Dear Friends and Readers:
Periodically I step into my role as publisher and clarify the agreement between Planet Waves, Inc. and our blog commenters. This is designed to create a clear working relationship and a sustainable environment on a very public Internet. Nearly a decade of experience moderating public forums has taught us how to avoid problems and encourage a reasonable degree of intellectual freedom.
Our commenters help make Planet Waves what it is, and we welcome your involvement and creative input.
Blog commenters work under similar editorial guidelines as Planet Waves staff. Many of those ideas are outlined in our Terms of Service.
If you are writing for these pages in any capacity, I encourage you to be confident in your facts, to check those facts before you make an assertion or challenge another commenter or contributor. Provide links or other references that support your points, so that you demonstrate that your opinions are grounded in fact. Play fair. I would suggest that a healthy guide is the more controversial a subject is, the more understated and thought-through the comments.