Some of my readers who are also bloggers may have noticed your comment counts have gone down on your blogs, and I wondered that myself about mine when I would see literally hundreds of visitors but sadly no comments. I know they're not really needed (of course they are!) but are greatly desired. Another blogger and I wondered why my comments weren't showing up on her blog too. So I asked my friends to do a test comment on mine and one comment I received was the Captcha/letter spam test was so hard to read that she just didn't want to make the effort. I also have had that problem on other blogs and I know you can click to get different ones till one comes up that you can read. But what a PITA.
So yesterday, dear readers, I eliminated that requirement on my blog. It is now just set to Moderation, so your comment won't show up on my blog until I approve it. I wish even needing that wasn't necessary but trust me, it is. You should see some of the comments that never show up for you to read.
And btw, you can get my blog posts sent to your email by adding your email address to where it says Suscribe by Email halfway down on the lower right column. Click on Submit to get an email box to fill in.
So please, if you so like, comment away. And thank you.
Val
So yesterday, dear readers, I eliminated that requirement on my blog. It is now just set to Moderation, so your comment won't show up on my blog until I approve it. I wish even needing that wasn't necessary but trust me, it is. You should see some of the comments that never show up for you to read.
And btw, you can get my blog posts sent to your email by adding your email address to where it says Suscribe by Email halfway down on the lower right column. Click on Submit to get an email box to fill in.
So please, if you so like, comment away. And thank you.
Val
Yay! I have a lot of problems commenting on blogger, frequently I don't even try. This should help.
ReplyDeleteI like the spammers - they make me giggle. :-) My favorites are the "you can get similar dress here! Follow this spamware link!"
ReplyDeleteYay, thank you! I don't have captcha or moderation on, because the hundreds of spams I am getting are all ending up in the spam filter, not one single one has hit a post yet, which I think is remarkably efficient of dear old Blogger. But moderation is a great idea!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Google recently made captcha "easier," but it's still a pain. I'll try to comment more often now.
ReplyDeleteI agree, the captcha thing is a pain. After reading this post yesterday I decided to change my comments to moderation only as well. I had a couple spam comments this morning which unusual so I may turn the captcha/letter test back on. I'm going to see how it goes. Thanks for this post.
ReplyDelete-Emily
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Emily, I'm finding it easier to just delete and block the couple I get, as compared to so many readers who would like to leave comments but are discouraged.
DeleteVal
I'm finding I'm getting more spam with the captcha/letter test turned off. But it seems, like you, I'm getting just a few spam messages here and there so I can just block and delete as you suggested. I know when I first started blogging I had trouble leaving comments so I know how frustrating and discouraging to can be!
Delete-Emily