Comment moderation seems to be the big thing now. Whenever I leave a comment on a blog and press the Submit button, I get “your comment is awaiting moderation. It will appear when the blog owner has approved it.” I’m starting to see this more and more. I can understand personal blogs doing that. I’ve had people, who I knew in real life, stalk my blog and leave rude comments whenever they could. This happens a lot with personal blogs, so if the blog owner wants to moderate the blog, then I don’t see anything wrong with that.
However, business blogs are increasingly getting into this practice and it doesn’t make sense. The rules don’t apply to them like they do with personal blogs. I’ve gotten my share of rude comments on my blog posts. It sucks when I see them, and I do get the urge to delete them, but I don’t. The best way to show your professionalism is to handle the comment head on. It will make your readers think “Wow, this person has got it going on,” and it will give you a sense of accomplishment.
Business blogs, take that moderation off. If you are worried about spam, get something like Akismet to manage it. If you are worried about rude comments, deal with it. Not everyone is going to like what you write, so all you can do is accept that and move on. It discourages people to leave anymore comments when they see the moderation message pop up.
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Posted by chicwriter in blogging on November 19, 2009
Comment moderation seems to be the big thing now. Whenever I leave a comment on a blog and press the Submit button, I get “your comment is awaiting moderation. It will appear when the blog owner has approved it.” I’m starting to see this more and more. I can understand personal blogs doing that. I’ve had people, who I knew in real life, stalk my blog and leave rude comments whenever they could. This happens a lot with personal blogs, so if the blog owner wants to moderate the blog, then I don’t see anything wrong with that.
However, business blogs are increasingly getting into this practice and it doesn’t make sense. The rules don’t apply to them like they do with personal blogs. I’ve gotten my share of rude comments on my blog posts. It sucks when I see them, and I do get the urge to delete them, but I don’t. The best way to show your professionalism is to handle the comment head on. It will make your readers think “Wow, this person has got it going on,” and it will give you a sense of accomplishment.
Business blogs, take that moderation off. If you are worried about spam, get something like Akismet to manage it. If you are worried about rude comments, deal with it. Not everyone is going to like what you write, so all you can do is accept that and move on. It discourages people to leave anymore comments when they see the moderation message pop up.
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