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I never get tired of getting a rose. It is a woman thing.

Censorship is not good. We know who is faking and who

is sincere.

posted by winged on June 20, 2008 at 4:26 PM | link to this | reply

YAY!!!! A big THANK YOU!!!!!

posted by shelly_b on May 16, 2008 at 3:22 PM | link to this | reply

To make sure it's clear, the original News entry was updated yesterday to note that this requirement is no longer in effect and provide info on how to report comment spam.

posted by BlogitStaff-Jackie on May 15, 2008 at 6:07 PM | link to this | reply

I have to agree with Shelly.

I think this new rule is unnecessary and unduly restrictive. (And in case you haven't noticed, I don't have any problems exceeding fifteen letters in most of my comments.)

I understand the rationale, but sometimes you just don't need to leave a long comment to let a writer know that you read and liked their post. "I agree; good post!" is a perfectly fine (and IMO very welcome) comment, but this new rule would make it unacceptable.

Besides, where does that leave blogs like "name that tune," in which the majority of comments are song titles and artists? "Mandy (B. Manilow)" is an acceptable and reasonable comment for that blog, yet it would not be accepted under the new rule.

IMO, if you are having problems with comment spammers, there are several solutions that don't punish everyone for the misdeeds of a few. First, writers can be a little less snippy about short comments or emoticon-laden comments. Hey, someone left you a comment, eh? Be happy! But if people are commenting in ways a particular writer dislikes, then those individual writers can delete those comments with a couple of clicks. (I do.) And the writers can report comment spammers. Finally, comment spammers could be warned that their misuse of the comments must cease unless they want to be removed from the site.

posted by editormum on May 14, 2008 at 12:59 PM | link to this | reply

Sorry, but I really don't like this..

it takes the fun out of commenting.  I only think that the people who were spamming should have to do this. I am not happy.

posted by shelly_b on May 13, 2008 at 4:37 PM | link to this | reply