Hey-lo.
Just wanted to let everyone know that I finally broke down and after almost 5 years of allowing people to post either anonymously or connecting a website to a name, changed the way people can leave comments.
The reason being is that I was getting very tired of dealing with spam comments. Even though Blogger is doing a fantastic job of channeling 98% of my spam comments directly into the spam folder, it was the remaining two percent that I was getting tired of dealing with. Plus, do you know how disconcerting it is to check the spam folder every three days and see at least 160+ spam comments in it?
So for the foreseeable future, the only way that you can leave comments is by one of the following methods:
1} Using your Blogger/Google+/Google account (I'm pretty sure about the Google+ account, since it's part of the same Google family).
2} Open ID.
I'll still be moderating because I just can't see myself not doing that, simply because I don't allow anonymous comments.
I sincerely apologize in advance to all my friends who come to visit and want to leave a comment, but can't due to not having either a Google account or any other blogging type account.
When things get back to some degree of normalcy here and I can see with a reasonable degree of accuracy what kind of traffic I'm actually getting, I'll give some serious consideration to allowing anonymous comments again.
G.B.
Sunday, January 27, 2013
7 comments:
Go on, give me your best shot. I can take it. If I couldn't, I wouldn't have created this wonderful little blog that you decided to grace with your presence today.
About that comment moderation thingy: While yes, it does say up above I can take it, I only use it to prevent the occasional miscreant from leaving thoughtless and/or clueless comments.
So remember, all of your comments are greatly appreciated and all answers will be given that personal touch that you come to expect and enjoy.
G. B. Miller
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I don't allow them, and you know why!
ReplyDeleteR: Yeah, I sort of do.
ReplyDeleteStill, I find it disoncerting that I had to do it, because I do get the occasional FB friend that will comment on the blog.
But honestly, I need to get my blog back under some semblance of normalcy.
On the bright side, I did re-publish a post that I had taken down about a year ago.
You gotta do what ya gotta do:)
ReplyDeleteI allowed anonymous comments briefly and the crazies came out - most spam stuff. So I took that option off, too.
ReplyDeleteG.A.: Sadly, I do. Didn't want to, but the spam was starting to get tiresome to deal with.
ReplyDeleteLynn: What started me to give serious consideration to doing this was New Year's Day weekend. On a post that I had for that Monday, I wound up with about 70 comments, 63 of which were spam.
Boo. I hate that because then it doesn't link back to the persons blog.
ReplyDeleteBearman: I think you can with Open ID. If you select it, it allows you to select from a drop down bar and you put in your blog addy.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I really didn't want to do this, but I just couldn't deal with the spam anymore.