[1.Local]: Making your comments matter

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3-21-2010 @ 4:57PM

Adam Holisky said...

We're not interested in turning off comments on the site, although the option has been discussed.

We're also not interested, as authors, in shooting down anyone who disagrees with us -- but I do encourage the staff to respond respectfully to people when they bring up legitimate concerns (and "get rid of author X" is not a legitimate concern, it's nothing more than trolling).

There also is no need for tin-foil hats. We don't go around and downrate comments, and there's absolutely no way for myself or others to downvote a comment automatically. It takes a certain number of people for a comment to become grayed out (i don't even know what this number is), but I can tell you it's not being done by the authors.

Commenters are an important part of the community, but just like everything there has to be some ground rules; which is the point of this article and subsequent participation.

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