Comments on: Professional Idiots http://www.patrickokeefe.com/2006/06/18/professional-idiots/ Social Media, Online Community, Business, Music and... Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:11:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Patrick http://www.patrickokeefe.com/2006/06/18/professional-idiots/comment-page-1/#comment-734 Patrick Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:18:36 +0000 #comment-734 No, it's more to do with running the site in an efficient manner. Comment deletions are not a public matter. YanksBlog.com is a privately owned website that has a set of User Guidelines that dictate what is allowed in comments. We consider the deletion of comments very seriously and don't just delete comments with no thought or consideration. If it's a violation, it's deleted. If not, it's not. We are strict and I will never say otherwise. We are a different type of blog and I believe that that is one of the things that makes us special. But, no blog, community or website is for everyone and that should never be forgotten.<br /> <br /> If anyone has an issue with a comment being deleted, they are welcome to contact me and I will take a look at it and explain it, assuming that they don't act like a total idiot. I'm happy to do so. And, as I said above, when someone posts a comment about their comment being deleted, I routinely e-mail them to explain after I delete the comment. They aren't ignored.<br /> <br /> We have specific goals for YB and we operate in line with those. Comment deletions are really matters that only I can deal with, since I have access to all of the related information and reasoning. So, that is one reason I want people to e-mail me because I'm the one that needs to see their message. I can sometimes miss comments, but it's harder for me to miss e-mails. And, actually, it can clog up the comments, depending on the traffic levels of the site. We don't really want site related matters in our comments, we want them to be focused on the entry in some way or another. No, it’s more to do with running the site in an efficient manner. Comment deletions are not a public matter. YanksBlog.com is a privately owned website that has a set of User Guidelines that dictate what is allowed in comments. We consider the deletion of comments very seriously and don’t just delete comments with no thought or consideration. If it’s a violation, it’s deleted. If not, it’s not. We are strict and I will never say otherwise. We are a different type of blog and I believe that that is one of the things that makes us special. But, no blog, community or website is for everyone and that should never be forgotten.

If anyone has an issue with a comment being deleted, they are welcome to contact me and I will take a look at it and explain it, assuming that they don’t act like a total idiot. I’m happy to do so. And, as I said above, when someone posts a comment about their comment being deleted, I routinely e-mail them to explain after I delete the comment. They aren’t ignored.

We have specific goals for YB and we operate in line with those. Comment deletions are really matters that only I can deal with, since I have access to all of the related information and reasoning. So, that is one reason I want people to e-mail me because I’m the one that needs to see their message. I can sometimes miss comments, but it’s harder for me to miss e-mails. And, actually, it can clog up the comments, depending on the traffic levels of the site. We don’t really want site related matters in our comments, we want them to be focused on the entry in some way or another.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.patrickokeefe.com/2006/06/18/professional-idiots/comment-page-1/#comment-733 Patrick Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:01:56 +0000 #comment-733 There was a comment by a user calling him or herself romablog from romablog.blogspot.com. As this entry is more than 14 days out, their comment was moderated, but when I went to approve it, it wasn't there, so I must have deleted it by accident. Sorry about that. They posted:<br /> <br /> "Why is there a rule against posting about deleted comments? that wouldn't really clog the boards up.<br /> <br /> Worried about the image?" There was a comment by a user calling him or herself romablog from romablog.blogspot.com. As this entry is more than 14 days out, their comment was moderated, but when I went to approve it, it wasn’t there, so I must have deleted it by accident. Sorry about that. They posted:

"Why is there a rule against posting about deleted comments? that wouldn’t really clog the boards up.

Worried about the image?"

]]> By: Patrick http://www.patrickokeefe.com/2006/06/18/professional-idiots/comment-page-1/#comment-710 Patrick Mon, 19 Jun 2006 14:18:24 +0000 #comment-710 Very true. Very true.

]]> By: Brandon http://www.patrickokeefe.com/2006/06/18/professional-idiots/comment-page-1/#comment-709 Brandon Mon, 19 Jun 2006 14:16:05 +0000 #comment-709 Well, maybe you've heard the saying...<br /> <br /> "You can take the girl out of the trailer park but you can't take the trailer park out of the girl."<br /> <br /> Its the same principle. You can't change people's behavior or attitude (or prejudices, etc.) by adding education.<br /> <br /> I wonder if his partners at the law firm would condone his actions though.... Well, maybe you’ve heard the saying…

"You can take the girl out of the trailer park but you can’t take the trailer park out of the girl."

Its the same principle. You can’t change people’s behavior or attitude (or prejudices, etc.) by adding education.

I wonder if his partners at the law firm would condone his actions though….

]]>