A brouhaha has started over at Pomomusings (see here and here) over comment policies, blog “censoring” and such. Note the conversation of some put off by that policy over at Far Country Tell (here, and here).

My recent comments about comments might show why I see some need for a policy. Your mileage may vary. I’ve not been a reader of Pomomusings long enough to know if some of the things that blogger is accused of is true or not (that is, if he is censoring on content he disagrees with, as opponents claim, or if there are other perhaps more legitimate reasons for it), but I think he’s shown at least enough latitude with those who disagree that a stronger case needs to be made.

I deleted a comment that was meant for another blog, but which was deleted from that blog for reasons to which I really am not privy. I agreed that that blogger’s newly created comment policy looked reasonable enough to me, and that “warranted” the comment here…

Look… If you have an issue or a comment about something you see HERE, please, feel free to comment. I don’t expect uniformity of thought, and I don’t plan to shy away from difficult conversation. But don’t post a comment here about something someone ELSE did (like delete a comment on their own blog, whatever their reason for doing that was).

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