Comment Policy for michaelfcollins3.dev

I have created my personal website at https://michaelfcollins3.dev for me to share my ideas with others. I encourage collaboration and asking questions. I want to make my website and blog as safe a space as possible for you and others to ask any questions that you may have to help you better understand the ideas that I am sharing. I also encourage constructive criticism to help educate me on things I may not be understanding correctly or to help me better understand how to use a technology based on your experiences.

To encourage the respectful exchange of ideas, I have established this comment policy. I encourage everyone who wishes to comment on blog posts to take a moment to review and understand the terms of this policy.

1. I encourage the free exchange of ideas and learning from each other.
2. I do not tolerate racism, sexism, ageism, or hate speech of any kind.
3. I encourage debate and discussion.
4. We do not need to agree. If you don’t like how I did something, you don’t have to do it my way.
5. I encourage constructive criticism. Don’t just criticise how I approached a problem or how I solved the problem. If there are things that I can improve on, please help me to understand by showing me in your comments. You’re not only helping me, but everyone else.
6. If you learned from what I shared or enjoyed the content, feel free to let me know.
7. Comments that have no value may be deleted. For example, if you disagree with my solution, but don’t provide any meaningful information about what I did wrong or what you would do instead, then the comment has no value.
8. Don’t get heated. Treat everyone with respect. Everyone is at a different skill level on different topics and we’re all here just trying to learn.

Value-less Comments

I smoked a Prime Rib roast for Thanksgiving in 2024. I am fairly new to smoking meats, so I posted on a local Facebook group because I knew that there were others who were more experienced. I wanted to know from their personal experience if they could tell me how long it would take to smoke a 5-rib Prime Rib roast that was 10-11 pounds. I received one response that was similar to this:

“If you search around YouTube, you’ll likely find some good videos to show you how to cook a prime rib.”

This is an example of a comment that, in my opinion, provides no value. I certainly know how to search Google or find YouTube videos. This wasn’t what I was asking. I was asking from personal experience if anyone could tell me how long theirs took. If the person responding had ever smoked a Prime Rib, certainly it shouldn’t be a bother to them to tell me about their past experiences. Telling me to search Google or YouTube wasn’t directly addressing my question and was more of a comment for commenting sake. The comment had no value.

If you want to comment and exchange ideas, you’re welcome here and I encourage you to comment. If you’re going to comment while not really addressing the topic or adding any additional value to it, then I probably will remove it.

If you have any questions about the comment policy, post a comment! 😃