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I'm cutting off comments on

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:51:04 +0000

In reply to Emily Post-It: Meta on Manners

I'm cutting off comments on this post and the other which had similar content. We ask people to please avoid this kind of dialogue in the future. Trying to moderate etiquette is a good idea in theory, but long experience at TPM demonstrated that it inevitably results in bitter factionalism and distractions from the goal of quality commentary.

I'm sorry if this seems dictatorial, but we'red determined to avoid the what we believe were the worst elements of TPM Cafe. Metaposts are still welcome as long they contain constructive criticism and are not directed at other participants. If you feel that the behavior of a particular blogger is seriously interfering with your participation at dagblog, please contact us privately.

Thanks,

Wow; some thread-killing

we are stardust — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:50:54 +0000

In reply to Emily Post-It: Meta on Manners

Wow; some thread-killing y'all performed here. It was approaching dynamic performance art, too.

Dunno, Lis -- maybe the

wws — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 13:44:54 +0000

In reply to Is this Post post ever going

Dunno, Lis -- maybe the thread won't die until you offer your blogging veteran's opinion about optimum numbers of blogs per day/week/per person, or any other recommendation you may have to enhance community spirit, which has always been one of your strong suits.