Comments on: Blog comment and comment moderation ethics

By: Ankit Kumar

Ankit Kumar — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:47:55 +0000

I have also experienced the same situation in my beginning of blogging life.You made some best points on how to comment on others blog/website.
Thanks for the tips.
_Ankit @dohack

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By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:01:40 +0000

@Anil, Thanks for the info. I will definitely give it a try.

Cheers,
Ajith

By: Anil

Anil — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:15:33 +0000

Hi Ajith, I work with the team at Six Apart that makes TypePad AntiSpam, which is free and open source and 100% compatible with the Akismet API. The great thing is, it works well with any kind of blog (including WordPress blogs), and has a lot fewer false positives, according to big sites like TechCrunch that have adopted it.For the sites you've been talking to (and your own!) it might be a great choice. You can check it out at http://antispam.typepad.com/.Anil's last blog post...About Anil Dash

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:09:59 +0000

Thanks for the link Hussein

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By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:37:19 +0000

@Ramesh, thanks a lot for your views. In fact, when I said one-liner comments should not be marked as spam what I actually meant is that the moderator could delete but may not mark it as spam.

Cheers,
Ajith

By: Ramesh @ The Geek Stuff

Ramesh @ The Geek Stuff — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:09:43 +0000

Ajith,

You’ve thought out all the points about commenting very well. I really liked your point about “Be genuine”. This point automatically takes care of few other points you’ve mentioned. for e.g. if a commenter is genuine in leaving a comment, it will definitely not be a one liner.

You told commenters not to leave one line comments and at the same time requested moderators, not to mark them as spam. You’ve done very good balancing act here. : – )

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By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:43:53 +0000

Thanks for your visit and views Hussein. Even I love commenting on the 30 odd blogs that I read. However, I stay away from commenting on blogs that I don’t read (To be frank, I used to do that to build backlinks until a few months back )

By: Hussein | Random Blog

Hussein | Random Blog — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:08:49 +0000

I just love commenting on blogs and this will really help us to be a better commenter. I do hate spams

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By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:45:34 +0000

I know, Barbara, you have been kind and very prompt to de-spam me Not everybody is that proactive and the result, my comments are permanently in spam. The worst thing is that many of my comments are like essays themselves and the time spent on the same is wasted as well!

By: Barbara Swafford

Barbara Swafford — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:41:58 +0000

Hi Ajith,As you know I've had to fish your comments out of my spam folder on numerous occasions. I'm happy to hear you got a fast repy from Akismet. It sounds like that may have corrected the problem.This list is great. I agree, we should not mark comments as spam if they're not. We should just delete them (if we feel that's necessary).Barbara Swafford's last blog post...Parties, Spam and Hanging Chads

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:20:56 +0000

@Susan, captcha is definitely an option to restrict spam on your blog. I was also talking about bloggers/moderators marking your comment as spam, by mistake or intentionally, which has a negative impact on your blog.

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:26:34 +0000

I find using captcha to protect those innocently marked as spam by Askimet. At least I can double-check those comments.Susan's last blog post...News Theme Pro

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:30:46 +0000

@Nagraj, thanks for checking your spam folder to bail me out. And, not being a programmer is not all that bad a life. There are more exciting things around like your research job

@Chris, you are not alone. The blogosphere is a Hippocratic setup whereby you have to not only write but need to market yourself and build backlinks for traffic and satisfying gods like Google, Technorati and Alexa. A big portion of the spam is originated out of this genuine need to survive.

@Pras, please make sure that my comments are unspammed thanks a lot.

@Mathew, yes…it’s imperative for bloggers/moderators to check the spam folders regularly and take due action. By doing so, you are not only retrieving valuable comments for your blog but sometimes saving a fellow blogger from being stamped a spammer as well.

Thank you all for your views,

Ajith

By: Matthew Castro

Matthew Castro — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:36:06 +0000

Thanks Ajith! I was wondering why one of my friends’ comments were being blocked on my blog, so this post helped me solve the problem. Thanks for the help! : )

By: Pras

Pras — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:13:01 +0000

Ajith, After reading your post I checked my Spam list & found two of your comments. I unmarked it from the spam list. Its better to quickly go through all the spams identified by Akismet before completely deleting them.Pras's last blog post...Share your photos in an amazingly new way using Microsoft’s Photosynth

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:46:16 +0000

Thanks for these tips. I'll be paying much more attention to where and when I comment now.I find on my blog that all the commments genuinely ARE spam - it drives me up the wall. But I'm wondering now, if I'm constantly getting spam comments will that lead to my blog being considered spam by Akismet?Chris's last blog post...Splogs, Scrapers, and YOUR content