Comment Policy

So you want to leave a comment and contribute meaningfully to a discussion on a post? Or maybe you just want to post memes? Either way is fine.

I won’t try to moderate the comments too heavily, you can go off-topic, use profanity, not use your real name, whatever. Just be respectful to others, I won’t tolerate personal attacks to me or anyone else.

There are no plans to close comment sections as well, they will most likely be up indefinitely. Unless you people can’t behave.

If you want some inspiration here it is:

  • Try to be funny. No one gets crucified for trying to be funny, am I right?
  • Memes are always an option.
  • Disagree with me or some other commenter? Have some counterpoints? Feel free to sound off in the comments, but do so in a civil manner. Try explaining your point of view and argue with facts whenever possible. Adittionaly, finding sources or at least some quotes is a good start.
  • Did I miss something? Did some other commenter? If you know something cool about the topic and want to add to the discussion go ahead. I always encourage including external sources as well.

Discouraged behavior

Now, onto some things you shouldn’t do. This might get your comment banned depending on how much of a power trip I’m on:

  • No one likes a grammar Nazi, but if you really want to be one at least try and explain their mistake.
  • Read the entire post before commenting. You look really silly repeating stuff. Trust me, I’ve been there.

Prohibited behavior

Finally, this is stuff that will definitely get removed and probably will warrant a ban of some kind:

  • Racism, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Sexism. Any kind of discrimination in general.
  • Nudity or NSFW content.
  • Threats.
  • Spam and Self-Promotion.
  • Defamation.
  • Copyright violation (Honestly, I’d only act on this if the copyright owner contacted me).
  • Cats wearing crab suits. This is disrespectful to both crabs and cats.

Again, just be respectful and you’re mostly fine.

What is offensive?

“Hey, you told me to be funny. I have a funny racist joke. Is it allowed?”

Oh boy. Here’s where it gets tricky. Offensive things can be funny and I get that. So mostly yes, it is allowed. BUT, I do believe that there’s a Funny/Offensive ratio that allows certain jokes to be told. If the “funniness” of your joke isn’t enough to counterbalance its offensiveness it is getting the axe. Repeat offenders might get banned.

Which criterias am I using to determine that? Glad you asked. I have a very complex algorithm that takes jokes and spits out a score, it’s called “my arbitrary decisions”. I’ll use my democratic powers to unilaterally decide on what goes and what doesn’t. This is valid for everything, not just jokes.

I really do. But only when it’s a dictatorship.

It’s worth mentioning that everything here is subject to change at any time as well.

Final Remarks

Now to close things off:

  • All rights reserved: For any comment, I reserve the right to edit, delete, move, or mark it as spam. I also reserve the right to block any IP address that violates this comment policy from commenting, or accessing Just a Blog
  • Links: I encourage links and external sources. Which means comments with links won’t be quarantined but obvious attempts to promote your business, gain backlinks, traffic, or other types of self-promotion are not allowed.
  • Liability: By posting a comment, you agree that your contribution is your own and that you take responsibility for it. You agree to hold Just a Blog, all post authors, and other commenters harmless.
  • Copyright: If a comment is in violation of anyone’s copyrighted information and I receive a notice of complaint the comment will be deleted. I’m not entirely against piracy but that’s how this has to go.