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Thanks for any suggestions.

Gratefully,

C. P. Klapper
a poet, not a salesman

Hi; I just signed up.  I've been on blogit before.  I like to write fanfiction sometimes, and I looked around to see what the policy here was.  I've noticed a little fanfiction, usually with disclaimers.  Couldn't find anything that seemed to address it in the policy.  I just wanted to make sure if it was okay? 

Thanks! :)

 It is something worth looking at as a warning and cautionary measure and for damage limitation. A temporary suspension could be brought into effect rapidly for particular infringements  under a strict code of conduct - regarding language and personal attacks in particular -  but allow room on all sides for a civil retreat.   Instead of waiting for a situation to escalate, a suspension would ease the situation immediately allowing all parties time and space to consider the next step.

With regard to the recent banning of Blanche, I would like to suggest an improvement to the reporting system so that bloggers find it easier to report violations (and concerns) that they see. If we were encouraged to report violations earlier, then perhaps the Blanche banning might have been avoided and all the hurt that took place too.

At the moment, via the "Conduct Policy" or "Help" links, it is difficult to report concerns we might have. The form takes time to find and you need to know how to copy a link in order to draw attention to a post or comment.

What I would like to suggest is that you create a "Notify Blogit" link next to every post and every comment.

As it does now, your email address would appear, but also the link for the post or comment would be automatically generated.

A form would appear with a drop-down list or checklist where bloggers can indicate which part of the Conduct Policy they are reporting upon. There should also be a box which says: "Other Concern", as we might want to alert you to information which is not a violation.

The current text box for further details should also be included.

At the moment I feel the Blogit 'law' is being taken into private hands when we've got a perfectly good system for tackling violations. It's the reporting that is difficult.

I appreciate this might create extra work in the short term, both with the set-up and the extra reporting it will generate, but in the long term, it will foster a safer environment and may lead to more bloggers using the site.

Thanks for considering this.

Dave Cryer

I would like some sort of reply or acknowledgement to the private email I sent you on Tuesday. You say you normally reply to emails within one day, but I'm still waiting. I appreciate you may have had a good deal of correspondence this week, but if that's the case, why not make an announcement about this somewhere on the site.

I have much more I would like to say to you via email, but until I get a reply to the first one, this avenue of dialogue cannot be opened.

Thank you.

Dave Cryer.

does this mean that many people have viewed my blog? is over 200 good? what is it? I'm new and want feed back on my blog how do I get feedback/become part of blogit community?

thanks

CSLEAF

I'm new I joined on Dec 6 paid with credit card and havent' entered anything until today ..i went to start a blog and skipped over to computers and tech for a template i saw over there (same Blogit site) and when i switched back i had a new blogit to start whereupon i re-enterd and changed some info from the first but now I'm told I have too mnay blogs (a total of none!) for my money!!

What's up with that?

How do I start and get my money's worth out of this thng there is no live support or help desk that's not okay!

Does anyone know how i can contact someone about this or what to do?