Every lair needs a code of conduct. Here's mine.

Last Updated: 19^th March 2026.

On Record Keeping (or Privacy Policy)

Oh, so you've come to find out what nefarious deeds I may get up to with your precious data, have you? Well, prepare to be disappointed by the fact that it's actually all above board because your privacy is actually a major concern of mine! Shocking, I'm sure.

What data do I collect?

When you leave a comment on this blog, I collect your name or whatever ridiculous alias you've chosen, your email address, your website's URL (if entered), and the words you've typed with your very own fingers in the little text box. I also collect the IP address from which you post, because the internet insists upon it.

What do I do with said data?

Your name and comment will be displayed publicly, because that is rather the point of a comments section, isn't it? Your email address will not be displayed, sold, traded, or used to send you anything at all. I have quite enough going on without pestering you by post.

Your email address and comment content will also be checked for spam by Akismet.

What if I don't want you to have my data?

It's quite simple: just don't leave any comments! That's the only way I can get your data.

What about third parties?

I do not share your information with third parties, at all. I barely want it myself, to be quite honest, but that's the nature of having a comment section in the age of data protection.

How long do you retain my data?

Your comments will remain on this blog for as long as I find them entertaining or until I decide otherwise. Or, of course, if you ask for them to be removed. See below.

What are my rights?

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data. Even if you don't live somewhere with that right, I will still oblige your wishes because your data should be yours regardless of whether your government agrees or not.

How do I contact you about my data?

If you have concerns about your data, you may send an email to moxie@moshpit.email. I will respond in due course.

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On Cottage Etiquette (or the Commenting Policy)

Despite appearances, I loathe chaos. Chaos tends to creep in when people wade into the swamp without knowing what is expected of them, and I will not have it. I am making things perfectly clear, here and now. These are the rules of MY comment section. Follow them and we shall get along most gleefully. Find them disagreeable? Wonderful! Marvellous! But I personally don't care. I simply won't be taking your comments at this time.

1. Your comments will be inspected before being given an audience. Every single comment, from every single creature, gets looked at by me personally before it appears. This is not because I distrust you specifically. Well, it is a little bit because I distrust you specifically. But mostly it is because of the nature of what is discussed on this blog, which attracts a particularly colourful assortment of opinions and I will not have them running loose unsupervised. Consider it less of an inconvenience and more of an honour. I am reading your words. Personally. You're welcome.
2. You may use any name you like, but your email address must be real. I don't care what you choose to call yourself. Shroud yourself in as much mystery and intrigue as you wish. Your email, however, must actually work. It is how I keep track of you should you return to bother me further and to make sure you're not a snake oil salesman, spamming up the joint. It will never be shown to anyone other than me though, as per the privacy policy above.
3. Your URL, if you have one, can go wherever you like. It can be a website, a social profile, a Linktree, or any other damp little corner of the internet you've carved out for yourself. I actively encourage you to share it so that other commenters may seek you out. Do NOT paste your website link into the body of the comment like some sort of goblin. That is what the URL field is for.
4. Gauge your rage! Referencing The Cauldron's Rage chart over there in the sidebar, you can also identify the level of rage you're feeling in your response by using the provided dropdown. This is not a requirement. Nobody is forcing you. But those of us who are emotionally illiterate, socially obtuse, or simply too thick to read a room will find it a most useful guide to whether you are venting cheerfully or genuinely about to boil someone.
5. Be unpleasant in an interesting way. Disagreement is fine. Expected, even. Tedious personal attacks are not. If you have a grievance, express it with flair. What I will not permit is dullness dressed up as cruelty. If you are going to be nasty, at least be clever about it. Also, assume that other commenters mean well. Not because they necessarily do, but because it makes the arguments more interesting when you give them the benefit of the doubt first.
6. Swearing is not only permitted, it is practically mandatory. I myself have a mouth like a bog witch at a tourney, and I see absolutely nothing wrong with that. You may swear for emphasis, for colour, for the sheer delight of it. What you may NOT do is aim it directly at another person. Swear INTO the void. Swear AT the situation. Do not swear AT Margaret. (Unless Margaret has truly earned it, in which case contact me privately.)
7. Wandering and waffling is verboten. Comment on the thing you are commenting on. If you wish to speak to me about something else entirely, send me an email like a civilised creature. If you wish to continue a conversation with another commenter off-topic, follow their link and bother them there. If they have no link, the conversation is simply over. Devastating, I know. Comments only go five levels deep before the thread collapses into itself, much like my enemies.
8. Spam, harmful content, and illegal nonsense will be dealt with. I reserve the right to edit, delete, or consign to the spam pile any comment that is: actually spam, full of dangerous misinformation, stuffed with dodgy links, leaking someone's personal information, or constitutes a malicious attack on myself or another commenter. I am the judge and there is no appeals process.
9. You may use HTML, if you know what you're doing. Format away. Just close your tags. An unclosed tag is an embarrassment and I will think less of you. The following are permitted: <a href=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <blockquote> <cite> <code> <em> <strong>. That is all. Do not push it.
10. You will not be notified of replies. If you leave a comment and someone responds to it, you will find out about it the old-fashioned way: by returning here and looking. I am not going to send you an email or politely tap you on the shoulder. Check back, or don't. But if you happen to miss something, that is entirely your own fault.