I have a very strict comment policy on The Kpop Hero. If you’re an 나쁜놈 (a big ol’ jerk), you’ll be banned. 미안하지 않다! This is meant to be a happy, positive place where people, including the writer, can be free to express their personal thoughts on topics. So, take your negativity elsewhere!
Now that that is out of the way, let me run you through everything else you need to know about commenting on The Kpop Hero.
If your comment does not immediately appear on the site after posting, it may have been flagged for review. There are a number of things which will get your comment flagged for review, we ask that you please keep that in mind before resubmitting the comment multiple times or contacting us about it.
- Use of any of the curse words and/or slurs we have on our blacklist (including things like Koreaboo, as I don’t consider that a friendly her) will automatically flag a comment so it won’t appear on our site. Sometimes, when such use of these words are a part of a larger discussion, I may approve it.
- Using a Disqus account without a verified email address will automatically flag a comment.
- Comments can also be flagged for review by others who use the site, because that means that I have to go through and read every single comment out there.
Here are some things which will get your comment deleted.
- Personal attacks against another commenter or the writer of the post/website. This can run from name calling to sentences which include the words “people like you” or statements which begin “I bet you” or “you must/probably” etc. This is regardless of what “side” you’re on.
- Jokes or aggressive negative comments on the aesthetic appearance of a person (commenters, writers, and folks mentioned in an article alike).
- Hate speech or other clearly intentional jerk behavior. This includes, but is not limited to: the use of words which denigrates women, the LGBTQ community; broad imprecations or assumptions based on race; and anything that amounts to “ugh the gays,” “ugh liberals,” “ugh, fangirls,” blah blah blah…
Here are some things which will get your account banned.
- Engaging in any of the previously mentioned delete-worthy behaviors consistently and as part of a clear pattern OR presenting a particularly egregious example of one of those behaviors as a first comment (New to the site? Stopped by just to say something horrible? We don’t need you here.) We normally give one warning to a user before banning unless a pattern of behavior is clear. However, if a user commits one of these behaviors as their very first comment, we’ll skip that step. Disqus grants us the ability to see a commenter’s patterns of behavior on other Disqus-enabled sites as well, and we do not hesitate to consider behavior on other sites when determining whether to ban.
- Hate reading. If your history of commenting on The Kpop Hero makes it seem like you only visit the site to start fights or specifically to write something against the blog, just because you feel like it, you will be banned. Conversely, if you feel the site has changed in a drastic way and no longer appreciate or respect our content but stick around to tell us that every day, we’ll also take that as hate reading. Feel free to keep hate reading, but you’ll not be able to hate comment any more.
- It is at my discretion to ban whomever I see fit to keep this place the positive, happy place that it is meant to me.
There will be some who look at these rules and think that I give myself too much power to shut down conversations. I have a response to that:
It’s my site, I get to make the rules. We’re not taking away your freedom of speech by deleting/banning you. You can take your anger elsewhere, I don’t want to hear it. Negativity just breeds negativity, and. I don’t have time for that.
For those who agree with these rules, please keep in mind that we are all only human. If you see a comment which violates these rules, the most helpful thing you can do is to flag it, rather than commenting about how poorly moderated the thread or post is or contacting us through social media or email to that effect.
A note to our regular readers:
We love you and we love Kpop and everything about it! Why else do we write 사랑합니다 at the bottom of everyone of our posts? As we mentioned above, flagging comments which violate our policy is a great help but please take this responsibility seriously. If a comment doesn’t seem to be “spreading the love”, and is taking us to dark places that don’t add any value to our big ol’ hearts, feel free to flag it. We want everyone to have as big ol’ hearts as I do.
At the same time, flagging a user who isn’t really causing trouble but who you personally feel is just being obtuse is not a good use of this power. Also, engaging with users who are clearly trolls may be fun for some of you but causes us larger headaches (especially with overly large threads). Flag and move on.
If you’re having a disagreement with another user and your replies have gone into the double digits, consider stepping back from the computer for a while. We love discussion but we don’t want users running themselves ragged trying to convince someone else online they’re wrong.
Happy commenting, all, and remember:
