Comments on blogs…

Maye I’m strange- but when i read somebody elses blog I recognise it as their private space and an invitation to interact with them. If I choose to comment on something, I keep it polite, I try to discuss what is relevant, and I don’t attack the blogger. But thats me, it seems that I am in a minority!

Yep, few comments appear here- mainly because I just refuse to let anti-semitic hate speech be blasted across my blog, do not appreciate personal attacks (and will not allow them), and the ones replete with swear words and containing nothing of substance- well, do I even need to mention they will not appear?

Heres a few simple rules for anyone wanting to post a comment here- no hate speech, not swearing, no missionising (this blog is unabashedly Jewish- you want to lecture about Christianity and posts reams out of Christian texts- do it elsewhere) and no lashon hara.

For those who are not aware what lashon hara is- it translates as evil speech and includes gossip, hate speech, lying deliberately trying to embarass people. If you are uncertain if a comment qualifies as lashon hara- then rather don’t post it.

So yep, my blog is low on comments – I’d rather have that than the meaningless one liners whose sole purpose seems to be to show off the commentators swearing prowess, proselytising and anti-Semitic rants. Do I want people to read and comment? Obviously- else why would I bother posting in this blog? Do I want to get into arguments over religion or respond to personal attacks against me? Nope- and as this is my personal space, and it is my decision what appears here, such comments and attempts to engage in flame wars or personal attacks are just not going to appear!