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alanajoli

It's Good to Be a Reviewer

Jun 01, 2011 16:51

I got a surprise package in the mail today from DAW. Last year, DAW sent me a copy of Red Hood's Revenge by jimhines that I reviewed for Flames Rising. Apparently, I am still on their reviewers list, because today, a good month before it'll hit store shelves, I got a copy of Snow Queen's Shadow! Woo! I do reviews for several places now, and I'm just ( Read more... )

reviews, jim hines, sherwood smith, flames rising, jeff duntemann

Comments 6

sartorias June 1 2011, 21:18:33 UTC

I nuke 'em. I figure, it's my space, and if someone is insulting, out it goes. (Though I have issued warnings first.)

alanajoli June 1 2011, 22:09:42 UTC

Wow, that makes me feel better. :)

jimhines June 1 2011, 23:06:54 UTC

Oh good, I'm glad that got to you :-)

It's your space, so you have every right to set whatever rules and boundaries you need. Personally, I try to give a warning if someone is crossing lines (insulting people, or coming off as trolling). I've found that setting those boundaries and enforcing them actually cuts the abusive comments down to almost nil. I still have to ban-hammer someone occasionally, but it's much less frequent than you'd expect.

alanajoli June 2 2011, 18:18:00 UTC

It really made my day! :)

jeff_duntemann June 2 2011, 15:08:35 UTC

I moderate all comments from people who have not commented before, both here on LiveJournal on on my main WordPress site. My personal guidelines for moderating comments are fairly simple ( ... )

alanajoli June 2 2011, 18:20:30 UTC

I dealt with the anonymity here by just making it so people had to log in -- considering how many log in options there are now! I do think the policy of no anonymous anger makes a lot of sense (and I've been in a number of forums that would have been better for a rule like that). The phrase "heroic courtesy" works well for me, too. :)