let me share a few points of views and try to clear out some possible misconceptions. the blog community is a powerful tool to organize and mobilize bloggers for a common cause, be it to bring war criminals to court, save lives, protest public wrongdoings or build awareness regarding critical issues. we should be proud of what we have achieved with this community so far. together you have the power to slowly bring transformation. when people stand together, it is easy to build up a demand for selected topics. however, you should select your topics with care. if someone enters a dead end road or go against the rules to meet their demands, we all end up wasting a lot of energy and lose our respect for each other without achieving anything else but harm. every day bloggers of somewhere in... blog create 250-300 posts and 7000+ comments. i think you all agree that moderation is needed, and therefore we review all abuse reports and feedback mails submitted by you and take action where needed. we try to check most posts, we are incapable of reviewing all comments made and therefore fully depend on your reporting. we will always be against hurting the sentiments of any group, be it for issues related to gender, culture, race or religion. we will always be against personal attacks, offensive language and harassment of others. sometimes we moderate with a warning, sometimes we terminate memberships. termination will either be caused by a severe offense, or the sum of long time behavior. our only gain in termination is to protect the stability of the community. to maintain a good environment, it is also important that the respect and authority of the moderators and blog team is not undermined. we therefore have clear rules against using the front page or comments to criticize moderator actions or attempting to destabilize the community. i invite you to try to see some issues also from our point before criticizing: * we cannot publicly give reasons for why members have been moderated or terminated, this would be against our privacy policy. as a result, any blog protests against moderator actions normally remain unanswered by us and some bloggers then pour more fuel to the fire by placing demands which we will not meet. * if you have complaints, please email us or send an abuse report. do not use the front page to protest against the moderators or try to ridicule us. to maintain order, we have to remove such destructive posts from the front page and as a result, your status may fall for a temporary period. if you again use the front page or blog page to protest this and go into a non-stop protest mode, we see no other option than to react even more strictly, causing further loss. * if you are a new blogger that do not know somewhere in... as a company, then please do not throw in or create rumors that have no base in reality. try to learn more about who we are and why we have set out in our mission to give you this free platform. * if you are an established blogger, then you probably also know that we are always there to listen to your objections or opinions if you want to discuss with us. apply your own knowledge, judgement and wisdom before terming us with hateful or ridiculous words. you know what we have done and what we are doing for the community, as well as how we try to support and stand by your constructive campaigns. can we not lift the debate to a higher level and contribute positively to national issues with our combined intellect? * somewhere in... earns all the money it needs through two teams doing consultancy work for foreign clients. we invest our own earnings in a strong research and development team that not only have brought you somewhere in... blog, but also classified services and a new online community. * finally, regarding the say “i may not agree with what you say, but i will defend to my death your right to say it”: this is exactly also our stand on your behalf, that is why we created somewhere in... blog and took it through two years of emergency rule. however, we will defend your right only if you say it within the rules. we should not defend any right to harass, attack, insult or ridicule, should we? i will have a discussion on this post but i will be happy to discuss with you personally. you are welcome to email me your thoughts to: . we will continue moderation as required. we have applied considerate patience in most cases, now we want to move on. we don´t get far if we keep on discussing people, we may progress if we talk about topics, but our best contribution is through active focus and awareness building on the big issues that we as a nation must resolve. therefore, think positively before you write.