The Best Comment Policy:
One of the many reasons why I attended Inman Connect is to stay informed and keep abreast with the latest industry issues, social media, the transformation of the real estate business. During Bloggers Connect first day’s session I realized that it was time to lay out the ground rules on my blog, the comment policy.
Fortunately I have not ran into any nasty situations here on the Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area Real Estate Blog and just have to deal with the common nusinace of comment spammers. But it does not hurt to establish some house rules which I call common sense.
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One would think that commons sense, and the principal of ethic reciprocity should be enough to avoid any problems, but needless to say that this is simply not just the way it is and rules have to be spelled out.
No, my comment policy is not as long and detailed as the Blog Herald suggests, and I prefer to lay out some simpler ground rules which are governed by the golden rule, but my comment policy should at least cover the basics. What do you think, care to comment?
I love the ever popular, “Author/owner/Me reserves the right to delete any comment at any time for any reason”, whether you ever think you would do so or not.
I’d add a joke about the big V, but I don’t want to get stuff into the spam filter….;-)
Not sure why you are so opposed to those who comment and leave a link, especially if the comment is at least thoughtful and about the article in question. You want traffic to your site, right? The more people that visit your site, and the longer they stay on your site, the better google likes it.
There’s nothing wrong with having a “comment policy” and advertising that policy. Heck, I “want” people to know that blatant self-promotion type comments and “Good job!” isn’t welcome here. That adds nothing to the conversation and I don’t care much to help you with a back-link if you have nothing more valuable to say.
Opinions are always welcome on my site (whether they agree with my own or not). I just don’t like blatant self-promotion and I don’t like people fishing for back-links…