One of the people I admire as a mentor of my avocation (writing) has the following rule on her blog: >>My website and my weblog are an extension of my living r

One of the people I admire as a mentor of my avocation (writing) has the following rule on her blog: >>My website and my weblog are an extension of my living room. You are an invited guest. Have a seat, settle in, and enjoy talking to the amazing group of guests who are already here. >>If you cease to act like an invited guest, which I define as someone who is here to enjoy the give and take of intelligent conversation, I’ll mark your post as spam, delete it, and block you from posting again. I am under no obligation to leave garbage on my site. The First Amendment mandate for Freedom of Speech protects your right to say what you want without government intervention. Private speech, which is what you have here, is not a right, but a privilege, and you earn it with every coherent, intelligent, reasoned post you write. For the full list of her rules, here is the link http://hollylisle.com/blog-rules/ http://hollylisle.com/blog-rules/ I think that analogy of your blog to your living room is powerful. It creates a powerful visual. Not many people (even if they do so on the internet) would walk into someone's living room and say what they have no quams of leaving in comments sections of people's blogs.