Should Bloggers Hijack Other Bloggers Blogs?

One of the differences in the optimization world and the marketing world is the content of a blog itself. Yes content is good, and yes replies are good.

This conversation was started at WU and Bloggerparty. It was an issue at blogger.com who sided with bloggers and created a moderation tool to allow blog owners to delete unwanted comments. Wordpress also has this tool.

The question is Is a blogger morally obligated to accept every reply to their post?

After much heated debate at WU, I decided that I would no longer let people use my blog to cause arguments, flame and slander, or go off topic. I decided that if I had a topic worth talking about, and I was using relevant information, that I had no moral or ethical responsibility to accept every post - especially those that went off topic and made it difficult for people to discuss a single topic.

I am not talking about people who contradict me. You'll find many blog posts where people contradict me, including a link to an article, or a quote, that proves their point.

I mean, unless you study ancient religions, don't tell me that the Saxon bible, my choice of scripture, is a bunch of bull - because you've never read it, and you have no idea why I prefer it. (Okay, so that is a weird example, but I can't think of a better one.)

But, if you want to debate SEO practices - I LOVE that...just don't recite evergreen content you found on a friend's blog - give me something from a national SEO or marketing association - Time or Entrepreneur magazine..at the least.

I don't want to start a fight about this, I would just like to know what you think. I believe that my recent blog posts bring up the need for a few comments and opinions on this.

I know that some people leave my blog and never come back because I didn't let them call me an 'idiot' just because - without any proof. Especially as I hate being called an idiot at 3am by someone who bases their opinion on the fact they are currently drinking their fifth shot.

I love cyberspace, and the blogsphere is my home, but the rules are vague. I've watched a few of the religious topics here be totally bushwhacked by people who have no interest in the author's ideas and topic - they just want to rant. I don't think that is right.

What do you think?