Hmmm, I get a lot of comments and trackbacks and I make time to check all that are suspicious. So should you. You can’t prevent all of them, but when in doubt, do.

If the comment is good, leave it. If any links are “questionable”, remove them and leave the comment. It’s that simple. Don’t stress over this. Christians are some of the most sexual folks I know, though many are some of the most uptight I know. They can take it, unless it is blatant. It’s a joke, but honestly, if one slips through, it’s not the end of the world. Be diligent and understand that comments are content and you have control over them totally.

And make sure you have a clear comments policy that says “play nice”.

Which leads to one of my favorite gripes. The search function does not, I assume, use regular expressions so that you can specify, for instance, the word “unknown” (any case) as the first letters in the field “comment” … you could surely do this with the database. But the search function on the dashboard, as is the case with most higher-level software functionality, is a re-invented wheel with fewer features than the original wheel.

Really, you should do everything in a terminal.

If your Waffles Radio site becomes really popular, you will be stuck with that for a long time. Then be known as “Waffles” and be proud. It’s up to you.

It depends upon your needs, goals, purpose, and desires. Let it take you where it will.

However, you will have to work a little harder when you leave comments and blog to prove that your brain isn’t filled with waffles.

Around campus I’m known as Waffles because there are a lot of people named Chris. Hence the name of my site, Waffles Radio. It might not be a real human sounding name, but it is a real name for me. Does that still fall under the category of things you wouldn’t do?

The real point is that if you want to be “known” for who you are and what you do on the web, you should be a “real” sounding person. Given that, some of the most brilliant bloggers on the web are known under their pseudonyms – though not as many as once were.