Comments on: Comments you won’t have seen

By: John McNally

John McNally — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:35:19 +0000

I only let genuine comments through to my blog now, but I must admit allowing spam comments when I was desperate for ANY response. :roll:

I agree with you David, QUALITY is more important than quantity, and makes for a better reader exerience. I often find that the comments are more interesting than the post. :-)

I still allow a few spam comments through, but only if they are inventive or funny and deserve a round of applause. :lol:

John

By: Kristin

Kristin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:41:46 +0000

These are hilarious. I think the one that wanted a logo for free was probably meant to be a joke since it was posted on the article about logo design contests. “there is no money, but this is a tremendous opportunity for you, the designer.”

The kitten one made me laugh out loud … and so did the one about the wedding gifts. There are some weird people out there.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:01:56 +0000

Hi Doug. You won’t see pingbacks or trackbacks here at all (I don’t know the difference between the two). I used to show them, but during a design change I must’ve removed some code that pulls them in.

I don’t mind that, really. Sure, it lowers the comment count, but there are so many splogs that send trackbacks to Logo Design Love that I end up spending more time than I should moderating them.

By: Douglas Bonneville

Douglas Bonneville — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:46:06 +0000

(forgot to subscribe)

By: Douglas Bonneville

Douglas Bonneville — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:45:47 +0000

Hi David: How do you handle tweets these days? You must get a zillion, but I don’t see pingbacks. Are they worth anything at all or should they just be deleted? I guess the question could be for tweets and other regular pingbacks…

By: mark

mark — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:26:30 +0000

Man, I wish my blog had comments.

(Hope that’s not too short for your spam filter, Dave.)

By: David Airey

David Airey — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:06:46 +0000

I’m not sure, David. The domain extension could have something to do with it, or you could’ve been wrongly labelled as “spam” by a comment filter. Akismet is the most popular WordPress spam plugin, so perhaps it’s worth your while contacting the people behind it with your email address. Good luck.

By: David Boni

David Boni — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:50:18 +0000

Well, it looks like we meet again, David.

Only this time, I was brought to your blog through a quick Google search on why my comments to random blogs maybe flat-out not submitting, or being instantly deleted. It seems to be happening ever since I changed my domain from a .com to a .net, when I fill out the regular Name/Email/Website fields (like the ones you have here)… have you heard anything at all about something like this?

And, by the way, hilarious article. I quite like the absolutely weird comments. If I received similar, I’d be tempted to do something remotely creative with them, like sketches (especially for that kitten one).

By: GrowMap

GrowMap — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:15:59 +0000

LOL and I thought I had seen most of the more ridiculous comments. I wonder if all bloggers are driven to writing a post about moderating comments? I know I have in the past when determining which were spam and which were real was particularly challenging.

At least some of your worst silly comments were personal and not spam. :-)

By: Kellie

Kellie — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:41:14 +0000

I currently follow about 300 blogs – and don’t often have the time to comment unless I really feel a particular insight or am drawn to the topic. I spend a lot of time reading comments, because I often learn quite a bit from a good discussion. Sometimes offering points I never considered or wouldn’t dream of. If I’m not careful – I can get lost and easily distracted following links in comments, so I truly try to curtail that. I really appreciate moderated comments – I know it’s a pain in the butt for the blog owner, but I am much more likely to continue reading and possibly even comment if the crap is pre-weeded.

Your list was very entertaining btw – it’s amazing how many strange people are out there.