tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565295932127051762.post3063635569365058930..comments2023-09-01T05:36:12.079-05:00Comments on The Unstable Dice: Who Deserves to Comment?John Gaszakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10924956544538183364noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565295932127051762.post-73977689216451821992011-01-21T08:54:30.854-06:002011-01-21T08:54:30.854-06:00@Warhammer 39999 - Funny thing about your post was...@Warhammer 39999 - Funny thing about your post was that Blogger marked it as spam and I had to approve it. Alannis Morrisette is singing in the background.<br /><br />I admit that when all someone does is post a link to their site and say to go there that I find it real annoying. Such attempts are not growing the community in my opinion, just someone self promoting.John Gaszakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10924956544538183364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565295932127051762.post-28592243061283783222011-01-15T10:34:13.564-06:002011-01-15T10:34:13.564-06:00I allow anyone to post but I had the same problem ...I allow anyone to post but I had the same problem with spammers, so I moderate every message. <br />ColKGColKillgorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16525442150477092825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565295932127051762.post-33003395722039835802011-01-15T09:28:00.789-06:002011-01-15T09:28:00.789-06:00Personally I had problems with spammers who kept p...Personally I had problems with spammers who kept posting links to dodgy chinese websites... as being part of FTW is being suitable for children, I was always quick to delete such comments, but it was happening with annoying regularity. Requiring someone to be a follower wouldn't help there, as the person could click follow then still post their dodgy links...<br /><br />In the end I, with heavy heart, went for screening. All comments have to be approved by me before they appear on the blog. I endeaver to publish as quickly as possible, and will even publish if someone is critical of what I do and say, I'm more than happy to debate. On the bright side once the spammers realised what I'd done the dodgy link comments dried up swiftly anyway.<br /><br />As for the followers thing, if people wish to become followers of my blog I'd much rather they choose to do it than have their hand forced. At least then I know they're genuinely interested. I will build up my follower numbers by writing an interesting blog that people want to read. Any other way would just be fooling myself.Gingehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04155099423475435032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565295932127051762.post-29210763964089435782011-01-15T08:54:07.359-06:002011-01-15T08:54:07.359-06:00i run a couple of sites and I almost always limit ...i run a couple of sites and I almost always limit posting. Reason being that when I first started up my groups forum and sites, you get people posting who are selling or pushing thier own sites/products. I do not have a problem with this if it related to gaming but I do when it has nothing to do with the subject matter on the site.<br /><br />Not to mention the people who come on just to troll and abuse people. So i have always forced people to join to post comments. <br /><br />Doing this did stop most of that from happening on the pages I run.NIMGC WEBMASTERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17687624773392219544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565295932127051762.post-35349041854256925012011-01-15T08:19:34.014-06:002011-01-15T08:19:34.014-06:00Great question. As you know, I'm an old fart....Great question. As you know, I'm an old fart. I came of age in the late sixties and was in college during the "Days of Rage" in the early seventies. I'm a fan of free speech.<br /><br />Having said that, posting a comment on a blog needs to be aimed at the content and concerns of the blog, not a thinly veiled attempt to drive readers to another website. <br /><br />So from my perspective, a blog isn't an exclusive club, unless so stated up front. And the blog owner has a responsibility to monitor postings in such a way as to promote the content interests of the site, including I might say language, civility, and content appropriateness. <br /><br />I don't want to read comments on this or any other blog that use disrespectful language in order to try to drive me to a weight-loss website (because someone might think that most gamers are in need of such advice).<br /><br />So there.Erniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17785269571545997179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565295932127051762.post-5213602272376568322011-01-15T02:17:12.182-06:002011-01-15T02:17:12.182-06:00Do you think that requiring someone to be a member...Do you think that requiring someone to be a member in order to comment will increase the number of followers you have? Will it increase it enough to offset those non-followers who are discouraged from posting? Even if so, what real benefit do you get from someone who follows your blog (does it necessarily mean that they read it)?<br /><br />Considering these things, I doubt it's a good idea to require people to be followers in order to comment. Actually, I'd take it a step farther and wonder if what the real value of even having a CAPTCHA image (or whatever it's called) on your site. Does it block that much spam?<br /><br />I'm not sure what features blogger's comment system has, but Wordpress has a basic anti-spam feature called aksimet which seems to do a great job at blocking all purely spam comments. Before I switched to Disqus, I went with this and was quite happy. The only level of moderation I used was to require the first post from any user to be approved by me before going live, which also seemed to work. I figure if someone leaves a legitimate comment once, the rest are probably likewise fine.<br /><br />People do get touchy about cross-linking in blog posts, but I don't really see why. If it helps the community as a whole, it's good for the blog. Well, at least that's how I feel about it...warhammer39999https://www.blogger.com/profile/12952116300739766328noreply@blogger.com