{"id":8649,"date":"2017-02-13T13:34:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T17:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/?p=8649"},"modified":"2017-02-13T13:34:36","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T17:34:36","slug":"on-commenting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2017\/02\/on-commenting.html","title":{"rendered":"On commenting"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Hello everyone. \u00a0I needed to update a little on the comments. \u00a0On the whole, I appreciate everyone who visits and throws their two cents into the comments box.<\/p>\n<p>For my part, I try\u00a0to respond to comments, especially\u00a0those directed to me. \u00a0I figure if you take the time out of your schedule to say something, I should have the decency to respond. \u00a0And early on, that was easy enough.<\/p>\n<p>Now, however, I\u2019m seeing new folks coming by and giving their input on a regular basis. \u00a0Which is awesome. \u00a0One of the best things about blogging is seeing people with different views shed light on perspectives I might miss. \u00a0Even if I don\u2019t agree.<\/p>\n<p>With all that said, it\u2019s getting tougher to keep up personally with all the comments. \u00a0Not just on the latest posts, but those who return to the ghosts of posts past to revisit conversations we\u2019ve had\u00a0for days or weeks.<\/p>\n<p>With everything going on in life \u2013 the working and kids and home school and kids and going back to school and family and kids and the fun of life \u2013 it\u2019s getting tougher to answer everyone. \u00a0I\u2019ll do my best.<\/p>\n<p>So if I fail to respond, please know it\u2019s not a case of ignoring or dismissing your comments or that I don\u2019t value your input. \u00a0And for heaven\u2019s sake, don\u2019t assume it\u2019s because I\u2019m conceding you\u2019re right. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll get to as many as I can.\u00a0In the meantime, thanks for keeping things on a pretty civil level. \u00a0For the blogsophere, my readers and commenters don\u2019t do bad at all. \u00a0And I appreciate it.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and despite being in the age of FB and Trump, please remember to watch the language.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone. \u00a0I needed to update a little on the comments. \u00a0On the whole, I appreciate everyone who visits and throws their two cents into the comments box. 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