A Question about Comments

I deleted a comment on this site and this comment asked why:

NCRenegade/ David DeGerolamo owes us an answer.

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I agree with Michael’s comment that as the owner and moderator of the site, I am not required to respond. But as readers here know, I address people’s concerns about NCRenegade and asked which comment was removed. As I suspected, it was a link with no commentary and had nothing to do with the article to which it was attached.

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From the about NCRenegade.com line on the top menu:

Comments are always welcome but we reserve the right to use our discretion on the validity of the comment’s intent. Comments which are intended to incite or provoke readers will not be posted. Comments that are off topic or make false/misleading accusations will be deleted. That includes adding links to other articles that are not pertinent to the article’s content. Comments that include foul language will be deleted.

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I do not ask for any monetary compensation for this site or my time to manage it. This is my decision and it is a very small part of what I am doing to save our children’s future. The reason for the above comment requirement is that I have had too many people try to promote their own blogs on this site. Another reason is that people want to add links to other sites because they feel it is important even though it is not relevant to the article. If a comment has only a link without any other text and is not relevant, it is deleted.

As I have written several times before, there is a mechanism outlined in the about NCRenegade link to send me information that people feel is important:

If you want to have a link added to the site, click here to send an email to David DeGerolamo.

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I review the links that are emailed to me according to the policy and decide if I will post them. If posted, I provide a hat tip to the sender for their support.

As for this case, Tom has been notified in the past and even apologized when called out in the past. As for Michael harassing the man who stated that I owe the readers an “explanation”, I will only ask why people are asking for clarification of a clearly stated policy on this site.

Anyone is welcome to start a website like NCRenegade. I think anyone who does so, will be surprised at the cost, time and aggravation that it entails. If anyone would like their money back from me for a well stated commenting policy, let me know and I will gladly refund your money back ten fold.

David DeGerolamo

Source: https://ncrenegade.com/a-question-about-comments/