Comments on: When blog comments become a problem!

By: Forbrugslaan

Forbrugslaan — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:53:26 +0000

Well i’ve haven’t been so lucky on my commentars. But i guess it relies on the articles i write

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By: whitespider1066

whitespider1066 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:06:45 +0000

well I’m not one of those blogs that gets lots of comments.
Possible that I would have to review this all again if the comments increased dramatically

By: Jim Connolly

Jim Connolly — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:40:59 +0000

Sounds like you have the right mix for your blog Darren. Pretty low maintenance too.

By: whitespider1066

whitespider1066 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:20:19 +0000

I’ve been pretty lucky with my commenters.
I generally let the comments go up unmoderated. So far managed to avoid any nastiness in the comments.
I use Akismet to capture spam.
Only moderation I do is if there is a link in the comment then I have to approve it.
And that is more a detect spammers that manage to get past Akismet.

By: Jim Connolly

Jim Connolly — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:05:55 +0000

That’s pretty much the approach I currently use too. It’s low maintenance, kills the spam but ensures comments are added to the blog fast enough to get a conversation going.

Thanks for the feedback!

By: Jim Connolly

Jim Connolly — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:04:18 +0000

Hi Darren.

I’m not an expert on Disqus, but if anyone else knows it would be great if they could share. I ‘think’ Disqus make it possible to migrate from them if you decide to leave. If they went broke or the data on their servers was damaged – I’m not so sure.

By: CGHill

CGHill — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:13:22 +0000

When I switched over to WordPress (current database dates to 9/06, though the switch was in ‘08), I started off with registration, decided it was a pain, and went to part moderation with a handful of words that trigger full moderation. This combination has worked extremely well for me; there are now nearly 19,000 comments, and arguably the most regrettable ones were posted by me.

By: whitespider1066

whitespider1066 — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:52:42 +0000

Jim,
it’s a move i have not made either. I still remain to be convinced that there is a need for it.
Also what happens if they decide to close up shop, do you loose all your comments?

By: Jim Connolly

Jim Connolly — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:17:52 +0000

As you know Justin, I’m one of the rare few people that are not keen on Disqus. I simply don’t feel comfortable outsourcing my comments. I know people who use it and they all love it and the support team are supposed to be extremely helpful.

Bottom line for me is that it’s “different strokes for different folks.” We just need to find the mix that’s most effective for our particular needs.

Thanks as always for the feedback.