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Recently, I received a request from a new reader for clarification of etiquette for commenting at Diabetes.Blog.com. Looking around the Internet, there are lots of discussions about etiquette for writing blogs, but relatively few about writing comments (one is at cafe mamma).

So here goes with some thoughts if you want to add comments at Diabetes.Blog.com:

1. Verify which Discussion Forum you are at before posting comments. You can verify you're in the correct one by looking at the very top of your webbrowser, where it displays something like "Diabetes.Blog.com :: NAME OF FORUM".

   There's a list of current Discussion Forums at Box 8 on the right-side sidebar of every page. There's also a complete list of forums (called List of all Discussion Forums) which again is listed at Box 8 on the sidebar.

   If you put a comment at the wrong Discussion Forum, I may delete it, or may add my own comment to your comment, saying that it's posted in the wrong place. If I delete your comment, and if l'm in a good mood, I'll notify you by e-mail and ask that you add your comment at another forum.
2. If you want to continue a discussion that you know is off-topic at a different Discussion Forum, it's okay to put a brief note telling folks where the followup will be found. Example: If someone mentions a problem with meal plans at one of our medications forums, you can alert them (and everyone) that you will add a followup comment at Meals/Eating/Nutrition
3. If you want to send me a private message, please don't post it on the blog, as I'll have to delete it. Instead, e-mail me. My e-mail address is near the bottom of the introduction to every Discussion Forum, as part of my signature:
4. 
   Bill the diabetesdoc
   info@diabetesmonitor.com
   
   If you click on my e-mail address, your computer will open your e-mail program and insert my e-mail address automatically.
5. If it appears to me or others that all you are doing is writing propaganda about a product, I'll delete your comment without warning. Especially if you have the gall to add a hyperlink to your product.
6. Please understand that I will be ruthless about deleting off-topic comments, to make it easier for people to follow the main topic of that Discussion Forum without the distraction of off-topic comments.

Hope this helps!

Bill the diabetesdoc
info@diabetesmonitor.com

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