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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Friendly Reminder: Leave Your Comment, Leave Your Name

We've had a surge of comments (hooray! thank you!), so a little reminder of the comment nymity policy for new participants is in order. Your comments are always welcome; however, I want to know who is speaking. If you don't leave a recognizable full name or a link to a publicly accessible profile or a website that lets us know who you are, I will delete your comment. We may argue passionately, but we will do so face-to-face, as neighbors (local or global, the word applies).

Now I know some folks log in by pseudonym or leave just a first name—I can live with that, as long as I can identify the speaker. "Goldman" links to his full-name profile. "Nonnie" is Linda McIntyre from Winfred. Adam is Mr. Feser of Red Blue & Purple. And so on.

Note comment nymity isn't law. It's not a contract. It's just the price I set for participation in public discourse.

p.s.: When I implemented this policy last May, a commenter whom I couldn't identify at the time said, "RIP Madville times your glory was memorable. With the new policy it proves all glory is fleeting." Let's see...
  • Average weekly unique visitors in (roughly) April 2009, pre-nymity policy: 2510.
  • Average weekly unique visitors over the past four weeks, including the relatively slow holidays: 2711.
(Of course, half of those visits are from Steve Sibson... but his crush on me is flattering.)

Who needs glory? I'm having more fun than ever here. Onward!
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2 comments:

  1. nonnie1/14/2010 9:31 AM

    I have one question about your policy. Everyone knows when I post now. But some others who use blog names do not have a website that tells the rest of us bloggers who they are. You might know, but their site doesn't let us know. This doesn't seem to coincide with your policy.

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  2. JohnSD1/14/2010 10:39 PM

    The policy should be take responsibility for your expression to anyone who wants to know and vice versa. Anything less is favoritism or a Cory Heidelberger filter, neither of which I want, speaking only as an opinionated person that appreciates other opinionated persons.

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