Discussing with a client recently about whether they should have comments on every page of their blog (which is actually a combination of a blog, a community hub and a website but is actually really just a blog) or to only allow comments on a few with moderation but on some without or not at all a la Seth Godin, brought the whole issue of comments to mind.

Having a comments policy like the necessarily extensive Huffington Post’s or the simple, straight forward blog.cellarer’s is a good idea so I thought it might be useful to put together some thoughts on comments we love and which ones we don’t:

1. We don’t moderate comments but we reserve the right to delete any inapproproiate, abusive, offensive comments. We also have spam filters in place so you won’t see these either.

2. Please do leave a comment if you like a post, or don’t like it, if you disagree with what we are saying or you think we’ve missed something - we love to hear your thoughts and ideas - they make this blog a more rewarding and valuable place for everyone.

3. We also don’t tolerate personal attacks - if you don’t like what someone has said, please criticise the idea not the person.

4. Feel free to add links to your own site, posts or other information if you think they are relevant, add to the discussion or will benefit others.

No doubt we’ll be refining and updating this policy as we go along. But in the meantime, is there anyone reading this with their own own blog?

Do you have a comments policy?

If so, please share your thoughts with us on this.