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“My comment is FAIR comment” - [BlueChampion]

Mon, Apr 28, 2008

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Once in every few months, I come up with this ‘fair comment’ plea. Whenever I see the temperature of the comments section going up, I become the culture vulture and seek your support to make this a better place. And now, here I am, impatient and inconsiderate. Once again tired of unspamming, moderating and editing comments, but ready to take on more moderating workload in order to bring in a ‘change of style’.

You’ll read below the new version of the commenting policy and rules. The cornerstone of this policy is this statement:

“I believe that everyone has a right to their opinion but I also believe that not every opinion is appropriate for this blog”.

The commenting policy is based on my personal beliefs and the blog content. This is not a newspaper, this is a personal blog. Even newspapers edit stuff and reserve their right of not publishing if they don’t want to.

Some people don’t quite understand the concept of blogs yet. See this is like an online diary where I write my opinions and views. I’m a regular person who can think for himself. I don’t have to be essentially correct. I can be wrong. I will be wrong. I may not accept my mistakes. I’m just like anyone. I’m not expected to be the spokesperson for the club. I cannot be expected to rally the fans around. I cannot be expected to hold fans together by instilling faith and confidence in them. I can do all this but I cannot be expected to. Being as hypocritical as anyone is, I hereby lay down the commenting rules, regulations and policies.

Some comments/commenters are of these kind - Trolls. Flamers. Meanies. Vicious. Not Nice. Unkind. Rude. Inconsiderate. Nasty. Whining. Bitching. Moaning. Bastards. These are under microscope. They must be wary of deletion and moderation. Some comments are certainly worthy of deletion based on the below guidelines. If a comment is worthy of deletion, all future comments of the commenter are put under moderation which will be released at my convenience, which is may be, after 2 years.

1. Bigoted comments: Some people are so obsessive that they keep repeating the same thing over and over. If you don’t respond to them, they get wild and start saying even worse things. And if you respond, you’re in a big trap of never ending pointless argument which will result in too much of mudslinging. Such comments and commenters are out.

2. Comments that are just mean to inflame: Some comments are only meant to provoke people. They are not just their opinions. Thye just want to irritate, annoy and provoke people. If you are annoyed, they get their energy to write more. Just like the monsters in Monster Inc. get their energy from the screams of children. Inflaming comments should be gone.

3. Comments that are badly off-topic and spiteful: Some commenters have only one thing to say. Irrespective of what you’re discussing they would say the same thing over and over again. Before anyone could realise the everyone could be in that unnecessarily off-topic war of words. These broken records should stop.

4. Mannerless/impolite comments: Comments that are mannerless to anyone will be gone. For instance, calling Grant a ‘toad’ will get your comments deleted and you might have to go through the slow and painful (sometimes 2 years) moderation process. No name calling. Learn to use logic and information in discussions than abuse or insults. Commenters showing less respect will be off.

5. Comments with no proper names or nicks: Yes, have a good, decent name. If you don’t have one by now, name yourself before you post again. ‘Mourinho=longball’ and ‘Grant=noballs’ do not qualify. No hidden messages or insults in the nick name. Anonymous comments are absolutely unwelcome.

6. Comments with links: This is meant to be an anti-spam measure. If you’re comments have links, they will invariably end up in the moderation queue. Once I’m done verifying it, the comment should be out.

I know what you’re thinking. If the comments of above nature are removed/prevented, this would be a great place to have discussions and make friends, right? That’s my feeling too. And some more elaboration on the ground rules to determine the bad comments.

1. There is NO democracy in this blog: Yup. No democracy. Some commenters might have no problem at all and get all ther comments published and some always have the hard luck with the moderation and such stuff. That’s the way it is. No democracy. Some get off and some get laid. No equality as such.

2. There is NO such thing called freedom of speech either: Or there is as much freedom of speech as you can find on the street. You might think that the girl walking down the road looks like a pig but you won’t go tell her right? It’s like that. You can’t be saying every damn thing that you want to say. Control your temper.

3. The comment moderation standards change with my moodswings: Well, I don’t really mean this. All I say is, the standards do change and I’d keep moving the goal posts. What is nasty and what is not, of course changes from time to time and also based on several parameters.

