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Saturday, November 12, 2005

Quick admin note: commenting, updated

Good news: Blogger has added comment moderation to its administrative bag of tricks. That means I no longer need to worry about coming home to a fresh batch of comment spam.

Effective immediately, I've made a couple of tiny changes to how comments are managed on this blog:
  • I've activated comment moderation. When you click on the Publish button, your comment will go into a queue for review. Queued comments will appear on the blog after I've had a chance to review and publish them. I'll try to do this a few times/day so as to minimize delays.
  • Anyone can comment. I used to limit commenters to registered users of the Blogger service. This kept anonymous nasties at bay, but made it difficult-to-impossible for users of other services - or, gasp, readers who don't blog at all - to leave their thoughts. With moderation, this issue goes away, so the doors are now open to anyone.
I'll keep word verification on for now, and will update you as things change here. Thanks for continuing to read and share in the experience.
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11 comments:

  1. ribbiticus12:12 PM, November 12, 2005

    great enhancement, don't you think? haloscan may be an alternative for you too, though. have never had to worry about spam. :)

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  2. dena12:28 PM, November 12, 2005

    Nice feature. That unwanted spam can be so annoying.

    Visiting from michele's, but I plan to look around some more.

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  3. Unknown12:41 PM, November 12, 2005

    I'm going to give that a shot too.

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  4. craziequeen12:43 PM, November 12, 2005

    Mary P put comment moderation on and then shortly thereafter took it off....

    it's weird commenting and not seeing it pop up on the screen :-(

    MSM

    cq

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  5. Michelle Pessoa1:55 PM, November 12, 2005

    The people on Michele's convinced me to change my Blogger settings too. I haven't been spammed as I feared, so hopefully it'll work out.

    Via Michele's.

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  6. Thumper2:37 PM, November 12, 2005

    There are people who don't blog...?

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  7. kenju4:42 PM, November 12, 2005

    Let us know if the comment moderation works well for you. I noticed that recently, but I wondered why you would need that as wella s comment verification. Seems to me that one or the other would work well.

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  8. Mitey Mite5:05 PM, November 12, 2005

    Okay, I commented twice -- wasn't prepared for that queue. I mean, I refreshed, I left your site and came back... What else was a computer illiterate to think? Glad you told me.

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  9. craziequeen6:57 PM, November 12, 2005

    [looks disappointed]

    wot - no movie review?

    [wanders off back to Michele's place]

    :-)

    cq

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  10. Theo7:46 PM, November 12, 2005

    fighting spam is getting to be so neccessary.

    good evening

    Here from Michele's

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  11. dena11:11 AM, November 13, 2005

    During my visit this morning I decided to look through your pictures, and stare at those fabulously beautiful chidlren of yours. My goodness, whenever I look at them I am mesmerized by the beauty of their eyes! They are gorgeous!

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Please note that Written Inc. has been set up so that all comments must first be moderated before they go live on the blog. I apologize for the inconvenience, but this is to ensure bots and trolls don't muck up the works. If you have any difficulty leaving a comment here as a result, please feel free to email it to carmilevy AT gmail DOT com. Thank you for your understanding.