Okay, as a relative newbie to the blogging scene, I didn’t realize that a Comment Policy is probably a good thing. And I’m a lawyer, too, which makes that statement altogether embarrassing. In my defense, I’m a tax lawyer, and no one left any comments about problems with their federal forms 1040, but I digress…Anyhow, I kind of thought that people would wander over to my site, give it a once over, maybe chuckle if they found something amusing and leave a comment or two that was relatively useful. And for the most part, that’s what has happened. Well, there was that one kind who posted a comment and a link about being the Messiah, but I’m pretty sure he isn’t because in my religion, when the Messiah comes to Earth, all of the good people will go to heaven and while it’s no surprise that Chris and I are still here, Mom is still here, and I’m pretty sure she’s going to heaven. So, he’s not really the Messiah and so I deleted him. But most everybody else who has commented (thank you very much!) has been fairly blogworthy. But occasionally, someone is not. So, here is my official Comment Policy, with thanks to Angry Pregnant Lawyer and Phantom Scribbler (who probably doesn’t even know that I checked hers out).
1. Introduce yourself. I don’t need a copy of your license, your Social Security number or a note from your mother. But I would like to know who you are, a tidbit like “a mom from Peoria” or “a lawyer from Alabama.” And if you pretend to be someone else and I can tell you’re pretending (again, sorry weird guy, but you weren’t the Messiah) then I have no choice but to delete you.
You don’t have to have a blogger account. You can post anonymously, but the rules still apply.
2. Keep it clean and reasonably nice. My mother could be reading. And the last thing I need (trust me) is a call from my mother explaining that people on my blog aren’t very nice. She’s already a bit concerned about the number of “strangers” in the big city of Philadelphia, so we don’t need to add to the list of worries. She loves me, she’s a Southern mom, she worries, it’s what she does. I don’t want to have to increase her blood pressure medication because of something that you wrote. So be nice.
3. No spam, no selling products or services, no free advertising for your own blog. Talk to Google if you need advertising.
If I think of anything else, I reserve the right to change my mind. And not because I’m a lawyer, but because I’m a woman.
Long story short, I’m just a girl with a blog (No, not going all Notting Hill on you). I like to chat as much as anybody. Don’t make me have to delete you.