tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10667700.post369568282444793777..comments2024-01-08T00:18:57.750+00:00Comments on Gay Banker: Gay lifestyle magazines and comment moderationGBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07046768019709916759noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10667700.post-58743936111003795382008-01-27T10:03:00.000+00:002008-01-27T10:03:00.000+00:00Bearing in mind that I've just surfed onto your bl...Bearing in mind that I've just surfed onto your blog, I haven't seen much photos of you in the few posts I've encountered, and you've been rather adept at compartmentalising your offline persona. So I'd guess that it would be far easier to give free reign to the comment trolls out there with the level of anonymity you've retained than if you were to have more pictures out, and were less rigid with personal details.Bubblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558844568267718375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10667700.post-44288708466089804462007-12-05T07:26:00.000+00:002007-12-05T07:26:00.000+00:00I only started comments moderation recently when I...I only started comments moderation recently when I rebuffed a trolls sexual advances and he threaten to out me on my blog. I always publish all comments though<BR/><BR/>I need my coming out to people to be at my own choice.<BR/><BR/>So I guess I will not allow open commentsGay Nairobi Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12974172069472091025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10667700.post-36921392774118908802007-12-04T02:36:00.000+00:002007-12-04T02:36:00.000+00:00AXM is all over the place here (South Mancs) while...AXM is all over the place here (South Mancs) while GT--which I usually prefer to buy--isn't. Attitude comes and goes according to the whims of the shops.<BR/><BR/>I don't know about Blogger but with WordPress (which I use) you can ban people by IP if they're being a nuisance, as I did with some Aussie nitwit littering the posts with homophobic comments. <BR/><BR/>That aside I leave everything unmoderated since WP has a great range of spam-catching tools (I guess Google works behind the scenes for Blogger) and I find that it's useful sometimes to see what you've just written in case it was wrong! Also makes for a swifter dialogue if the topic is a hot one.<BR/><BR/>http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10667700.post-78706922183011359192007-12-02T11:48:00.000+00:002007-12-02T11:48:00.000+00:00Apart from an occasional spam here and there (whic...Apart from an occasional spam here and there (which is just annoying) I've not had any nasty comments EVER or had to delete any comments either (crap I've totally jinxed myself now).. but I prefer to know who is leaving comments so I only allow fellow bloggers to do so.<BR/><BR/>I'd personally find doing comment moderation on my own blog a pain.<BR/><BR/>I do recall LP's blog being moderation free some time back.<BR/><BR/>I subscribe to Attitude, more of a statement to my aunt (who I live with) than for sheer pleasure of reading it.. but I must admit I prefer Attitude over the others.. (I find GT is just an excuse for porn).. but even Attitude has started moving towards soft porn.Soul Seared Dreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02678928359782830807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10667700.post-12557479135767385902007-12-02T06:37:00.000+00:002007-12-02T06:37:00.000+00:00To be honest GB, I haven't even thought about the ...To be honest GB, I haven't even thought about the whole "comment moderation" thing. I had it on when I first started blogging, but with you, have not yet rejected any comments. Thanks for the reminder, I'm going to switch it off and live a bit daringly! ;-)Montyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535444453211857308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10667700.post-81685412628751945402007-12-01T13:02:00.000+00:002007-12-01T13:02:00.000+00:00I've been lucky not to have much in the way of pra...I've been lucky not to have much in the way of prank callers messing with comments - so haven't screened them. Perhaps I just don't have enough popularity for that. But I do prefer to see a thriving commentary and various threads developing in the comments. It is limited by comment moderation - unless the blog author is constantly online to sort through them... Live life on the edge! (and if something unnecessarily offensive gets through - just delete it when you see it)Superchilledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00480825797997399121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10667700.post-45503780490428153052007-12-01T12:12:00.000+00:002007-12-01T12:12:00.000+00:00Actually LP, that happened to me too, about a year...Actually <A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/profile/11153464874294546992" REL="nofollow">LP</A>, that happened to me too, about a year ago. In my case it was an anonymous commentator, and it was when he started attacking the other commentators that I stopped allowing anonymous comments. That was enough to deter him. Two weeks later, I started allowing anonymous comments again (even though I MUCH prefer attributable comments to anonymous ones) and thankfully he didn't return.<BR/><BR/>As I said in this post, somehow, at some point, I do believe the bad karma will get him back!<BR/><BR/>GB xxxGBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07046768019709916759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10667700.post-26173950419910148702007-12-01T10:30:00.000+00:002007-12-01T10:30:00.000+00:00I started by having unmoderated comments. I actua...I started by having unmoderated comments. I actually posted at some point that it's a copout if bloggers moderate comments and they should be braver than that.<BR/><BR/>I was also happy to respond to whoever wrote a big aggressive rant if they made a valid point.<BR/><BR/>However, at some point I got a reader who just started posting insults on a daily basis. Nothing you could respond to - he would just swear at me, tell me to fuck off and leave the country, general nastiness.<BR/><BR/>That's when I decided to moderate comments. People like that get a kick out of riding on the success of your blog and they think they have an impact by doing that.<BR/><BR/>Not to mention that there are lots of crazies out there and I;m not really willing to give them a sopabox to climb on through my blog.<BR/><BR/>I've responded to yuor AXM comment too by the way (over at mine)London Preppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11153464874294546992noreply@blogger.com