Comment Guidelines

Com­ment and con­ver­sa­tion are part of crit­i­cal engage­ment and are strongly wel­comed. No one builds and reforms pol­icy in a vac­uum, even if dis­agree­ment may raise pas­sions, espe­cially on con­tro­ver­sial issues. Yet we seek to main­tain an eth­i­cal cli­mate with min­i­mal cen­sor­ing that relies upon the integrity of each par­tic­i­pant and inter­locu­tor. Please see “Terms of Ser­vice Agree­ment and Pri­vacy Pol­icy” for more spe­cific expec­ta­tions and requirements.

To sub­mit a com­ment and/or par­tic­i­pate in any inter­ac­tive fea­ture, sim­ply log-in or, if a first time user, reg­is­ter your account. How­ever, no one 13 years of age or under can reg­is­ter as a user.

By iden­ti­fy­ing users and inter­locu­tors, Unbound hopes to counter the irre­spon­si­ble lan­guage and inter­ac­tion enabled by anonymity. How­ever, all users under the age of 18 should not include their last name in their pub­licly dis­played user name (or should choose a pseu­do­nym), nor include any per­son­ally reveal­ing infor­ma­tion, such as loca­tion, in their pro­file bios.

Once logged in, you can join any con­ver­sa­tion, which can be found under the forums tab or beneath any posted con­tent item, includ­ing but not lim­ited to arti­cles, art, mul­ti­me­dia, and blogs. Com­ments are imme­di­ately posted on the site. Should a com­ment vio­late Unbound pol­icy and your eth­i­cal agree­ment with Unbound, edi­to­r­ial staff may, but are not oblig­ated to, remove that com­ment. Oth­er­wise, Unbound endeav­ors to avoid cen­sor­ship and pro­vide for the free exchange of ideas. Please look for the vis­i­ble moderator(s) who will help guide the con­ver­sa­tion and help ensure con­struc­tive dia­logue. Also, be on the watch for responses from the author/creator of the pub­li­ca­tion. You are encour­aged to ask ques­tions and invite debate with the author/creator.

Com­ments gen­er­ally should not exceed 200 words. If you have a more sub­stan­tial con­tri­bu­tion, you are wel­come to e-mail it to Unbound as a for­mal sub­mis­sion (see sub­mis­sion guide­lines). Com­ments should be respect­ful, focused, and rel­e­vant to the con­ver­sa­tion at hand. Com­ments should avoid ad hominem argu­ments or attacks, i.e. should not tar­get an interlocutor’s char­ac­ter. In addi­tion, you agree not to post any con­tent that oth­er­wise vio­lates the Terms of Ser­vice Agree­ment and Pri­vacy Pol­icy.

This page is intended to sup­ple­ment, not replace, the legally bind­ing Terms of Ser­vice Agree­ment.

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