This policy particularly applies to performers, artists, and other people who use MySpace comments to try and promote themselves and their work. I am all for this, and I don't mind approving comments from music artists that say "Check out my music!" and link to their pages, or include fliers for upcoming shows, etc.

I get a lot of comments for approval, but I don't approve them all. This is not because I don't like the artists or their work. In fact, there have been times when artists I really liked sent comments to me for approval and I had to deny them.

Here are three things that will make me automatically deny comments:

1. If the comment takes forever to even preview because it's got to transfer data from YouTube or Flickr or wherever, I will deny the comment. I don't have all day to sit and wait for data transfers and media to load. If a YouTube clip's embedded in the comment, that's okay -- provided it's not slower than a turtle on heroin.

2. If the comment is greedily long and will take up a ton of space in the comments section on my profile, I will deny it. I know that tours can often be long, and I appreciate the work and testitude it takes to tour, but I do not want all 287 of a band's upcoming tour dates hogging every inch of my comments section. Band should look at the location on my profile -- ARIZONA -- and just post shows in my region, as opposed to their entire, worldwide itinerary.

3. Comments that contain a lot of things that may take a long time to load -- several photos, more than one video, crazy flashing applets, etc. -- will be denied. I already put enough clogging junk on my page myself.

Really, it just comes down to common sense and courtesy, I think. I approve promotional comments all the time, and that's usually because they are reasonable in size and scope. Just keep it simple and straightforward, and MySpace will be a better place.

K? Thanks.

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