4. I have no sense of justice: As in, I think like a very regular human being. I have my own beliefs, preferences and choices. I have my own likes and dislikes. When I carry out things based on what I think is right, I might seem like someone that does not have a sense of justice. That’s ok. I’m not a saint and I don’t want to be one.

5. I’m the final decision maker: You knew this already. I happen to be the owner and writer of this blog. So that gives me the little right about what I want to do here. And I can be such a hypocrite that I won’t even bother giving reasons. I’m tired of writing those long emails to people who get annoyed of getting banned or moderated. Why should I care?

So if you thought these rules are some new gimmicks by me to suppress those comments that I don’t want to see in the blog, may be you’re right. You’ll see the truth as we go along. If all the above rules, policies and autocracies result in just 10 comments per article, so be it. I don’t earn X dollars per comment. In fact, I don’t earn anything out of the blog now.

All I want to see is a nice discussion board where some, if not many, Chelsea fans and football fans have a matured, sensible, decent and cultured discussions. I want good commenters and good comments. From now on, the motto is ‘My Comment Is Fair Comment’. If you want to sign this pledge, drop in a comment, a fair comment.

Written By BlueChampion

22 Responses For This Post. Add Your Comments Here!

well I dont think why a nick like AGfriend is not acceptable, ok as you say it is your blog you decide but I also have the right of choice, whether to write and publish or to leave the blog to the bloggers that comply.

Football blogs and forums are always filled with fire. So I feel maybe you should go with the flow and leave the mudslinging to people who mudsling. Come on we are passionate fans!

Hmmmmm….I don’t no what to make of this BC sounds like you’re getting a little power crazy to be honest.

BC I have an idea : all the shite comments could be in a different colour with a warning like on cigarette packs denoting that they are of an offensive / vile /nasty /illogical nature and will give you cancer etc…..

and leave it to people to read ‘em or not, that way we can have democracy/fire/ passion/rudeness to a certain extent and you’re not overwhelmed by going in detail thru all those comments.

Then the coloured comments are automatically deleted after 24 or 48 hours on the blog.

JH,

Thats a nice way. BC, You can stick to this idea more or less.

But i believe a thing like this is needed in this blog(which thing?). Look at the last post. We have won Manu at home comfortably. But look at the flow of comments. It ends with a usual Jose-AG comparison. Ideally it should flow like celebrating our win or even trumpeting our win will be nice.

First lets stop this Jose-AG comparison game. We are almost nearing Jose’s first year(tears?)anniversary with Chelsea. Lets support Chelsea here not Jose or AG.

@BC

I just have a lil suggestion for this blog………….maysam gave this idea quite a long time ago.
instaed of a voluntary voluntary intro section,why not make registration compulsary with decent profile input………….it feels ackward at times.

BC, this is meant to be a blog and bloggers should be given the freedom to write whatever they want; however they want it. The only measure you can take against them is to delete insultive or vulgar comments.

Guys!

Asking for respect for fellow commenters and for people in general, surely cannot be asking for too much, right? I’m not against having arguments. It is fun and useful as long as they remain sensible.

Completely off-topic arguments, arguments with name calling and insults, arguments with abuses and insults towards the players and managers - these are the things that are downers.

Good point from Blue Devil. Almost every single comment thread ends up in JM vs AG rants. I was in fact wondering if I need to create a dedicated post for JM vs AG comparison so that all these stuff can be channeled there. Sometime last season, when ’sack JM’ was the only dominant stuff commented then by a minority of Chelsea fans but occupying the majority of comment section, I thought of opening a new section but Roman did something better.

Making references to JM is one thing. Turning the whole thing into a JM vs AG is another. Most of us don’t want to discuss Jose vs Grant. We want to discuss about the last match, next match, tactics, formations, players, new transfers, rivals etc. JM vs AG should not even figure in the list, 6 months after sacking JM.

TBF - Profile does not quite solve the issue. If the comments section is used for cordial discussions, all those information that are disclosed in the profile can be shared here too. Having spent more than a year in this blog, you should by now know the favourite players, favourite matches, favourite manager, nationality and profession of various fellow commenters. Do you know? Is it such a difficult thing to know in a year’s time. What does MourOfEssien do? I’m not asking you in particular TBF, this is to all. We may not know because we have always been busy in making our points across, displaying our knowledge, desperately seeking the recognition and that we are knowledgeable. Profiles won’t just help.

