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Read This: Most Commenters Are Not 8-Years Old!

by Leila Brillson on February 16, 2011 at 02:40 PM

The reason I actually like commenters is that they're grown, thinking, playful adults, doing their own thing, with diverse opinions and backgrounds and therefore something to bring to the table. So you are grown up enough to own your behavior and treat people (at least pretty much) the way you'd want to be treated. That is why we have a successful commenting community of smarties: because you get to act in the way you see fit, and it's not because someone's patting you on the head like you were a particularly smart golden lab (which is to say, not that smart, because man, I had to fend off a lab the other day that was trying to get through me to kill its reflection in the mirror, it was not very impressive).
The Awl's Choire Sicha breaks down why commenters are not 8-years old, why they should not be treated like golden retrievers, and why respect, in the blogosphere, is crucial.

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