{"id":3952,"date":"2011-01-06T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T14:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2011\/01\/dear-readers-of-my-blog.html"},"modified":"2011-01-06T14:10:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T14:10:00","slug":"dear-readers-of-my-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2011\/01\/dear-readers-of-my-blog.html","title":{"rendered":"Dear readers of my blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A couple things.\u00a0 First, I am\u00a0grateful to those of you who keep coming back to my rather droll little musings.\u00a0 I appreciate it.\u00a0 Second, I am glad for those who comment, and don\u2019t want anything I say to suggest I want less comments.\u00a0 On the contrary, I want a whole lot more!\u00a0 The comments are what keep me going, what help me, and what give me different viewpoints on things.\u00a0 Otherwise it\u2019s just me talking to myself.\u00a0 Plus, of course, I welcome anyone to become a fan!\u00a0 I\u2019ve got 4, looking for more!\u00a0 I know it\u2019s a new blog, but even now it\u2019s taking shape and I\u2019m starting to narrow some things down.\u00a0 So thanks to all the return visitors, and welcome to anyone who may be passing by.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Now, with that said, here\u2019s a couple things I need to say.\u00a0 First, when commenting, please, please, please keep it somewhat civil.\u00a0 That doesn\u2019t mean you have to agree with anyone.\u00a0 That doesn\u2019t mean you have to agree with me.\u00a0 Sometimes folks can call me on something<\/a> and get me to thinking about how I said something.\u00a0 That\u2019s great.\u00a0 You can claw and kick and scratch over something\u2019s veracity or not all day.\u00a0 You can say something is wrong, and idea is stupid, even a belief is dangerous \u2013 or heck even evil!\u00a0 As long as it\u2019s the idea, movement, belief, or whatever.\u00a0 But don\u2019t \u2013 and I mean DON\u2019T \u2013 insult people, or attack them personally.\u00a0 I would prefer you not attack or insult me.\u00a0 But I opened up a blog and get what I get for it.\u00a0 But don\u2019t attack or insult anyone who is commenting.\u00a0 If you do, I pull the comment ASAP.\u00a0 I\u2019m leaving the comment in this link<\/a> here just for an example.\u00a0 It happens again, it\u2019s pulled.<\/p>\n

Second, please use some moniker.\u00a0 Some name, title, code, something.\u00a0 Many accounts are supported by the comments, but I know some aren\u2019t.\u00a0 Someday I may go Haloscan, but not now.\u00a0If they aren\u2019t supported\u00a0and you have to improvise, there is the option of picking a few other ways.\u00a0 You can pick anonymous and that\u2019s fine.\u00a0 Just add a name, initials, something.\u00a0 That\u2019s just so I can keep track of things.\u00a0 Otherwise I could end up with a score of anonymous postings that I couldn\u2019t sort.\u00a0 Some of my commenters have accounts supported by this, others use the anon or find ways of typing in their names.\u00a0 Short of it \u2013 don\u2019t just leave it anonymous.\u00a0 If I see too many of those, guess what. <\/p>\n

So those are about the only two things to think of.\u00a0 Don\u2019t insult or attack people (ideas, within reason, but not people), and let me know some title or label just to keep track of things.\u00a0 You\u2019ve done great, and I appreciate all the input, and look forward to more great dialogue (especially if you tell your friends, family, loved ones, and coworkers all about my happy domain!).<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A couple things.\u00a0 First, I am\u00a0grateful to those of you who keep coming back to my rather droll little musings.\u00a0 I appreciate it.\u00a0 Second, I am glad for those who comment, and don\u2019t want anything I say to suggest I want less comments.\u00a0 On the contrary, I want a whole lot more!\u00a0 The comments are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nDear readers of my blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A couple things.  First, I am grateful to those of you who keep coming back to my rather droll little musings.  I appreciate it. \" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" 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