Tag Archives: comments

Comments in the crowd

Posted on December 28, 2008 by Dave

Photo credit: Greenboy Great post by Steph on comments, community and moderation: …as more people start to see the web as place for self-expression in their own spaces and other people’s, hearing the interesting voices in the crowd is only … Continue reading →

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DavePress comments powered by IntenseDebate

Posted on December 27, 2008 by Dave

I’ve just moved the comments on this blog to the IntenseDebate system. It adds quite a bit of functionality to the comments, including threaded discussions (which are part of the new version 2.7 of WP, but I haven’t upgraded just … Continue reading →

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Akismet now has stats!

Posted on October 17, 2008 by Dave

Akismet is a plugin for WordPress (and a few other platforms) which helps combat the problem of comment spam. That when ne’erdowells come on your blog and post nonsense comments in the hope pick click the links in them to … Continue reading →

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Tracking conversations

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Dave

Sounds like Fav.or.it is going to solve the issue of bringing my comments back to my blog, better than Co-comment does (which seems borked at the moment?). From Mike Butcher at Techcrunch UK: Fav.or.it is tapping into some powerful ideas … Continue reading →

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Anonymity part 3

Posted on February 17, 2008 by Dave

John Naughton: …the Guardian has a policy of allowing people to post comments anonymously, which IMHO is a good way of encouraging people to behave badly, because they don’t have to take responsibility for their views. I’ve always thought that … Continue reading →

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