Comments on: On blog comments

By: Andy C

Andy C — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:33:11 +0000

I use Disqus but suffer from the same problem so I have now adopted this fairly arbitrary rule for moderating comments:

‘If I don’t understand it or it’s trite and banal or I can’t grok the context, it’s spam.’

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:00:31 +0000

When Google devalues blog comments, people will cease to leave comments.

By: Chameleon

Chameleon — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:33:01 +0000

I could not agree more with the sentiments you express! It really is quite dismal!
Your post prompted me to check a few stats. My first ever blog post dates back to 23rd may 2004 and since then, I have received a grand total of 253 comments (quite a few of which ought to be discounted, as they are responses written by me). Since I installed Akismet last year, it has blocked 108,956 spam comments – goodness only knows how many I looked through and deleted prior to that. In the meantime, Blog Patrol informs me that I have had 116,351 visitors (since I created my account there on 5th June 2007).
Sigh!

By: JonnyB

JonnyB — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:06:08 +0000

Useful blog post you have a lot of good things to say On blog comments, I will add it to my RSS reader…

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Yes. I’ve just banned my very first individual in *checks* five years. Because they’re essentially spamming. But it’s different than blocking a bot – cos you can’t help thinking ‘well perhaps they’re reading it and finding it interesting….’

The other thing for me is – how little you must be paid to manually spam? I can’t believe the economics make it a viable career for all but the poorest.

By: shauna

shauna — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:49:03 +0000

COMPLETELY agree, Gordon! The fact that they take the time to make it appear remotely relevant is really, really crushing!