Comments on: Commenting Guidelines: the Rules of Doh

By: Lyn

Lyn — Sun, 30 Nov 2003 00:00:00 +0000

This is my first visit to your blog.
. . . You don’t know me
. . . It’s not off topic, nor is it self promoting . . .
I say, Hallelujah brother - - Praise the Lord and Pass that Ammunition!

By: j-ster

j-ster — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

I think you’ll like this one…

“We’ve all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.”
— Robert Wilensky

By: Xavier

Xavier — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

lol!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: urchin

urchin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Are you genuinely concerned about the quality of the comments or is it just another post filler (”let’s see…i posted something about the weather, what’s next? oh I know, commenting rules!”)? And how can you stay there perfecting your tan (and it IS a nice tan, I must admit) when your readers are waiting for a non-trivial entry?

By: MJ

MJ — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

I feel your pain and frustration honey. That’s one of the reasons why I went to “moderate-comment-mode” on my blog. Not just to stop the inane spamming link type, but also because comments should ideally me a comment on the topic of the post, not just a shout-out in general.

Also I find that those shout outs are just attempts to get their own blog linked to yours as most of us allow names to be linked to a site. So really it’s just spam on another level.

Good on you for spelling it out though. I think I might even put a brief list like this up on my mod notification page to make it clear why comments are being modded.

*steals Dave’s list*

By: nacken

nacken — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

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By: dr Dave

dr Dave — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Mr. e
Sorry if the formulation wasn’t clear enough: by “(and I don’t know you)”, I meant that, naturally, I’ll be inclined to more leniency toward blatant self-promotion if you are an old-time commenter than if I have never seen you around. That being said, you could be my best friend from high-school: if you start trying to sell erection pills on my blog, you’ll be out quicker than one can spell “penthermine”…

Once again, all these rules apply mostly to people who do not even bother reading more than 5 lines in a row, anywhere they browse and just feel compelled to click on any shiny “post comment” button they stumble upon. The fact you bother reading an entry from start to finish usually qualifies you automatically for unmoderated commenting.

By: mr. e

mr. e — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

As a “one timer” i am in many ways puzzled by the two rules witch apply to whichever comments i make, and them being terminated. Reffering to the “(and i don’t know you)” i must ask if by it you mean only your personal friends post here.

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