http://mediactive.com/2009/10/05/comment-policy-why-i-just-rejected-a-comment/ Creating a User's Guide to Democratized Media Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:27:01 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://mediactive.com/2009/10/05/comment-policy-why-i-just-rejected-a-comment/#comment-662 Seth Finkelstein Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:44:37 +0000 http://mediactive.com/?p=647#comment-662 Dan, just a bit of advice from my many years of slogging through net discussions - if you're going to have a rule along the lines of "No talk-radio nonsense, especially wingnut ranters", then be forthright and say that. Don't try to cloak it as "civility". Otherwise, the wingnut ranters will whine I'm-being-censored, and while it doesn't matter, since you're the A-lister, it's tedious all the same. Note also - if you run too much with dogs, you're going to be beset by fleas. Dan, just a bit of advice from my many years of slogging through net discussions – if you’re going to have a rule along the lines of “No talk-radio nonsense, especially wingnut ranters”, then be forthright and say that. Don’t try to cloak it as “civility”. Otherwise, the wingnut ranters will whine I’m-being-censored, and while it doesn’t matter, since you’re the A-lister, it’s tedious all the same.
Note also – if you run too much with dogs, you’re going to be beset by fleas.

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