Our view: Righting the Ship

For many readers and web users, blogging has turned into a “narrow minded, selfish tirade no one wants to hear.” To right the ship, so to speak, the Sun is re-establishing the ground rules and guidelines for comments posted on the blogs.

•Be respectful of others, the writer and the subjects in the story.

• Be relevant.

• Comments need to be relevant to the story that is being discussed.

• Posters are responsible for the opinions they express and the accuracy of the information they provide.

• We urge comment writers to treat this as a public forum where manners actually matter.

• We encourage a civil, collegial, and non-insulting tone.

Types Of Comments That Will Not Accepted:

• Potentially libelous statements or damaging innuendo.

• Obscene, explicit, or racist language.

• Personal attacks, insults or threats.

• The use of another person's real name to disguise your identity.

• Comments unrelated to the story.

• Opinions, advice and all other information expressed in reader comments represent the individual's own views and not those of the Kern Valley Sun.

• Using more than one alias is strongly discouraged.

Comments are approved by an editor before appearing on the Web site. Editors review submitted comments periodically during the day. Offensive, off-topic, repetitious and/or redundant content will not be accepted.

In a nutshell, it's pretty basic. Just stay on topic, don't be rude or redundant.

Again, your thoughtful contribution to the online discussion is appreciated.