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Dr. Holly Taylor Coolman’s suggestions for blog/facebook/internet commenting (hereafter known as The HTC Doctrine):
1. Ask questions to which you do not know the answer.
2. Ask more questions, in general.
3. When you deliver information, assume that many of us already know it. Rather than educating us, you’re more likely performing the service simply of reminding us of relevant information at a particularly helpful moment.
4. When possible, contextualize your questions and your answers. Share with us something of why you’re asking or perhaps a bit about where you’re headed.
5. When relevant, don’t hesitate to allude briefly to hesitation or uncertainty you feel.
6. Eschew sarcasm.
7. Hesitate to correct. Correct others, if you must, as you would have them correct you—with humility and graciousness.
8. Ask yourself occasionally whether your goal is a shared goal of seeking insight, or whether you’ve moved closer to something like defending a position at all costs. In case of the latter, back away from the keyboard for a healthy interval.
9. Ask yourself occasionally who’s not commenting. Or who was commenting, but has now stopped.
10. Fail to get in the last word.
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Great Tips!