PR Squared: PR-Squared's New Comment Policy

IStock_000001111197XSmall I love getting your comments, but I also deal with a ton of spam and off-topic comments that require a fair amount of time & manual labor.

I think that maybe an official Comment Policy would help.

This comment policy, which I cobbled together from some of the best examples I’ve found across the blogosphere, is being instituted as-of this post. A link to this post will be added to the “Best Of” section at a date in the near future. Here goes…

The PR-Squared Comment Policy:

PR-Squared is a private website, and I reserve the right to delete any comments I find offensive.

PR-Squared strives to maintain an atmosphere of free and open conversation. “Constructive criticism” is okay, but personal attacks or harsh language directed toward the author or other commenters (or other people engaged in the extended conversation) will not be tolerated: any comment containing such language will not be published.

By commenting at PR-Squared, you are granting its owner license to the content of your comment, and acknowledge that the author does not have a duty to modify or withdraw posts, but that I may do so if I choose.

If a commenter repeatedly abuses PR-Squared’s comment policy, then none of their comments will be published in the future (even if those subsequent comments are “good”).

Anonymous comments or comments made under an assumed name will not be posted.

Comments that smack of “spam” will not be posted.

Thanks for your cooperation! Also, special thanks to Ed Lee who pointed me to this fascinating and important post about “blogs and the law.”