Commenting Policy

This page details the OpticalOwl.org Commenting Policy.  People who wish to leave comments on this website or any article or page are required to read this page fully.

Commenting

Users and readers of OpticalOwl are free to comment and share their opinions and the editors of this site actively encourage reader participation.

The writers, editors, administrators, and owners still retain all rights to edit, censor, or delete comments with or without cause or explanation to those that leave comments.  Comments can and will be removed at administrators’ and editors’ discretion or will not be approved if we deem that they do not comply with our commenting guidelines detailed below.

Commenting Principles

Free speech is a treasured principle by most people, and as a result comments are fundamentally appreciated regardless of the author or viewpoint. However, free speach isn’t an excuse to be to be nasty to others. While we do retain the right to edit or delete comments we are incredibly reluctant to do so and view it as a last resort, but if a comment isn’t something someone would say in front of their family or friends, it’s inappropriate for this family-oriented website about the online glasses industry.  We are here to help people obtain the vision they need.

Comments should also add something to the conversation – if they don’t, or if the contribution isn’t relevant to the topic, the comment may be removed.

Play and stay nice. Really – it’s that simple.

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Finally, this comment moderation policy is not perfectly outlined or executed.  It may change over time when OpticalOwl deems it necessary. We will strive to be fair and consistent in our comment policy to all those that participate in comments. It is possible we will fail to catch some comments that violate these commenting policies possibly due to limited time. If you feel a comment should or should not be moderated, please contact us to bring it to our attention.

Commenting Policy

The OpticalOwl commenting policy detailed in depth.

1. Comments may be deleted or edited when:

*They contain profanity (PG profanity like the word “damn” may not be edited so long as it’s not excessive)
*They contain words that are offensive to someone’s sexuality, race, religion, etc
*They contain self-promotions, advertisements, or links that are only included for the purpose of self promotion
*They contain threats or personal attacks
*They contain more than 50 words that have been cut-and-pasted from another site (rather than including content word for word, please use a link)
*They repeat or re-hash previous comments to excess
*The commenter does not use a valid email address (your are required to leave a valid email address)
*The commenter uses a name with keywords or promotional intent (without serving value to the article)
*The blog owner decides a comment is not worthy of being published, with or without cause or explanation

2. Comments will be automatically held for moderation when:

*They contain a link
*They contain any sort of profanity
*They contain mention of spam words like “viagra,” “soma,” etc.
*The automated comment management system spam filter determines moderation is appropriate
*They exceed a certain length
*When a comment is held for moderation, it will be reviewed as soon as possible.

3. Comments must add to the Conversation and Dialogue:

If a commenter refuses to engage in a conversation and dialogue with what has been written, i.e., they leave comments but refuse to respond when addressed, their comments may be deleted. If a commenter attempts to dominate a blog post with multiple comments, those comments may be deleted. If a comment isn’t related to the topic at hand, it may be edited or deleted.

4. Commenters will be banned when:

They fail to heed warnings about any behavior described above or they clearly have no interests in contributing to the community. If a commenter constantly leaves adversarial comments for the purpose of “stirring things up,” they may be banned from commenting and/or visiting the site. If the comments never adds – and only detract – the commenter will eventually be banned.

5. Blatant attacks and criticism of authors, editors, or other commenters

Criticism of OpticalOwl content is always welcome, as are challenges and disagreements. We can’t agree on everything all the time. Attacks on the blog authors or fellow commenters, however, are inappropriate and may be deleted. If a comment crosses the line, the commenter may or may not receive an email from the blog administrator describing exactly why their comment has been edited or deleted.

6. Don’t like the way we manage and moderate comments?

*Contact us and let us know your opinion.

*Re-post your comment and send us a note so we can be sure it’s not accidentally being deleted or incorrectly marked as spam.  Please note, commenters may be asked to complete our spam prevention tests before leaving a comment on OpticalOwl.  This greatly reduces our time spent moderating comments and reduces spam on this site which taxes up our server resources.

*Start your own website or online magazine that you pay for.

Please be sure to review our privacy policy as well.
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