In the last few days, I have been sent several e-mails that read like the following…

“Why do certain posts get banned, and not others?”

…it’s weird, as i am seemingly forced to re-visit this topic once every six weeks or so…actually, i’m starting to set my clock to it…

…for what it’s worth, an average of 40,000 words are written within this site’s comments section every single day…forty…thousand…that being said, my job is to write to the main page of MetsBlog.com, and i work hard to keep unique and well-informed content flowing to the site’s main page, which requires a ton of writing and research - so, unfortunately, i am unable to read every comment that is made by my readers…instead, i typically read only the first few comments in every post, since this is when people will correct any factual or grammatical errors i had made…otherwise, while i may occasionally peruse the comment’s section during some rare down time, and believe me, i wish i could read more, for the most part, i am just not aware of what is being written…

…however, from past experience, and based on e-mail from other readers, i do know that the discourse can often get ugly, offensive, racially-charged and way off-topic…as i have said before, my goal for MetsBlog.com is to provide a safe place where fans of all age can collect to conduct intelligent conversation and gather relevant insight…hate speech, irrelevant chit-chat, violent remarks and racist language and ideas are not welcome…

…as i have stated before, this is not a free speech issue…you are more than welcome to start you own blog, visit a message board, or stand on a street corner and voice your opinions…it’s a free country…however, MetsBlog.com is my job, it’s my career, it’ll hopefully be my future and it’s the way i put food on my family’s table…therefore, given my inability to monitor every single comment, and for a variety of financial, advertising and personal reasons that impact by business, i recently installed technology that scans the comment’s section looking for specific red-flag language, which tend to appear in hateful, ugly, offensive, racially-charged and off-topic remarks…and so comments that are flagged are deleted…

…i am aware that just because a specific word may be used, it does not mean the comment is worthy of being deleted…i know, believe me, i understand it is not a perfect system, and so on occasion a perfectly good, clean, smart comment may disappear…however, as of right now, this is my only option…

To learn more about this site’s comment policy, go here.

…thank you for your time, loyalty and understanding…i greatly appreciate it, and Lets Go Mets…