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7 Ways Blogging Is Like Throwing A Party : Blogging For The Money — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:10:22 +0000

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By: Kathy Holmes, Author with Attitude » Blog Archive » Blogging Issues

Kathy Holmes, Author with Attitude » Blog Archive » Blogging Issues — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:48:37 +0000

[...] Bloggers struggle with many issues, such as, “Should I have one blog to cover everything I want to write about or separate blogs for different subjects?” And then there are a plethora of questions about comments. “How can I get more comments? How can I get fewer comments? Should I comment on comments? What about spam comments? What about people who harass you through comments?” You can read what she has to say about comments here. [...]

By: Barrie Summy

Barrie Summy — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:20:16 +0000

I think teens often comment the way they text: a lot!

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Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:57:36 +0000

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By: blogidator

blogidator — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:22:11 +0000

Great catch as always! I had the same old bothering thought on rubbish comments scattering all over most frequently visited blogs. The language is hardly crafted well, mostly are just irrelevant compliments, or some unnecessary passing-by mambo-jumbo like, hi, oh good site, pertamax, etc.
The idea behind blog comments are of course as you phrased building up link juice. Unfortunately, that seems to be the only reason most of the times. You can’t hope conversations are solidified in the comment pages, but at least, you can always be happy with some simple inspiring thoughts drowned in rubbish. Seeing the case, top commentors widget, if any, should not only rely on the quantity but also the quality behind. It means it must allow some custom pick on the good comment.

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:40:09 +0000

@Kathy:

I thought Mark fixed the email problem in the latest version. Check with him again. That was a common complaint.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 03:29:56 +0000

I also applaud your good call and going back to the source. What attracted me to the title of your post was a tangentially related problem I had with the Subscribe to Comments plugin. I have one post–only one–with over 100 comments. At the end of September, enough of the commenters had subscribed to the comment thread that it triggered my webhost’s throttle. Anything over 50 emails sent in less than 5 minutes is suspected spam, and my email account was suspended. Sadly, I had to deactivate the plugin, as the post has a seasonal popularity and I didn’t want to disable comments on the post altogether.

As far as I can determine, I have two alternatives. One is to have a link to the feed for that one comment thread. Someone more WordPress savvy than I has already told me how to do it. I just know that not as many people will subscribe to the feed as subscribed to the email notification, and all the previous commenters would have to re-subscribe to a new format.

The other alternative is to move to a different webhost, one that will let me set my own throttle, such as Dreamhost. I will probably do that eventually, but that takes time and money.

The plugin was easier than either of those alternatives, and I hate to give it up. I tried emailing the plugin creator, and tried asking for help on the WordPress Support forum, and got no response in either case.

For my webhost, it’s not too many comments, but too many comment notifications.

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