Nose in a Book

Ok, so it’s been forever since I’ve participated in Weekly Geeks, but this week has a fun topic – comments!

Do you have a commenting policy? For example:

*Do reply to all comments? If you do, how do you do it? Email? On the blog?
*Do you use moderation?
*How do you handle trolls? Flaming?
*How much do you tolerate from a belligerent commenter before you close or delete comments?

Have you ever gotten a comment from someone you admire? An author? A superstar blogger (the ones with the book deals)?

How do you feel about author comments? Are they welcome or do they make you nervous?

Word verification? Yay or nay.

And then there’s spam. How do we combat the evil that is spam?

Talk about your experiences with any of the above. Share your wisdom with other bloggers. What works on your blog? What doesn’t?

If you are feeling brave, try something new and report on it later in the week (a new commenting widget or spam catcher. These will vary depending on your blog).

Or write a commenting policy, even if no one sees it but you.

Or comment on some blogs you’ve never commented on before.

As always, take this prompt and make it your own.

Do I have a commenting policy? I do, you can read it here.

Do I reply to all comments? Not all the time, but if I have something to say, I’ll reply and always in the comments.

Do I use moderation? Sort of – I have a spam blocker that decides if a comment needs to be held for moderation.  If it does, I get an email notifying me that a comment is waiting to be moderation.  This doesn’t happen very often.

How do I handle trolls? It depends how trolly they are – sometimes I respond, something I just delete the comment.  Flaming? Uh, I don’t get enough comments for there to be any flaming!

How much do I tolerate from a belligerent commenter? Not much, I’ve never had to deal with this on my book blog but on my personal blog.  Usually my regular commenters come to me rescue and I don’t need to delete anything.  I have a couple of very well spoken commenters that have the ability to make most people look really stupid.

Comments from someone I admire? Yes, pretty much everyone who comments.  Thanks everyone!!

Comments from authors? I’ve never had any.  It makes me nervous to think they might be reading my reviews, but I would definitely welcome comments – unless they are rude!

Word verification? My spam blocker will sometimes decide that a commenter needs to prove they are human before posting a comment.  But not always.

Spam? I have a plugin called Spam Karma.  It’s pretty good at catching spam but it catches a lot of non-spam too!  If that ever happens to you – don’t worry, I always check the spam before deleting it.  Legitimate comments will always get rescued!

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