There's a new comment on an old post - the one about branding. The comment is cut and pasted in about a website on Jehovah's Witness lawsuits. The person got there through a google search for Jehovah's Witness. And the commentor got through the screening. So I'm guessing it was a person, not a machine. . It's sort of relevant since JW is mentioned (though there was a much more relevant one that same day..) Should I leave it or dump it? Based on what criteria?
Possible criteria:
1. A real person left the comment
2. There's a relationship to the post content
3. It isn't abusive of someone or a group
4. The information posted might be of interest to a reader
Should "It isn't a cut and paste comment without direct reference to the post" be a criterion?
What should I do?
I normally approve all comments, as long as they don't violate my own personal standards. My teenaged nieces and nephew read my blog, so I keep that in mind.
ReplyDeleteThere have only been two comments [by real people, vice spambots] that I have refused to approve. One was from a supporter of a (alleged) cop killer. The second was from a woman that I had been on a few dates with that chose my blog to convey some personal information she should have told me in person, or at least on the phone.
Other than that, I approve them.
Then again, most of my posts are photos, and I rarely get anything controversial.