Bluntly, if somebody comes by a year-old post and drops a comments which says (and I quote) “interesting information. I like it. You have a talent as a journalist,” I’m inclined to doubt the faithfulness of the comment.

Had that comment been left on a post which actually contained any kind of journalistic content, or had it in any way indicated any real correlation to any article on the site, I probably would have left it. Instead, frankly, it looked very much like automated spam.

Clearly, since you’ve revisited, it’s not automated spam, and I apologize for the assumption — - but when you receive hundreds of spam attacks per day, you tend to assume the worst.

I hope you’ll accept my apology for removing your comment — - and I hope you’ll come back and contribute again later.

Best, Joe