Originally Posted by
kokonutz
They are not and should not be made out to be a protected class just because some of us know some bloggers personally or because they post here on FT. @:-)
Agreed. For comparison, look at the Newsstand forum, where news articles are posted and comments are offered. I doubt any of us goes searching to see if authors of articles posted there are members of FT and whether we should avoid commenting because they might be members. If you post in the public realm, be it a news article or a blog, your material is open to commentary and your FT membership should have no bearing on it.
I was not aware that some bloggers delete comments that they find unfavorable. I think that's all the more reason that an open discussion of blogs should be allowed here. If there's information being deleted that would be of benefit to the travel community, FT can serve as a conduit for getting that information out.