Comments on: I love comments .. I hate Spam http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/04/01/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/ Distracting the Mind with Information Overload Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:10:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ann http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/04/01/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-4007 Ann Fri, 06 Apr 2007 08:09:49 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/index.php/2007/04/01/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/#comment-4007 Thanks for the blogroll link, Owen, and for this great blog. I snagged the DoFollow plugin and uploaded it! I'll be back, reading and learning. By the way, I posted about your blog. You can read what I said <a href="http://feedingtimeatthezoo.com/2007/04/06/ugh%e2%80%99s-greymatter-honeypot/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Thanks for the blogroll link, Owen, and for this great blog. I snagged the DoFollow plugin and uploaded it! I’ll be back, reading and learning.

By the way, I posted about your blog. You can read what I said here.

]]> By: Aniela http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/04/01/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-3816 Aniela Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:22:46 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/index.php/2007/04/01/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/#comment-3816 These are good plugins. They increase commenting a ton ! I use dofollow as well on my sites. These are good plugins. They increase commenting a ton ! I use dofollow as well on my sites.

]]> By: Anna http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/04/01/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-3565 Anna Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:04:33 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/index.php/2007/04/01/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/#comment-3565 Yep, I use these plugins also... except I use MyAvatars (MyBlogLog avatars) instead of the gravatars as 99% of my visitors are signed up with MyBlogLog already. I love Brian's Latest Comments and that's the first plugin I installed when I made my new blog. I really like way it promotes discussion. Another plug-in you might want to look into is Brian's Threaded Comments which "gives you threaded comments and a ?wandering? comment form". It turns your comments into a mini-forum giving people the opportunity to reply to specific commments. I really like the look of this blog Owen. Very clean and neat and easy to navigate. Good job. :) Yep, I use these plugins also… except I use MyAvatars (MyBlogLog avatars) instead of the gravatars as 99% of my visitors are signed up with MyBlogLog already.

I love Brian’s Latest Comments and that’s the first plugin I installed when I made my new blog. I really like way it promotes discussion.

Another plug-in you might want to look into is Brian’s Threaded Comments which “gives you threaded comments and a ?wandering? comment form”. It turns your comments into a mini-forum giving people the opportunity to reply to specific commments.

I really like the look of this blog Owen. Very clean and neat and easy to navigate. Good job. :)

]]> By: owen http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/04/01/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-3529 owen Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:29:53 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/index.php/2007/04/01/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/#comment-3529 Thanks for all the comments guys. @Martin: Mildly amusing I agree. I was thinking of hacking the code to generate a hash of the commenter's email so they always get the same image when they post on the site. Would make it a bit more amusing i think @Jimi: the Country OS and Browser icons are provided by another plugin called FireStats .. should have mentioned that. Thanks for all the comments guys.

@Martin: Mildly amusing I agree. I was thinking of hacking the code to generate a hash of the commenter’s email so they always get the same image when they post on the site. Would make it a bit more amusing i think

@Jimi: the Country OS and Browser icons are provided by another plugin called FireStats .. should have mentioned that.

]]> By: Jimi http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/04/01/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-3482 Jimi Tue, 03 Apr 2007 01:30:18 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/index.php/2007/04/01/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/#comment-3482 Are the Country, OS, and browser icons part of Gravatars too? I've been using MyAvatars for my comment pics, but this one looks nicer. Of course I am not a Gravatar member either so showing MyBlogLog avatars works better for me and most of my readers. I should probably join that community anyways seeing as how at least some people use it. Owen I would also recommend the Show Top Commenters plugin as well to encourage people to comment more and come back. Sorry...too lazy to look for a link...lol That's the name of it though and it gives a linkback as well from when commenters make the list. Are the Country, OS, and browser icons part of Gravatars too? I’ve been using MyAvatars for my comment pics, but this one looks nicer. Of course I am not a Gravatar member either so showing MyBlogLog avatars works better for me and most of my readers. I should probably join that community anyways seeing as how at least some people use it.

Owen I would also recommend the Show Top Commenters plugin as well to encourage people to comment more and come back. Sorry…too lazy to look for a link…lol That’s the name of it though and it gives a linkback as well from when commenters make the list.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/04/01/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-3460 Lisa Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:35:08 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/index.php/2007/04/01/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/#comment-3460 I am trying to use the Latest Comments plugin and am messing something up. All I get is code in my sidebar. Any thoughts? I am trying to use the Latest Comments plugin and am messing something up. All I get is code in my sidebar. Any thoughts?

]]> By: Jenny http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/04/01/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-3459 Jenny Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:47:42 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/index.php/2007/04/01/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/#comment-3459 Those are pretty good. But then you have sites like despairNU that force people to comment, so you're not really getting readers, your just getting people who want something from you in return. ANd they make BS comments and it's just no fun. Those are pretty good. But then you have sites like despairNU that force people to comment, so you’re not really getting readers, your just getting people who want something from you in return. ANd they make BS comments and it’s just no fun.

]]> By: Martin http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/04/01/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-3454 Martin Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:00:10 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/index.php/2007/04/01/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/#comment-3454 The randomly assigned avatar thing is odd, but mildly amusing. The randomly assigned avatar thing is odd, but mildly amusing.

]]> By: Nigel Elliott http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/04/01/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-3357 Nigel Elliott Sun, 01 Apr 2007 21:11:45 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/index.php/2007/04/01/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/#comment-3357 Nice! that's pretty cool...definitely gives the comments a more personal feel for both the reader and the blogger. I think i'll try and impliment some of this myself in to my site. I'm gonna link this post on my blog Nice! that’s pretty cool…definitely gives the comments a more personal feel for both the reader and the blogger. I think i’ll try and impliment some of this myself in to my site.

I’m gonna link this post on my blog

]]> By: Lisa http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/04/01/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-3345 Lisa Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:02:03 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/index.php/2007/04/01/i-love-comments-i-hate-spam/#comment-3345 I also use the Do Follow plugin. I got it after I think it was you and Tricia on the PPP forums raved about it. Thanks for showing us the light :) I also use the Do Follow plugin. I got it after I think it was you and Tricia on the PPP forums raved about it. Thanks for showing us the light :)

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