You mentioned bloggers pruning their comments to make themselves look better … I don’t really understand this. I don’t doubt that it happens; it just doesn’t seem to be in anybody’s best interest. I delete everything from my blog that’s obvious spam, and I get my share. If there’s doubt, I tend to look into things - the site somebody signed with, the history of their posting, etc. And then make up my mind after some thought. Luckily, I don’t get so many in-between comments, so that’s actually feasible.

Real spam - the kind that everybody in the world will agree is spam - is a huge turn off. It looks unprofessional, and I don’t doubt it chases the users away. And it looks unprofessional. The problem is, so much of it isn’t quite as obvious. You could take a few dozen PhDs and not get a consensus. Which makes the job of the who who writes Akismet code pretty difficult…

Forrest’s last blog post..God Beams

This is my first comment here, I find all the info here so helpful. And thank you for the link love, unusual and generous!

I have to say that you’re generosity is not unrewarded, as I ran across a link to you from another site where a reader was praising your content and link love. And this was actually the second time I had ran across such a link to you yet another site.

Thank you from a new fan
JR