Policy on Comments

It's pretty simple: there are no comments.

If you want, though, sit back and let a middle-aged man tell you about the way things were in his mid-20s. I first started blogging in 2002 way back in the days of Blogger, then Movable Type, and then, finally, Wordpress. Back then we didn't have fancy commenting systems. A person would write a blog post, then someone would read it, disagree with it, and then write their own blog post as a retort. This is how comments on posts originally began. Somewhere along the way, though, comment systems were built and everything devolved into the unruly mess we see everywhere from message boards to Reddit to Twitter and Facebook. I don't like that and I'm not gonna do it that way.

So, if you read a blog post that I have written and want to make a comment on it, there is no mechanism for doing so on the website I am paying for. You'll either have to tweet about it, while tagging my handle if you want me to respond, or think through your own thoughtful response to my post with a blog post on your own site, like grown-ups with brains and the ability to think through arguments and issues. (You can also email me. It's my twitter handle name at gmail.)

If you choose to take this more civilized course of action and send me a link to your blog post, I will rise up and call you blessed and respond in an appropriate manner. Thank you for your consideration.