Gwbert, Wales
Happy New Year for 2007.
A philosophy of blogging
Some non-exhaustive thoughts on the topic:
1. I am thankful for those who support my blogs through reading, posting, and emailing. I am also thankful for those that read my blogs and although they do not support me, do not send me abusive negative comments or email. I can handle constructive criticism, whether I agree or disagree with it, but since I began blogging in 2004 I have only received one comment that I would consider a personal attack, and I published it for the sake of example in the Incarnation article. From now on I will simply delete any abusive comments or email and so it would be a waste of time sending it to me anyway. Blogger comment moderation is useful.
2. In my opinion those who want to have blogs where comments are only from people that agree with them, or are known personally, should set their sites up as private blogs that require a password to enter, or have a private web page. I dislike it when I comment on a blog only to receive some type of negative or intimidating message back like I did yesterday. For those who leave me that type of message, I say goodbye forever. I was not challenging the material on the blog, but because I was not one of them I was deemed as a potential threat perhaps. People are welcome to disagree with me on my blogs, but of course it feels better to have people agree with me, but I am not going to intimidate people that write comments I do not like, or are not one of my known supporters. I will not put up with abuse or someone that is not open-minded for a prolonged period, but with having two public blogs on the internet I should expect different opinions than my own, and if I do not want that occuring I should create a blog that needs a password to enter or should set up a private website. A few people that do not want contrary opinions, or different perspective on their blogs seemingly use the internet to attract people and then want to shut up dissenters or possible dissenters.
3. I have no problem with people commenting on my blogs that promote their own blogs, as long as they contribute when they comment. I comment on other blogs with valid comments and at the same time promote my own blogs. I will also accept blog compliments and give them, which is fair.
Russ;>
