Lyn

Sam's 1, 2 and 3 are pretty spot on, though 3 will be difficult given the length of time moderation is taking. Assuming the reason moderation is taking ages is that the response is bigger than expected, it's common blogging practice to post an update at the end of the original entry. That way, you can at least acknowledge some comments along the way to let people know you're paying attention. Otherwise, people feel like they're talking to thin air, which defeats the purpose and exacerbates the impression you don't care what anyone things about the clean feed. It would be nice to know who we're talking to. Even an invented author name would help. Mr Government. Conroy's Cat. Even better, someone whose head we'll see on telly from time to time. Ministers' names wouldn't be terribly convincing. Of course, if you really want to get down to business you have to deal with the big issue first. There's no point trying to look as if you're interested in what people have to say if you're going to ignore the issue they want to talk about. Unfortunately, if you're going ahead with the clean feed, the game's over.