I do not get a lot of valid comments to my blog posts. I have to say something fairly controversial to get any comments at all. But I do get several spam comments a week. All my received comments are moderated and all the spam comments are deleted. It is really easy to spot the spam comments because they invariably start out by telling me some old blog post is well written or informative or whatever. For example, here is the initial wording from a spam comment: "Informative. It’s not easy to get such quality information online nowadays. Great going."
Real comments rarely say anything about the writing, they comment on the topic. Many of the spam comments are simply a sales pitch for some product or service. I invariably delete all these comments before they are published.
So, if you want to comment, make your comment specific to the blog post. If you want to tell me I am doing a good job or not, just post to my Facebook posts and say anything you want to say. Remember, if you use abusive language on Facebook, you might get banned from the website. I have had a very few comments on Facebook in that category.
I read your blog posts through an RSS feed so I don't get the benefit of all the links that you show in your actual blog site unless I click "View Article..." at the bottom of the RSS post. So, you suggested that the reader go to your Facebook page, but no link was included in the blog RSS post. So, I ventured to your blog site and couldn't find a FB link there either. I could "Post To Social Media" by clicking the FB icon at the top, but that doesn't just go to your FB page. About halfway down was another link to Share on Facebook, but that link is bad! Sorry for such a long Comment, but I thought you would want to know about the bad link, and while I was here, I wanted to suggest you make it easy to find your FB page.
ReplyDeleteI made the change and put the link near the top of the page. Thanks for the heads up.
DeleteJames, not a day goes by that I don't read the blog. As you know, sometimes I comment. I always, nearly, agree with you. I especially like the ones when you explain (take people to task) things like how FSFT works, or such. Hope your trip is good., Jim
ReplyDeleteAlways glad to hear from you. Thanks for your kind comment.
DeleteI may not always comment, but I do read your blog James.
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