<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><h1 style="font-size:1.31rem;margin:0px 0px 10px;font-family:Lato,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:0px 0px 1rem;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-color:rgb(207,207,207);font-weight:500!important">Opening <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" class="" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr> Blogs for Comment</h1><div class="" style="font-size:1.62rem;margin-bottom:30px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif"><a class="" target="_blank" title="LinkedIn" href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/opening-icann-blogs-for-comment#" style="color:gray;margin-right:7.5px;margin-bottom:5px;float:left;padding:0px 2px;width:auto;text-decoration:none!important;background:transparent"><span class="" style="display:inline-block;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:1.2rem"></span></a><a class="" title="Facebook" href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/opening-icann-blogs-for-comment#" style="color:gray;margin-right:7.5px;margin-bottom:5px;float:left;padding:0px 2px;width:auto;text-decoration:none!important;background:transparent"><span class="" style="display:inline-block;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:1.2rem"></span></a><a class="" title="Tweet" href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/opening-icann-blogs-for-comment#" style="color:gray;margin-right:7.5px;margin-bottom:5px;float:left;padding:0px 2px;width:auto;text-decoration:none!important;background:transparent"><span class="" style="display:inline-block;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:1.2rem"></span></a><a class="" target="_blank" title="Sina Weibo" href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/opening-icann-blogs-for-comment#" style="color:gray;margin-right:7.5px;margin-bottom:5px;float:left;padding:0px 2px;width:auto;text-decoration:none!important;background:transparent"><span class="" style="display:inline-block;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:1.2rem"></span></a><a class="" target="_blank" title="Email" href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/opening-icann-blogs-for-comment#" style="color:gray;margin-right:7.5px;margin-bottom:5px;float:left;padding:0px 2px;width:auto;text-decoration:none!important;background:transparent"><span class="" style="display:inline-block;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:1.2rem"></span></a><a class="" href="https://www.icann.org/news/blog/opening-icann-blogs-for-comment#" style="color:gray;margin-right:7.5px;margin-bottom:5px;float:left;padding:0px 2px;width:auto;text-decoration:none!important;background:transparent"><span class="" style="display:inline-block;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:1.2rem"></span></a><div class="" style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem"><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" class="" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr> blogs ought to be one of the key tools to provide a wider understanding of <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" class="" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr>&#39;s role and work as well as an accessible entry point for community newcomers to understand what is happening and why.</p><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem">There&#39;s work to do on the presentation and organization of the blogging platform and we&#39;re thinking about what steps we can take. But the most obvious function of a blog is as a discursive platform. So we&#39;re going to let the conversation flow and open up comments on our <abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="font-weight:inherit;direction:ltr;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(153,153,153)">ICANN</abbr> blogs.</p><p style="line-height:1.4rem;font-size:1rem;margin:0px 0px 1.25rem">It&#39;s not a technical triumph, but it is a minor gamble with our resources. No organization wants to spend time monitoring the behavior of its community, but we assume that the courtesy and respect you wish for yourself will be given to others. As such, we will rely on post-moderation. Comments are posted immediately and we review them once they are live. The Expected Standards of Behavior Policy is the same <a href="https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/expected-standards-2012-05-15-en" style="color:rgb(0,152,21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