Hey everyone,
I've noticed in the past few weeks that there have been a lot of comments left on various blogs that are either very short or don't really address the blog in any way. Here are a few things to look at when posting a comment in regard to what should/should not be posted.
1. All comments should relate to the original blog in some way or another or be directed toward another comment. If the latter, then make sure you click the reply button. Check out embryowassup's blog for guidelines on replying to comments/blogs. http://progressiveu.org/145619-about-replying-to-comments There is nothing worse than reading a comment that has nothing to do with the blog.
2. The quality of the comment is important. Commenting on a blog or comment for the sake of getting points for the scholarship contest is not advisable. First of all, the comments will be checked out throughout and at the end of the contest, so any one or two word comments will more than likely be eliminated along with comments that have no point to them.
3. Take some time and write out a well written response instead of a few sentences of gibberish. Adding a comment leaves more room for discussion on the blog, but if none of the comments add anything to the blog, then there is limited discussion.
4. I have not seen a lot of it this competition, but name calling is not allowed. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and should not be called names based on their beliefs.
All I'm saying is that before you post a comment, make sure that you are actually saying something that is "progressive". That can mean adding to discussion on a topic, helping someone out with something, etc. and not calling anyone names or posting just to earn points.
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I understand what's being said here, and I usually try to make sure my comments "count" (no pun intended).
However, there are times when I comment nothing more than "I agree" or something else relatively short simply because I have nothing to add. Either every thing's already been covered in the blog, or covered in discussion through the commentary following the blog.
I don't think necessarily discounting those comments should be necessary (unless someone is just going from blog to blog saying "I agree..." regardless of what the blog is actually about).
And sometimes, all it takes is to ask one small question to contribute a lot.
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"Dream as though you'll live forever, but live as though there's no tomorrow" --James Dean
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I'm guessing that people aren't allowed to tell me to 'stick that in my hippie pipe and smoke it' then? who would have thought?!
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...we could just post what we want to. Not to sound too "It's a free country" ish...but um...If all I feel like commenting is a simple "I agree" i should be able to. The first amendment argument has been posted in some form hundreds of times on this site...Now you want us to abide by certain guidelines that restrict us from making pointless comments? What if that's all we can come up with at that particular time? I don't want to have to read peoples minds here...If they have something to say...no matter how pointless or irrelevant...I want to hear it!
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First Amendment only applies to public sites. This is a private site, and you agreed to the Terms of Service when you joined.
That being said, I don't think you're one of the bloggers this is aimed at, but rather those that we consider 'spammers'... those that go around to every blog and write something like '...' and that's IT. We also don't like you doing NOTHING except promoting your own blog in comments.
However, I only delete comments that are duplicates or obvious spammers.
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Actually the first ammendment doesn't really apply to sites at all, it applies to congress. It's a limitation of government power, not a universal law that gives people the moral permission to say whatever they want to without being criticized for it. I agree, posts should be thoughtful or be deleted.
Oh...I'm going to have fun.
You're right, it's not a universal law. It's not a law at all actually...and last I checked that Constitution was made in and for the US...thus making it NOT universal. The Amendment, however, doesn't give us moral permission to say what ever we feel like. It gives us the right to speak freely without fear of pursecution. So if I want to make a post on an internet site, no matter how mundane it may be to you in your super uber wicked excited world of interesting internet site posts, i should be able to say it if I want, just like you have the right to bitch about it afterwards. Nooch.
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"I thought I'd get your theories, mock them, then embrace my own. The usual."
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