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1 year ago
in Comment Spam Warning Signs on Andy Beard - Internet Business Systems Discussion
Andy,
I'm a pretty harsh moderator of comments myself but you've taken it to a whole new level compared to what I do.
While I can see being this harsh has its advantages, do you find that as a by product of your liberal use of the spam button that you're stifling the community aspect or report that you could be building with your readership?
I think if I were to delete comments even harsher than I do now (ie, approaching what you do) - I'd be largely not allowing any comments through onto my site. From what I can see in the comments that generally get left around the place, a lot of people don't have a lot of time to write comments - so I 'generally' let through shorter ones so long as they have some sort of substance to them. If the commenter is new to your site but they leave a short but good comment, are you likely to let it through or dump it because they haven't taken the time to write something of significance/substance?
Al.
I'm a pretty harsh moderator of comments myself but you've taken it to a whole new level compared to what I do.
While I can see being this harsh has its advantages, do you find that as a by product of your liberal use of the spam button that you're stifling the community aspect or report that you could be building with your readership?
I think if I were to delete comments even harsher than I do now (ie, approaching what you do) - I'd be largely not allowing any comments through onto my site. From what I can see in the comments that generally get left around the place, a lot of people don't have a lot of time to write comments - so I 'generally' let through shorter ones so long as they have some sort of substance to them. If the commenter is new to your site but they leave a short but good comment, are you likely to let it through or dump it because they haven't taken the time to write something of significance/substance?
Al.
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It takes time to build up a community.
One thing I have noticed though is that quality comments encourage more quality comments, and junk comments encourage more junk comments.
The other day I left a couple of good comments over on the stomper blog as soon as an article was posted.
They were long detailed comments adding a lot of value, one of the posts was promoting Comment Kahuna before the Traffic Kahuna relaunch.
I received 20 or 30 visitors from each comment, and a very visible increase in subscribers just based on the clicks I can track.
In addition because I wrote a good comment, I also gained a link of appreciation from Dan at SEO Fast Start who I have a lot of respect for and recommend his ebooks frequently.
That also sent me subscribers.
I know that the subscribers I receive from those sources are much more valuable to me than typical blogging audiences.
Those comments also set a great example. I actually like comment tools that help you discover new blogs where you can get a bonus link for adding value.
I often have 100 comments to moderate per day, I have to draw the line somewhere.