The Harvard Crimson's Online Commenting Policy

As of October 5, 2008, readers of The Crimson may comment on any article published on The Crimson's Web site.

Comments are manually approved by Crimson editors. Please be patient--your comment may not be published immediately.

The Crimson will always approve comments, critical or supportive, that respond to the substance of the article in question and contribute to a constructive online dialog.

The Crimson will not approve comments that include profanity, hate speech, or spam.

The Crimson will not approve criticism directed specifically and personally at the author of the article in question, except in the cases of Arts reviews and signed editorial pieces.

If you create an account at Disqus.com, your comments will be automatically approved. The Crimson reserves the right to revoke your registration and/or delete offending comments at any time, based on the criteria above.

Crimson staff members will not comment on articles without identifying themselves, nor will they comment on articles if doing so would pose a conflict of interest.