You can help us deal with abusive comments. Here's how

Livukile, Mangwanani, Good morning to everyone here on Pindula,

First, a belated happy new year 😎

We thank you for being part of this amazing community. It's such an honour working for such a community and we don't take it for granted. Thank you.

Now to the comments,

Despite our efforts to moderate the comments, we still find there are abusive comments that stay on the site for too long before moderators find them.

Our objective is that the comments provide the Pindula community with an opportunity to add their different views to the article and that we all learn from each other.

We want the comments to be interesting, to add to the value of the article

It's hard for this to happen if we are insulting and accusing each other of things. 

You can help us deal with abusive comments. Here's how:

Just below every comment, there's a link on the right that says "Report Abuse". 

If the comment is abusive, just click on this link. You will be asked for the reason you think it's abusive. If you don't have time, just put a fullstop and click "Submit"

When you do this, our moderators are advised immediately and they deal with the abusive comment.

What is an abusive comment?

Any comment insulting the subject of an article or others in the comments

Any comment using vulgar

Any comment encouraging illegal activities; violence, rape, statutory rape

However, remember that, just because you don't agree with someone's opinion does not mean they have posted an abusive comment.