So I've had to enable comment moderation, not because I worry that any of my friends or family will make a comment I can't live with, but because I've been spammed recently and I'm tired of having to go in and delete the spam. I've reported it, but I don't have a lot of confidence that anything can or will be done about it. It's my understanding that the people who do this move from account to account to avoid having to deal with the consequences of their actions. I don't understand spam at all, whether it's left as a comment on a blog post or shows up as an annoying pop-up when I'm trying to read or watch something. Are there really enough people out there whose reaction to a pop-up for a cruise or an expensive handbag is, "Goodness, why didn't I think of that? That's exactly what I need/want!" Somehow I doubt it. Nevertheless, spam is here to stay and we all have to deal with it. For me, that means using comment moderation on my blog, at least for now.
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I found that most spam comments showed up on older posts, so what I did with my blog was to set comment moderation for comments made more than a week after a piece is posted. This has had the effect of virtually eliminating spam comments appearing on "Coming to Terms..." My personal issue right now with blogger is twofold: 1.) I get email notifications for comments which don't show up on the blog or 2.) I don't get email notification of all comments. It appears Blogger is having some ao-hell-ish technical difficulties....
What a great idea; thanks, Lisa! I'll do that. I haven't been blogging much, and I'm not really thrilled with the changes Blogger has made. It doesn't seem quite as user friendly as it was at first, but maybe I just haven't been on here enough.
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