Care to Comment? July 3, 2007
Posted by Matthew Woolums in Opinion.2 comments
So lately one of my older posts has been receiving some comments. They seem to be generally off-topic, but not regular spam, so I’ve left them up. I’m not sure if that is a sound blogging practice or not. Earlier there was a blogosphere conversation about bullying in comments, and some decided to start editing or deleting offensive comments while others cried, “censorship.”
I’m still trying to figure out how to decide what comments I should leave up and which I should remove. I don’t get that many comments, so I should probably figure it out in case that changes.
Comment Codification:
- Level One – Obvious spam – comment which sells a product, invites illegal or illicit behavior, or seeks to con you out of your money
- Level Two – Bullying or Flame – comment designed to offend, intimidate, or generate negative responses just for the thrill of it
- Level Three – Self promoting spam – comment which may be off-topic, left by another blog to increase its visibility or number of links back to another blog or other web page
- Level Four – Genuine comment – comment left by someone who has read the post and wishes to leave their feedback or extend the conversation
I’ve made it a practice to delete any level one spam, haven’t received any level two comments to think about, and am sort of ambivalent about the level three comments I’m currently receiving. Level four comments speak for themselves. Any suggestions or comments on how you manage your comments?
