Comments on: Commenting on LGR Webmaster Blog and Blogger Commenting Update

By: Comment Policy - LGR Internet Solutions - Web and Blog Consulting

Comment Policy - LGR Internet Solutions - Web and Blog Consulting — Fri, 15 May 2009 01:39:59 +0000

[...] have been pretty relaxed about comments here, even after attempting to make a comment policy back in 2007. I have had any number of comment bots coming and spamming the blog with automated [...]

By: LGR

LGR — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:21:40 +0000

I will probably do the same. Especially if it is a busy week.

By: LGR

LGR — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:17:37 +0000

Aaron,
Google certainly seems to have abandoned the “do no evil” mantra that they seemed to live by and are well on their way to becoming the Microsoft of the online world as you say. It really looks like the right time for a new underdog to come out of nowhere like Google did. Time will tell.

By: Colin King

Colin King — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 11:41:54 +0000

I feel exactly the same about comments. In the past I too allowed nicknames and keyword names. Now, it just seems so childish to me, like you I like to get to know my visitors. So if I can’t find a name I delete it, no matter how good/bad the comment is.

By: Aaron Stroud

Aaron Stroud — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:49:35 +0000

“Google/Blogger are not great at communicating”

Google has so much on its plate that we’re going to see more of this. Over a decade, Google has grown from being simply a search engine to being the “Microsoft” of the online world.

If they keep trying to get their fingers in every pie, they’re going to continue experiencing mishaps like the commenting mess and worse.