Through the Facebook blog, we share interesting insights and stories that hopefully cause you to think more expansively about Facebook and what it can mean to your life. Many of our posts inspire thoughtful commentary and even spirited disagreement. We're now enabling public commenting and the Like feature on the Facebook blog. You may have noticed that we started doing this as of yesterday.

This is in keeping with our company mission of making the world more open and connected. You can now share your thoughts and participate in conversations as they unfold. In any discussion, we of course hope you'll keep your comments relevant and respectful. We reserve the right to remove any content that's defamatory, offensive or off-topic. You will be commenting as you, after all, not under some anonymous Internet pseudonym.

You may be wondering why we're choosing to open commenting and enable the Like feature on the Facebook blog now. It's because we believe that when people choose to share more openly, the transparency will help us better understand one another. That's the promise of Facebook. Besides, receiving more of your feedback will enable us to do more good—on the blog and across the site in the way we build products.

We won't be responding to comments directly, and if you need help with your account or have specific questions or ideas for us, please visit our Help Center. We hope to address some of the questions and issues people raise in future posts.


Kathy, Facebook's resident blogger, hopes to hear from you.