarity.
• Compliments are futile. Yes, we all love to hear how great our site is and having our egos stroked by site visitors. But my ego does not fall prey to those who try to compliment their way into gaining a link to their site from my Blog with empty praise. Posts that are genuine compliments with no URL noted are those I take as sincerely genuine. Only those compliments combined with thoughtful specific commentary will have a chance of being approved for viewing by my site visitors. It’s all about the conversation!
• Links within or after your comments are not allowed unless they are pointing to a specific resource that is relevant to the conversation. Promotional links or signature files will be edited out before a comment is considered for approval.
• Trolls are not welcome. If you registered on this site just to be a troublemaker — please go somewhere else.

Between all my sites, minimally 200 “comments” each day are marked as spam and deleted because they do not meet the basic criteria above. All of which are common sense with a dash of courtesy combined with an understanding of the venue in which you are participating.

If you don’t have anything of definitive value to contribute and don’t want to make the efforts mentioned above — it is clear you do not want to be a serious part of the conversation here at NetManners.com.

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