While it's great to see deaf and hard of hearing bloggers slowly become a part of the "blogosphere" there is still a way to go before more of them join as part of the blogger frenzy. Even Gallaudet University is attempting to get their students to blog. If you are going to blog, your blogs will be seen publicly by thousands, maybe millions of people a year. For those who are uneasy with their English skills will most likely NOT blog and would rather keep to emails or chatline gossips between friends and people already comfortable with. As with any blogging, you have a choice on making a personal journal only (a true journal) with no outside comments from people reading your blog articles, a journal with a limited number of invited people to make comments on, or open up your blogs on comments from anyone who wants to say something about you or the blog article you wrote.
As always, there's a caveat when opening up a journal when just about anybody can make a comment on. You will have your detractors, naysayers, jealous wankers, and mean, spiteful, hateful, foul-mouthed people who might have the unfortunate opportunity to grace your blog comments with phlegm. But most of comments are done tastefully and commenters do make their points known without resorting to such uncouth tactics. That's a sign of intelligence even if they are from a different political party, cultural upbringing or a lifestyle. When people resort to potty mouth responses because they don't have anything else to back themselves up or does it because they think it's "cool" and "shocking". Even some weird and totally inane responses could qualify or just simply "losing it". But in reality, they find themselves into a corner with their own emotions and all they can think of is the word starting with the letter "F", "S", or the grand-daddy of them all the seven lettered word starting with "G". Unless you set some guidelines down you can help reduce the number of such lamebrained retorts from people making comments in your blog site.
In my blog, I request that people respond without resorting to such foul language. A simple request. I warn them that I will delete any comments that contain foul language (my discretion). Otherwise, they can fire away. Creativity of language is much more fun to read. My request in keeping it clean is a very reasonable one. Everything else is open for a truely diverse setting. I don't ban people because I don't like him or her. There are always something to learn from a person, however good or bad he or she might be. Or maybe those comments can be used for a good laugh. If you plan on banning people because of personal issues, then you cannot claim you are for "diversity". Doing so makes you transparent of your agenda. Pretty much like some people who don't care for honest votes in the "2004 Best Weblog award".
However, people who purposely abuse the comments blog are asking for removal, too. But on the basis of simply not liking the person because of his or her viewpoints in a comment blog is not a reason for banning. You might think so but it is not if you're touting the "diversity banner" on your site. Those who think that they allow "diversity" in a blog but ban people outright for personal reasons are living in a fairyland. However, your blog is still your blog. You do whatever you want. That what makes it great. Or really bad depending on how you view those blogs. Even exposing all of your sexual predilections and yahoo fantasies come with the territory of blogs. The blogosphere is a minefield when you enter just to read some of those blogs. Kind of like being at Grandpa's cattle and horse ranch. If you don't watch where you're going, you will step on some pretty big crapolas.
So, please, if you are going to advertise "diversity" in a blog, better make sure you have the resoluteness and the intellectual honesty to follow through on that. Nobody likes a hypocrite. Execration is even worse and would qualify as part of the PEST phenomenom as of late.
"Me is the Kokonut Pundits Guy."
3 comments:
If one can't think of anything to say without injecting a dirty word perhaps one has nothing to say!
Sherry
Someone asked me to look at your comments. I yawned. I never clamored for diversity. I clamored for equality. If people cannot respect the other in that field, it is my $%&@ing right to ban and deny them the right to comment.
Whine if you must. It is my blog. I repeat, my blog. Nothing you can do about it. I repeat, nothing you can do about it.
We have our views on vulgar language. I think it is no big deal. You think it is. Whose problem is it? Of course, it is yours.
It is not mine.
I don't care what you think.
And if you do not like my blog, stop visiting. Just like that. But copying "Me is the Ridor" is lame. Really lame.
R-
Ridor, my blog piece is not about you. Sorry. It's not a criticism but a piece on what readers and new bloggers may or may not expect. Please note that I made the following comment in my blog piece that you've overlooked (most likely):
"However, people who purposely abuse the comments blog are asking for removal, too."
The world doesn't revolve around you Ridor. Please learn the difference between a criticism and suggestions for new bloggers. If my blogsite is boring to you, you needn't to read my blog nor respond in the comments section, either. At least I don't respond the same in your comments section. Hmmm?
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