I’ve never understood the business of comment moderation. Blogging is about publishing your thoughts; it means you’re choosing to make them public. If you have comments enabled, it means you’re inviting the public to comment on what you’ve said.
What does it indicate about a person when they exercise a right of veto on those comments, so that other readers are allowed to see only the ones of which the author approves?
I so agree.... I keep my moderation on because I have missed some that were made on previous posts and was never able to reply back if I wanted to....
Still I would never reject a comment simply because it may differ from my view... as much as I feel I have the right to my opinion anyone and everyone else has the right to theirs also...
IMO, it needs to be on for some bloggers with many followers. Thier pages are likely to be spammed by unrelated reply or ads more than unpopular pages.
MM: Yes, I can see it has that practical value. I sometimes wonder whether there are old comments I've never replied to, because the e-mail notification doesn't always work.
Mei-shan: I can see that, but what prompted me to make the post was when a practical, non-offensive comment I made on somebody's blog was excluded, but lots of sugary, complimentary ones were allowed through. I don't mind that at all, but it did make me wonder about the mentality of the author.
I've never had money because I've never been driven by money. I received little formal education beyond the age of sixteen, which isn't such a bad thing since you get a different angle on life that way. Learning what you want and need to learn often reveals things that the system's road keeps hidden.
Anyone interested in viewing the availablity of my novel Odyssey or novella The Gift Horse can do so here.
To Be Retained...
...until death do re-unite or the Priestess return to Avalon.
Khalil Gibran on Children.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you. For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
OMAR KAYYAM ON REGRET.
The moving finger writes and, having writ, moves on. Nor all your piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line, nor all your tears wash out a word of it.
Herman Hess on Nobility
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self .
Free Fiction
I have another blog called A Handful of Stories on which I've posted some of my short fiction. Most of it has been published by a variety of independent small press publishers, so somebody other than me must have thought it worth reading.
All the permanent pictures and some of the posted ones on this blog are my copyright. Most of them, however, are placed with a picture library which holds the licensing rights. I don't, therefore, have the legal right to grant permission to use them.
An Inhabitant of the Hungry Ghost Realm
This character appears in one of my short stories, and also in the novel. He's sadder than he looks, poor thing.
3 comments:
I so agree.... I keep my moderation on because I have missed some that were made on previous posts and was never able to reply back if I wanted to....
Still I would never reject a comment simply because it may differ from my view... as much as I feel I have the right to my opinion anyone and everyone else has the right to theirs also...
IMO, it needs to be on for some bloggers with many followers. Thier pages are likely to be spammed by unrelated reply or ads more than unpopular pages.
MM: Yes, I can see it has that practical value. I sometimes wonder whether there are old comments I've never replied to, because the e-mail notification doesn't always work.
Mei-shan: I can see that, but what prompted me to make the post was when a practical, non-offensive comment I made on somebody's blog was excluded, but lots of sugary, complimentary ones were allowed through. I don't mind that at all, but it did make me wonder about the mentality of the author.
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