Comments on: Comment police — Are you an enforcer?

By: Social Anxiety Disorder

Social Anxiety Disorder — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:20:54 +0000

That's quite a dilemna. I usually approve most comments unless they are obviously spam. Usually misspelled words, bad English and off-topic comments are sure tip-offs. In general, though, I'd rather have more comments than less. But, that's just me. Others disagree. Social Anxiety Disorder's last blog post..Social Anxiety Disorder Overview

By: Night Life Los Angeles

Night Life Los Angeles — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:24:47 +0000

I like to comment as that is something that you can do that is interactive, and productive, it can be really constructive (as it beats just being disabled,and stagnant). It helps keep my mind sharp.
I think that people who worry too much about playing cop with the comment section should realize that interaction is what communication via computer is all about.
I also think that people who worry too much about it should just go back to no follow (or don’t have comments at all).
I do think spamming stinks though. Esp. when robots put in totally unrelated comments !
James

By: Gorilla Trades

Gorilla Trades — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:32:54 +0000

I think you are right on the spam part. That should be the biggest thing you try to weed out. However, I don’t think you should restrict you comments soley to bloggers or sites that discuss similar topics as yours. This will result in less traffic to your site, and isn’t that the point of having a blog? to share what you have to say with as many people as possible. Plus, the more traffic you get the more money you can make from advertising.

By: Cricket Videos

Cricket Videos — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:47:46 +0000

Well i have numerous blogs aswell. But i do allow DOFOLLOW links and allow people to comment often. The reason? it leads to more traffic which is a reason but i just feel that i need to reward my visitors for posting on my site. Since it is bringing more content for the SERPS to understand and it improves my site.

Rami

By: Frank C

Frank C — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:55:27 +0000

I’ve stayed pretty open with comments on both my blogs and its worked pretty well.

Akismet catches most of the spam although I check it once or twice a day for false positives.

I moderate comments that have a link in them and ones that have certain ‘bad’ words. I’ll usually let them through unless they’re spam.

I find comments often to be good inspiration for follow-up posts.

By: Austin

Austin — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:53:01 +0000

I get way more spam comments than normal comments. Its pretty easy to tell though. It generally has nothing to do with the post and is selling something. I used to moderate comments. For instance recently I got a comment talking about how the media had created the housing mess at the instance of the FBI. And that was just the beginning of a very long comment. A year ago I would have deleted it. But today I figure it just makes my blog more interesting.

By: ysobel

ysobel — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:08:40 +0000

Hi. I think that checking the comment’s content and its relevance to your posts is enough. Plus the grammar check of course. Hope this helps.

By: Terry Heath

Terry Heath — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:25:57 +0000

So far I’ve been lucky, but I would bet it depends on your niche; I bet some niches have more spam comments (spamments?) to sort through. I’ve thinned out a few which looked like they were paving the way for later spam, but most comments have been useful and helpful.

By: Theda K.

Theda K. — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:14:58 +0000

Hi Matthew, thanks for the compliment about the title. I was feeling like I was going overboard with my policing, hence the title. Wow, that’s a lot of blogs to read! By the way, I saw your site, and I’m interested in gaming. I used to play D&D in the old days, and I always miss it. Maybe I’ll figure out how to play online.

Stop by again soon!

By: Matthew Anton

Matthew Anton — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:22:01 +0000

Your title is very good and I have read about 300 blogs in the past 2 days…none have really touched upon this subject but rather threaten and harass those commenting on their blogs…if someone legitimately reads your blog post..and makes an educated, conversationally adding comment I see no reason to remove it.