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Tuesday, January 1, 2008
The Get Schooled Resolution: Now An Annual Tradition!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For a while now, I’ve been meaning to remind y’all about the tenor of your comments on Get Schooled. Of course, the first day of a new year seemed the best time with all the annual time-to-reflect resolutions floating around.
Some days we manage to get through a topic here without the petty personal attacks. Far too often, however, the conversation degenerates into name-calling and put-downs of the schoolyard variety.
As I’ve said before, I’m not here to play the role of disciplinarian. This is a free speech forum, after all, and I won’t step on anyone’s right to be a verbal bully.
Unfortunately, there were a couple times last year where I had to shut down commenting because the discussion had deteriorated so badly. So consider renewing the simple resolution you took 12 months ago: To think before you post.
Your fellow bloggers will thank you for it.
UPDATE: In case you’ve forgotten, ajc.com does have a feature now in which you may request that an offensive comment be removed. I am loathe to delete comments myself and do so only in extreme cases. But I’m not able to catch every one, either. So, if you see something you think should be taken down, try using this form.
You might also re-familiarize yourself with the Web site’s visitor agreement, which outlines instances in which we may end your participation here.
So consider yourselves fairly warned and fully schooled. Now, on to 2008…
