If you have a question regarding the comments section, first) check the below FAQ page, next) reference this site’s host page, BlogHarbor.com, and lastly) if all else fails please send me an email and hopefully I can help…

Frequently Asked Questions…

What is this site’s policy on posting comments?
How do I sign up for a username to post comments?
Why is my IP address blocked?
When I post a link in a comment my comment is deleted, why?
How do I sign up for a username to post comments?

Go here and sign up for a reader account.  You are not required to enter anything but a username and password – all other options can be left blank should you choose.

Why is my IP address blocked?

You’re IP is blocked because either a) you were banned from posting for disregarding the site’s comment policy, or b) your ISP is AOL and they’re messing with your firewall.

If you IP has been banned, and you feel this was done in error, email me and we can discuss it.

If AOL is the problem, email me and we will figure out a solution.

When I post a link in a comment my comment is deleted, why?

If you are going post a link in the comments section, you should do so by embedding it in the text of your post.  When people lay out the entire address, which are typically very, very long, it tends to stretch this site across the monitor, as i am sure you have noticed…

You can embed the link by highlighting the text you want to be live, and clicking the chain link, which looks like this,, in the toolbar of the box you type your post in…

What is this site’s policy on posting comments?

The comment section of this website is for adding your own commentary to a specific post at MetsBlog.com.  I highly encourage you to challenge me, your fellow readers and to engage in an intelligent discussion about the initial post.

However, should you personally attack a fellow reader, in any way, your comment will be removed.  If you are making random, unrelated remarks for the sake of writing to this blog your comment will be removed.  Swearing, racial slurs, violent remarks, and hateful comments directed towards me, my readers or the team, as well as irrelevant babble, are not welcome on this site.  Also, altering the way words are spelled, such as adding symbols and random letters to disguise the remark, will not allow the comment to stand.  If a reader continues to behave in this manner, he or she will have their posting privileges revoked.

The overwhelming majority of this site’s readers utilize and read the comments to get varying opinions about the subject at hand.

I understand that it’s your right to swear, express your thoughts, tease people, and so on, and you should most certainly exercise this right.  Just do it on another website.  It’s that simple – if for no other reason than this is a blog, and not a message board.  They are two very different forms of communication.