Comment Policy

[ann_leckie]

So. Comments.

Currently any first-time commenters at annleckie.com are automatically sent to moderation. Once I’ve approved your comment, you’ll skip the moderation queue.

I reserve the right to delete any comment posted to this blog (this LiveJournal, this Dreamwidth journal). I reserve the right to place comments in a moderation queue, and I reserve the right to determine who does and who does not comment on my posts.

Free speech? Yeah, I’m a fan. But the thing is, anyone asserting that I have some obligation to host speech I don’t want to host is actually advocating a violation of my free speech. This is my space, and I will manage it to suit myself. This does no damage to your ability to speak freely–there are several free blogging platforms available. Sign up for one or more and speak, speak, speak to your heart’s content. Manage comments there how you wish–I support your right to do so.

But here, in my space, I get to say what goes. And what doesn’t.

No, I’m not worried about suppressing debate–see the note above about the availability of free blogging platforms. And, frankly, some things are just not up for debate. And no, I don’t care if you think I’m wrong about that. Or that you think I’m being a meanie pants. Or that you’ll never buy my books. Honestly, if you end up getting a comment deleted off my blog, chances are you weren’t going to be a fan of my writing anyway, so, you know. And I was never under the illusion that everyone, everywhere, would love my work. I fully expect some number of people not to like it and not to buy it, and I have no problem with that. I, myself, don’t buy or read things by authors whose work I don’t much like. That’s life.

Mirrored from Ann Leckie.

Comments

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Wow! This makes me want to scroll back and find out what I've missed!

ETA: And I agree with your policy wholeheartedly.

[ann-leckie.livejournal.com]

Oh, it was very minor. A brave soul who felt the need to use a fake name and a fake email to school me about my "feminist bullshit" in my post about Despicable Me 2 (the one on annleckie.com). I didn't delete that comment, I replied to it. And then I thought, "Ann, this is not going to be the last such comment. Better to put a policy in place you can put in the sidebar of the blog and point to just in case anyone displays a need to know what my policy is."

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I thought that was an excellent post! I haven't seen the sequel (though we have the original movie, which I liked a great deal), but I thought, what a shame that they had to move away from the notion of created families that *don't* have to duplicate biological families, and how great that they don't need a romance angle. *sigh*

--but also big sighs that someone looked at that and had to get all fluffy-feathered about the feminism! Makes me both want to laugh and cry! (I don't see the comment, though, so in the end I guess you did delete it?)

[ann-leckie.livejournal.com]

No, it's still there:

http://www.annleckie.com/2013/07/09/despicable-despicable-me-2/

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Oh, duh, I was looking at the LJ page--and had said it was at Ann Leckie; sorry about that--careless reading!

I loved your response!

[r0sew00d.livejournal.com]

Actually read before you respond, or skim to find a sentence you don't like and froth about it? Such a difficult decision.

Get too vocal about all people, even women, being treated like human beings and you could become PC Monster of SFWA!

[ann-leckie.livejournal.com]

I wasn't PC Monstrous enough to make the list! But a girl can dream. :)

[r0sew00d.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there's a number of folks on the net that think "without disagreement or consequence, regardless of the space I'm in" is a rider on "I have free speech." Good idea to head that stuff off at the pass. If it becomes a worse problem as you become world-famous through your novel :) you could sticky the post, permanently post it as a policy on your sidebar, etc.

[ann-leckie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, in fact, once the fabulous Jeremiah Tolbert completes my website revamp, I fully intend to permanently link to the policy in a sidebar.

And yes, I so love the "free speech means I get to say whatever I want wherever and whenever I want and you don't get to say anything about it, in short, I have free speech but you don't" thing. Where "love" actually means "thhhhhhbbbbbbppppt."

[birdhousefrog.livejournal.com]

you *are* a meanie pants. and proud of it, I hope. And you do write feminist bullshit. ditto.

which, of course, is why I enjoy reading your posts. Always illuminating, never dull.

Oh and my fairies are not twee.
Oz