Pondering trimming My Neighborhood

Marketing Canapes was developed as an evolution of an emailed newsletter, I've always been an advocate of being able to communicate in two directions. One of the limitations in placing Marketing Canapes here was that people would have to join VOX to be able to reply to a post. Fortunately, that is a freebie. Not an ideal situation, but doable. I have posted before about moving Marketing Canapes elsewhere so anyone can access it and make comments. That is still on the table.

In looking over the short Black PR post and reply, I have noticed that there are those on VOX who have no problem going to a blog and posting while restricting that blogger from being able to view their blog and posts (if there are any at all). I'm not picking on Ivana - I think her comment was a good one - but if you are going to make comments on my blog, then afford me the courtesy of opening your blog to me so I have the same privilege. Otherwise it can degenerate into a blind where someone can take potshots at other bloggers and hide behind privacy settings.

Another similar situation arises when a commentator comes in and and all you reach on the other side is a commercially-oriented blog with token or non-existent public postings. They are designed for one-way communications.

Consequently, I am considering removing all these one-way VOX sites from my neighborhood.

If you want to talk to me and my neighborhood and post on my blog, then open yours up to me.

I am wondering how the rest of my neighborhood feels about this matter.