11.21.07
The Moderation Policy We Never Had
Due to a recent wave of personal attacks, mud slinging, and invocations of Godwin’s Law, comments matching particular patterns will enter the moderation queue and will be approved only if they contain no ad hominem attacks. The recent ad hominem attacks were not only directed at editors, but also at readers, which makes them unacceptable.
Never before have we deleted any comments and we don’t intend to delete past comments, either. However, recent misuse brought need for change. Criticisms are acceptable and very welcome. When they become personal, offensive, and totally off topic, they will not be made publicly visible. █
eet said,
November 22, 2007 at 3:44 am
Can you please stop using ‘ad hominem’ and talk about ‘personal’ attacks, like any normal human being? Its starting to look really tacky by now.
Note: comment has been flagged for arriving from an abusive Internet troll