Update: As many of you who have been reading the blog in the last few days have noticed, the same commenter has been repeatedly spamming all of our posts. Because of this, we have decided that we will now be moderating comments before they are published. If you don't see your comment up right away, don't worry. There will just be a slight delay. We will allow virtually all comments, except for those that are clearly meant to disrupt the dialogue or violate our policy as described below. The good news is there will be no registration requirement.
We wanted to share with you our new comment policy.
We wanted to share with you our new comment policy.
Bronx News Network loves, welcomes and encourages comments on all of our stories and posts and in our reader forums. Our goal here is to engage readers in lively and thought-provoking public discourse on all of the issues facing our communities, as well as allowing readers to interact with our editors and contributors. We believe this discourse is crucial to our ultimate goal: promoting an engaged, informed and active Bronx community.
Please discuss, debate and argue about Bronx issues, policy and politics. That’s why the blog exists. But we won’t tolerate hostility, badgering or harassment. If you wouldn't talk to someone in a particular way in real life -- face-to-face -- please don’t do it here.
Bronx News Network reserves the right to remove comments that include personal attacks, name calling, foul language, commercial advertisements, spam, or any language that might be considered threatening, libelous or inciting hate. User comments are reviewed by BxNN staff and may be included or excluded at our discretion.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Jordan Moss
Executive Editor
Jordan Moss
Executive Editor
This post has been up for a while now, and there are no comments. This makes me think that you have simply not allowed any to go up... I think this new policy is creepy. Will this one be posted? It's not an attack, it's just an opinion.
ReplyDeleteAs we said in the post above, we will continue to allow virtually all the comments we get. The screening process is merely to prevent comments that are obviously spam, or are intentionally offensive or violate the other guidelines we've outlined above. Thanks for your input.
ReplyDeleteWell I for one am glad that you guys finally did something about the commenting situation. If that poster didn't agree with us he should really have just gone elsewhere. Very strange hostility.. Who has that type of time on his hands. Dude clearly didn't have a job.
ReplyDeleteUmmm... Dislike. This new policy is a little weird. And who is the 'us' from anon @ 7:47pm?
ReplyDeleteI am a wholehearted supporter of what you guys do on this blog, but it's a little strange to post a comment and then wait for it to pass some test. What is the lag time on clearing these for public viewing?
ReplyDeleteThe 'us' from anon.@7:47 refers to real Bronxites, who work for things like social equality, affordable housing, free workshops, food justice, and more plentiful and available services. It was evident that the person who single-handedly (although it's hard to tell how many there with the veil of anonymity) disrupted this blog was not one uf 'us,' but was one of 'them.' He/She (It?) didn't want to see the work that this site does for advancing the dialogue for and about the Bronx to continue. Good riddance.
ReplyDeleteNous sommes le Bronx!
Do you guys feel conflicted at all about the new policy? Are we allowed to ask questions of you still? I am not sure if the nature of what the comment section is used for is still the same. I used to really love the immediate tet-a-tet with other readers. Now, the momentum of the dialogue is really slowed by this review process. The whole blog and internet experience is about immediacy and freedom. Now we have to wait and get the approval of the authority figure. I makes me kind of sad.
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