You can disagree, but there's a "be nice" commenting policy on this blog.
That commenting policy is not willy nilly - when we started way back in 2005, this blog's commenting was the wild, wild west. We tolerated almost all kind of expressions of opinions - from supportive comment to pejorative put downs, all in the name of free speech.
The result, however, was clear: people got discouraged from engaging in conversations after other people - under the cloak of Internet anonymity - leave disparaging comments.
We've lost good readers and contributors because some people get their kicks by tearing other people down. Hence our comment policy:
The first rule of commenting on Neatorama is "Don't be a jerk." The second rule of commenting on Neatorama is "See rule number 1."
And to reiterate: you are free to disagree. It was the manner of disagreement that runs afoul of our commenting policy.
That commenting policy is not willy nilly - when we started way back in 2005, this blog's commenting was the wild, wild west. We tolerated almost all kind of expressions of opinions - from supportive comment to pejorative put downs, all in the name of free speech.
The result, however, was clear: people got discouraged from engaging in conversations after other people - under the cloak of Internet anonymity - leave disparaging comments.
We've lost good readers and contributors because some people get their kicks by tearing other people down. Hence our comment policy:
The first rule of commenting on Neatorama is "Don't be a jerk."
The second rule of commenting on Neatorama is "See rule number 1."
But at least he's awake!