Comments on: Comment Moderation: Is it moderation or elimination?

By: Michael Cruse

Michael Cruse — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:47:14 +0000

With all the political and economic strife going on, I am seeing more and more comment filtering. People are upset and want to vent but cannot, or will not, deal with any views that are not in-line with their own.

I know that many blogs do a great job at keeping comments true to their purpose. But it seems to me, that the blogs that are not used to dealing with hot button issues tend to ignore critical comments.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:58:52 +0000

I'm glad that you wrote this article. I too have noticed my comments not approved because of a differing opinion. The only comments I have disallowed are ones that add nothing to the discussion and have spam websites or spam blogs in the links. I don't mind if someone with a spam site posts something interesting on my blog, so long as the content is good I would approve it with or without a spammy link. Pauls last blog post..Missing My One Project

By: Emma

Emma — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:22:00 +0000

I completely agree with you! On one of my other blogs, I have moderation enabled, and I always approve a comment even if it goes against what I said in the post, or what I beleive. Only time I disapprove a comment is if it has foul language or is simply spam. Emmas last blog post..5 Blogging Platforms To Consider

By: Michael Cruse

Michael Cruse — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:02:30 +0000

Great comment, thank you.
All blog authors want traffic and too much moderation of comments will lower traffic. I know that I will not go back to sites that filter comments, so that only comments that agree with the blog author are posted, or where they use dissenting comments to trash the commenter.

By: nukeit

nukeit — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:18:53 +0000

I really take this matter very seriously with my blogs and forums. I do my best to prevent spam in every way so I can allow all posters to make their points without the hassle and worry of moderation. I believe this should become a "best practice" of sorts for all bloggers. Let the people voice their opinion, it will result in more traffic if nothing else. nukeits last blog post..One man’s trash…