Comments on: Blog comment and comment moderation ethics

By: 15 tips to get more comments on your blog

15 tips to get more comments on your blog — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:17:21 +0000

[...] This is an area where I need to improve. Faster the moderation, better the response from commenters. If you are moderating comments only once in two or three days, the readers may hesitate to get engaged next time (Also read: blog comment moderation ethics) [...]

By: Ten Unethical Blog Visitor Behaviors those are worse than George Bush Shoe-Throwing Episode! - DollarShower.com

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:31:35 +0000

[...] some of those very short comments but not marking them as spam as it’s again not among my comment moderation ethics. So any of you happens to be at the receiving end, please understand. Another commonly found [...]

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Ten unethical blogging practices - DollarShower.com — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:25:33 +0000

[...] Blindly marking others’ comment as spam: I have talked about blog commenting and moderation ethics in the past. There are many bloggers who sometimes blindly mark others comment as spam without [...]

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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Sunday Link Love #6 | Random Blog — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:49:53 +0000

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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. : – )

Ramesh @ The Geek Stuff’s last blog post…Turbocharge PuTTY with 12 Powerful Add-Ons – Software for Geeks #3

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 )