Blog comments are an odd mixture of public and private space. It's sort of like inviting strangers to visit your house and paint murals on the walls.
A month ago someone put a comment in my post about my neti pot that seems to me a lot like an advertisement rather than a genuine personal anecdote. Expensive salt packets? Don't people use a container of salt and a quarter-teaspoon measuring spoon?
I certainly do not mind if someone has a relevant comment about something I write about that happens to promote a product. I don't even mind if a company's employee has a genuine personal anecdote about the niftiness of their company's product. But let's keep things both relevant and personal in these murals. Thanks.
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