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February 16, 2010

Anonymous The Kokomo Tribune Tue Feb 16, 2010, 10:52 PM EST

The issue:The Kokomo Tribune community blog.

Our view:It’s a place where an exchange of ideas and opinions can continue in a climate of mutual respect.

It didn’t take long for contributors and readers of our then-online community forum, Trib Talk, to notice it had been removed from our Web site back in September.

But the freewheeling forum increasingly had created credibility problems for this newspaper.

We policed it the best we could. But we had to put a stop to it.

Today, in the navigation bar on kokomotribune.com – it’s the gray, horizontal field just beneath our banner – you’ll find “Blog” in place of Trib Talk. We hope you’ll give it a try.

It’s intended as an open exchange of ideas and opinions on topics of community interest in a climate of mutual respect. And there is one key rule.

If you want to post comments, you need to use your own name.

As with Trib Talk, we will not control submitted statements. But we will reserve the right to suspend or terminate access for violating the Online Rules of Conduct. You’ll find them at the bottom of every page on the community blog. There will be no:

• Personal attacks. Explicit name-calling.

• Harassing, harmful, vulgar, obscene and defamatory language.

• Threatening statements or statements that suggest violence.

• Hate speech of any kind.

• Accusations of criminal activity.

• Content that is harmful to children and minors in any way.

Check out the Kokomo Tribune community blog at kokomotribune.com and see what’s new.

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