Commenting on a post is a great way to interact with the content on Poorer Than You. I value my commenters greatly, and I think of this site as a two way street – I’m writing for an audience, but I’m also a part of that audience, completely invested in the feedback you guys leave. And I’m not just saying this as a flowery way to introduce my comment policy – I really mean it.
With that said, I’ve got to establish some guidelines. I’m a pretty "anything goes!" kind of girl, but I will delete comments from time to time if they break any of the following rules. These rules are here to keep the blog an enjoyable experience for readers, commenters, and myself.
1) Spam. I have filters set up, but I will delete anything that comes through. Spam comments are marked as such on the Akismet database, which means your comments could get filtered out on any blog running the WordPress engine.
2) Irrelevant links. Links in a comment that have no bearing on the conversation will be marked as spam, which again, could get all of you comments on thousands of blogs marked as spam as well.
3) Blog titles instead of your name. I’ve been seeing this a LOT lately, and although I let it through for a time, enough is enough. It distracts from the conversation at hand, and it just looks tacky. Names will be changed for first offenders, and comments will be marked as spam if it happens again.
4) Signatures. There’s a reason that there is a place to put your name and URL back to your website – please feel free to use this! But signatures distract and take up a lot of space without adding anything to the conversation. Your comment will be edited to remove the signature, so don’t bother.
I hope you guys don’t think I’m being too spam-hammer-happy! I’m trying to create a fun atmosphere around here. Self-promotion is allowed when it is within reason and on topic. If you wrote a blog post that lines up well with the subject, feel free to link to it in your comment.
If you’ve got any questions or, dare I say, comments about the commenting policy, please feel free to contact me directly!
One response to “Comment Policy” 
My 5 year old grandaughter inherited her older sister’s Kit American Girl doll recently. The doll is about 10 years old so had some issues. The Tysons American Girl Store was supposed to style her hair and clean a mark off her forehead. The whole family waited and waited and nothing happened. Finally someone told them they couldn’t style her hair because it was too messy and she had a broken leg! All they would do was pierce the doll’s ears. The 14 year old brother, the 15 year old sister, the 6 year old brother and the 5 year old new owner of Kit all were bummed out. AG’s only suggestion was to quote prices for new head, torso and leg! So much restoration wouldn’t make it the familiar loved “Kit” anymore.