Something needs to change fundamentally. I’m not going to tie your hands and I can’t. Please feel free to put in your comments but leave the admin stuff with me.

By the way, the nick ‘AGFriend’ is not harmful. ‘AGSucks’ is.

i completely agree with Blue devil, atleast for the moment lets forget who is leading out the team(whoever every person think it to be), and get behind Chelsea i think this is a very silly time to be fighting amongst ourselves while our club is on the brink of history…..and even if we fail, lets be honest it was a fantastic season, we fought like lions, on and on……..
by the way BC, commenting on this blog is becoming more and more complicated and restrictive, personally i dont have much of a problem with it, but yeah many new ppl will

on a lighter note !!

i read somewhere

opinion is like an asshole.. every one has one

this is a fotboll blog BC. things will get fired up and that is good. i like to dissrespect other teams and players i dont like. if dis isnt the right place for things like that then where is. as long as it isnt racism stuff i belive its okay to write whatever.

@ 9,

Comon,

Its like kicking another player in the heat of the moment in a match and blames the referee for giving a red card.

I like your first sentence. “Its a Football Blog BC”. Lets stick on to that.

If you want to write whatever then i’ll ask BC to change the submit button to something like this only for you

“My comment(Comet?) is a BORING comment”

I fully agree BC. It is possible to disagree without ending up in a quarrel. You will see more people like me starting to comment if the environment is good. I say my comment is fair comment.

Simao deixa-te de parvoices, isto e’ um blog de futbol, e cada um tem a sua opiniao.
BC I dont understand if it is not broken, dont repaired.
I write in many blogs in the Uk and abroad, sometime with AGfriend nick, other wioth different nicks, and I fight with many bloggers all over, and I am called this n that, however i dont get upset or offended.
I for one missed by delightful “friend” israeli, he offended n I retaliated but no bad feelings. Yes sometimes it gets a bit heated but thats healthy, we all want Chelsea to do well, me for one, but i want AG to get out as soon as possible, cant stand him
So dont repair what is not broken, if one is going to be ever so polite in this blog, bluechampions soon will lose the top place as the best blog of chelsea fans.

@14:
I have to agree with AG Friend here. BC, I know you set the rules here and there are quite a whole lot of them in this post itself. But its really you who could tell a bad comment from an “acceptable” one. From what I make of it Comment No.14 would not survive for more than 24 hours. I feel a bit confused regarding the rules. Makes people afraid to comment. Lets tone down the rules and make it clearer.

BC
i can only say
it’s about time !!!
its better late then never

BC
here is one idea for a discation that i think there is no way the JM v AG can get in

our home recored
after 80 games is it still so importent or my be it hold us back?

BC
here is one idea for a discation that i think there is no way the JM v AG can’t get in

our home recored
after 80 games is it still so importent or my be it hold us back?

BC the point in this blog when it comes to compare JM v AG. it is simple.
one is a proper, professional, achieved through CV manager the other is a friend of the owner, the same faith, the same ungratefullness, the same “stab you in the back” type of people, and where mediocracy rules against the “who you know” rather than achievement, now this is typical of the faith that both practice, and I am not prepare to accept, mediocracy to the team that I love, that simple, without JM and without RA chelsea wonm a cup winners’ cup, do we need this scum to rule the most beautifull and most “in Vogue” team in t eh bset city in the world? my response is very simple “f**k them, another football lover will come along” and chelsea is the ultimate, we do not need israelis that never achieved anything in their lives but only thru their typical scam way of achieving anything in life be in charge of chelsea.
GOD bles chelsea, and this is a catholic GOD, the only one, LOL.
Bye BC you a nice guy enjoyed very much your blog, but I am gone, I want to be AGfriend because i am his friend he should go where he belongs to the desert league of israel>? BYe matey.
My comment is NOT ONLY FAIR IT IS A FACT

Good post. Keep up the great work. Oh, and go Chelsea.

Chelsea 4EVER

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