That sounds kind of redundant doesn’t it. Sorry, but this post is kinda grumpy so don’t say I didn’t warn you.
A couple of folks have complained to me offline about their comments not showing up. Let me explain.
Comments are held in a queue until I approve them. Once I approve them, then they will show up. If you have commented here before, then additional comments will show up automatically without me needing to approve them.
I think the issue at hand however is, why does one comment get approved and another not? Here’s my current criteria….
- If Akismet catches it as spam, there’s a big chance I wont ever see it…if it was legit, email me and let me know and I’ll try to fix it.
- If you provide an obviously bogus email or website, it’s getting spammed – period.
- If you provide a comment of questionable value PLUS the web address you link to is obviously not a blog and is primarily a commercial site, then my conclusion is that you are after a free link to a website, so you’re gettin’ spammed dude. Example of questionable value…”With interest I pursue here those always well and understandable written contributions.” along with a URL of www.crazy-realestate-scams-you-can-buy.com…uhhh what do you expect?
- If you are a first-time commenter and only say “great stuff” or something, I’m assuming that you’re trying to get approved with something innocuous so that you can post a different one later linking to an online gambling escort service or something. I don’t mark these as spam, I just delete them. They add nothing to the conversation anyway. Sorry.
- If you attack another person, you’re getting deleted. You can attack ideas all you want “that point of view is stupid…blah blah”, but the moment you say “you’re stupid…”, don’t expect to see your comment show up and if you’ve been previously admitted on here, I’m going to delete it as soon as I see it.
Folks tend to have this view that the internet is supposed to be anarchaic and that I’m somehow violating basic human rights by denying you a voice, blah blah blah. As soon as you start paying for my hosting, contributing articles and paying for my domain name, etc….then you can say that….until then, get your own blog and say whatever you want and have you’re own comment policy of anything goes. That’s still my name in your URL 
OK, grumpiness fading…feeling better now. Comment away, but don’t scam, don’t spam and be nice, please.
