Comments on: Pet Peeve #3,129: Restrictive Comments

By: Becky

Becky — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:16:40 +0000

Amen sistah! I have signed up for all those things for the very reason I want to join in or leave a comment, but maybe I should have been protesting w/you!

By: wil

wil — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:38:59 +0000

Unlike your blog, the authors at the venues you cited haven’t the ability to create filters to eliminate comment spam. At least in my case, I am interested in what real commenters have to say, not what some bozo selling viagra wants me to read.

Choose a generic commenting identity and password and use it for all websites which require registration. Use a “Hotmail” address and just watch the freaking spam pour in. Then you might recall why there’s registration in the first place.

By: LunaStone

LunaStone — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:52:42 +0000

AMEN!!!

By: Laughing Muse

Laughing Muse — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:45:18 +0000

I griped about the same thing in my T13 this week. (Well, that and some other gripes. It’s a relatively disjointed list this week.)

By: Sparky

Sparky — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:12:41 +0000

hmm, I think Im going to have to just tolerate the anonymous spam as opposed to being restrictive

By: n. mallory

n. mallory — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:30:54 +0000

Wil, I appreciate what you’re saying; I do. I’ve spent years combating spam. I don’t think there’s any universal way to eliminate the anonymous spam; certainly there’s no filter that works 100%.

However, I do think it’s a big tease to invite people to your website as part of a commenting meme and then impose restrictions on who can comment. I almost feel like I should be warned somehow that my experience is not going to be 100% satisfactory — particularly since I start out every Thursday trying to read and comment on as many of the Thursday Thirteens as I can and I feel my time could be better spent reading just the ones that want to play along with the comment and link sharing.

But that’s my 2cents. I’m allowed that in this country still.

By: Jenny Ryan

Jenny Ryan — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 20:20:41 +0000

Oh man, this drives me crazy too!

I used to have that on my website, but then one of my friends wrote me and said basically what you’ve said here.

So I changed it, and now I have lots of wonderful people like you who stop by and say hello. Much better that way!