Comment policy
Yes, I do moderate the comments left on posts in this space. Why? There are some people out there who think it’s because I want to vet the comments that people leave on posts. Sorry, wrong guess. Please try to keep your knees from jerking in the future.
The actual reason is two words, 11 letters: comment spam. I get a lot of it.
I use the Akismet plugin for WordPress (and various other blog engines), which catches a lot of comment spam. But some always creeps through. Sometimes, more than just some. I’d rather spend a few seconds bulk approving comments rather than spending even more time hunting through comments to find ones about cut-price pharmaceuticals, enhancement products, cheap insurance, low-cost flowers, and the like. I’ve got very little free time as it is, and have better ways of spending it than trying to elmininate spam.
The good news is that once a comment is approved, future comments on an old or new post won’t need to be moderated. Generally … Sometimes, it doesn’t work that way. Technology be fickle now and again.
You might be wondering whether or not I’ve deleted comments that aren’t spam. Nope. Never. Haven’t even edited a comment. And I don’t plan to, unless that comment is abuses another commenter.
Some folks might find our stance on comment moderation annoying or distateful. Know that I’m not trying to censor, to show favouritism, or to shut people up. That said, I try to approve comments as quickly as possible. The other things in my life can get in the way, though. So please be patient.
