I am very happy to announce now hopefully I have one of the industry leading () comment policies which matches if not beats TBB's policies. I now an iron-clad best censorship guarantee (BCG) which is 10000x better than IHG's BRG.

I can now say I DO NOT CENSOR COMMENTS whatsoever. I do not classify any comment as SPAM, unless the website link in the comment looks suspect of a spam/malware link(and it is then removed by Akismet). I will allow all comments that are made by humans. Whether it trashes the post content, insults me, and is absolute junk is not an issue. As long as the links embedded within the comment are not spam/malware links, I will allow the comment. I have no problem AT ALL with that now.

When I started I actually felt very strongly about controlling comments. If it's my blog, why let negative comments dispel my happiness? But then I came to realize that the people who seem to leave comments have nothing ever to say. All they do is leave some sort of one-sentence crap in some variation of the form of Stop doing _____. For example, "stop copy and pasting your posts. Stop killing the deal. Stop killing the mistake fare."

I am happy to address any individual concerns that any reader may have about my content and what I can do to improve your reading experience. I hope that readers who do look at these comments realize the lack of depth they have and understand that EVERYTHING I DO is for the reader. I don't post controversial content and mistake fares to get more pageviews and credit card links. I post because I feel the content is enlightening and extremely practical (in the case of mistake fares) to viewers and as long as people benefit from them I will continue doing so.

Why do I not censor comments? Because while it's a slippery slope. First it's censoring "spam" because they have self-promotional links in their comment, and then on to censoring insulting comments, and then on to censoring non-constructive comments. Before you know it, your posts will only have four comments saying "Thanks for the work you've done. I love it!"

So I say to all the other bloggers who are here: Blog because you love to. Blog because it's a journey for you as well as for the reader. If people hate you, it's because you or your writing sucks. Improve it. If there are fickle comments left on blog posts that I'm sure you try your best on, so be it. Try and address them as best you can.

I am 14.5, according to milesmuncher and mr. pickles. If I, a hormonal teen can deal with all of this hatred and vitirol, so can you. Censorship achieves no goal except alleviating your short-term anxiety. Create an environment where everyone can learn and maximize their redemptions, and you will have readers. Create the very best content you can and be open-minded to feedback, and you will be fine.