Once upon a time, on an internet far, far away, the first thing I'd do every morning is go into my Comments section and delete on average 10-20 spam comments that had come in overnight while I was sleeping.
In those days boj got about 15,000 page views per day and thus had a far greater virtual surface to present than today, when I happily average 500 page views daily.
The thing is, bookofjoe1 (this is bookofjoe2 in case you hadn't noticed it in the URL) was formatted by me in such a way that the names of the 10 most recent commenters were prominently displayed in a column on the home page.
It offended me that longtime sidebar pals were displaced in favor of all manner of junky and stupidly named occupants, so I got them out of there ASAP.
Nowadays I get perhaps one spam comment a month, most recently this past Sunday on this post (top).
The great thing is that with the current layout, commenters aren't identified on the home page and you have to click the Comments link at the bottom of a post to see them.
Thus, I don't bother deleting them because prolly only a couple people on the planet other than the spammers will do so.
I mentioned it on a previous related post, but the new comment section is crap. Now that the 10 most recent comments section is gone, the only way you can know if comments have been made on posts is to go back and review all of the posts, which ain't happening. As a result, my engagement with your site has dropped to close to zero. Just letting you know, Joe
ReplyDeleteI agree: like so much else that's a FAIL with Blogger, the comment section is pretty much worthless. If I hadn't set comments up such that I'm notified via email that they've happened, I'd never know, what with that obscure teeny tiny type. On the brighter side, the world's engagement with my site has dropped to close to zero, so you embody the wisdom of the crowd. Hey, wait a sec — that's a great idea for a post! Wait a sec — what's that song I'm hearing? https://youtu.be/rXwMrBb2x1Q?si=6TX5ETP772KaMsOq
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