How Jotuno comments work
Readers sign in through Google before submitting an article comment. Every new comment is held for manual review and is not public until approved. Authentication reduces impersonation and abuse, but it does not mean Google or Jotuno endorses a comment.
What we welcome
Useful comments question evidence, add relevant experience, identify missing context, respectfully disagree or help another reader understand the subject. Strong criticism is acceptable when directed at claims and conduct rather than identity-based abuse.
What will not be approved
- Threats, harassment, hate speech or encouragement of violence.
- Personal data, doxxing, impersonation or content that creates avoidable safety risk.
- Defamatory allegations presented without credible evidence.
- Sexual exploitation, illegal material or instructions facilitating serious wrongdoing.
- Medical, financial or legal claims framed as personalised professional advice without appropriate basis.
- Repeated, irrelevant or deliberately disruptive submissions.
Spam, phishing and self-promotion
Comments containing phishing links, malware, deceptive redirects, irrelevant promotions, affiliate spam or manipulative backlink placement will be rejected. A relevant link may be considered when it genuinely supports the discussion and the commenter explains why it matters.
Manual moderation and decisions
Moderators may approve or reject a comment. Approval can be delayed; submitting the same message repeatedly will not speed review. We may remove an approved comment if later evidence shows that it violates these guidelines or creates a legal or safety issue.
Moderation is not a promise to publish every viewpoint. We aim for consistent decisions, but context, legal obligations and the risk of harm may affect the result.
Identity and privacy
The public comment displays the Google profile name supplied at sign-in. The persistent comment record stores a one-way hash of the Google identifier rather than the raw identifier or email address. The email received during sign-in is held in the login session and is not written into the public comment record.