Dealing With Inappropriate Comments on Your Blog

By Joann J Carlisle

It's an unfortunate fact of life that people will say inappropriate things if they can hide behind a curtain of anonymity. Nowhere is this more evident than on the Internet, and particularly on websites that allow for open commenting. Here are a few ways to deal with inappropriate comments on your blog.

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Bloggers Blogging Blogs

By Steve Simpson

A recent report finds that 62% of Internet users don't know what a "blog" is.

Last year, the Oxford Dictionary of English added the word "blog" to its selection of new words. Unlike the similar addition of the Internet meaning of "dot" a few years back, I suspect most people replied to "blog" with "Huh?" A recent report supports my suspicion in its findings that 62% of Internet users don't know what a "blog" is.

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