Comments on: Are Your Comment Policies Hurting Your Conversations?

By: Collett

Collett — Tue, 25 May 2010 19:25:02 +0000

I think comment policies are important to be stated on a blog just for the fact that the commenters know that there are a few limitations in regards to leaving comments. If a policy keeps someone from leaving a comment that crosses the line, then it is is a beneficial thing to have on a blog. Comments are important and it’s good to think about. Thanks!

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Sat, 03 Apr 2010 02:15:41 +0000

[…] If you run your own blog, you have another exercise. I want you to write one of your posts for this week. I also want you to do a blog search (Technorati or Google Blog Search are fine) to find other recent blog posts on the topic. At the end of your post include a list of links (call it “Related Resources,” “Recommended Reading,” etc.). Link to those related posts. Again, you’ll get trackback links for some of them, and you can get the attention of other bloggers in the niche (who might link to you, write about you, become readers of your blog, or become active members of your professional network). Do the same thing with every future blog post. You can see an example on one of my NakedPR.com posts – Are Your Comment Policies Hurting Your Conversations? […]

By: This discussion is not your usual pig in a poke « Media Bullseye – A New Media and Communications Magazine

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:42:36 +0000

[…] final topic of the day was about Jennifer Mattern’s very interesting piece on comment policies. The Roundtable discusses the difference between comment policies on personal […]

By: Jennifer Mattern

Jennifer Mattern — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:00:03 +0000

In reply to Privatni smestaj. True, but "webmaster" is also somewhat of a catch-all term. It could refer to a blogger, someone to runs another type of site solo, someone in charge of managing a company's website, or even the owner of an online business for example. You'd be surprised at how many otherwise reputable companies run spam blogs (even mid-sized to somewhat large corporate types) because their SEO firm or marketing agency instructed them to do so for SEO purposes (filling a blog with keyword-stuffed drivel and little else solely to try to manipulate SEs).

By: Privatni smestaj

Privatni smestaj — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:47:25 +0000

Webmasters are often the folks using automated commenting tools for the sake of link-building, and those running splogs

By: Jennifer Mattern

Jennifer Mattern — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:37:40 +0000

In reply to Jake DiMare.

“As for removing things that are offensive…if a person spray painted offensive or incorrect information on your car…would you remove it?”

I sure would. Then again, my car isn’t meant to be a public conversation. 😉

By: Jake DiMare

Jake DiMare — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:35:38 +0000

I always tell my clients and friends to think of their communication online like they would think of communicating in the real world. All the same rules apply. If you are the kind of person who says edgy or offensive things in public, say them online. If you are the kind of person who would walk away from a conversation with someone who is offensive, feel free to disengage with them online.

As for removing things that are offensive…if a person spray painted offensive or incorrect information on your car…would you remove it?

Best,

Jake

By: Bill Sledzik

Bill Sledzik — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:46:46 +0000

This discussion — and Judy’s last comment — has me rethinking moderation of comments. I started that way in ’06 to keep the spam out, and many of the bloggers I followed at the time did the same thing.

Askimet filter on WordPress makes spam a minor problem at best. And what’s the harm in a few links to cheap Viagra? Might make the world a happier place!

By: Jennifer Mattern

Jennifer Mattern — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:51:15 +0000

It’s a built-in option if you use WordPress (in the discussion settings page).

What I find more frustrating are the few bloggers I follow who only allow registered users to comment. In those cases I just usually don’t bother. Too much like work. Some are even requiring 3rd party logins now, where you’re directed elsewhere to sign up and then have to go back to login and comment.

By: Judy Gombita

Judy Gombita — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:26:50 +0000

Thanks for the hat tip, Jenn. FYI, no one (to my knowledge) ever answered my query on Ragan. Certainly not as a direct email, nor did I ever see a follow-up comment. Now the article/comments have gone behind the paywall!

Wanted to draw your attention to another ironic site (with my comment). Social Media Today insists on one registering in its community, before you can post with a name/blog link. (One can, however, post a comment Anonymously.)

http://socialmediatoday.com/SMC/86182

(Note to Bill: I may love you and your blog, but I don’t like the fact that you moderate comments. PR Conversations doesn’t. And we DON’T get many spam comments, despite daily traffic in the four figures. Maybe talk to Jenn about how to institute a “first comment moderation policy,” eh?)