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The problem that people were concerned about was this: there were some people who would leave a smiley or brief phrase on a large number of blogs within a few minutes without actually reading the blogs.
Their purpose was to spam the comment section and pretend that they read each author's work when they actually didn't.
By spamming comments, they got more readers to click on their nickname and read their blogs. Such behavior is bad since it increases a spammer's earnings at the expense of other writers' earnings. In addition, such behavior also discourages other readers from using the comments for discussion.
Since calling cards are private, comment spammers have far less incentive to use them. Genuine readers -- who want to leave something for the writer -- don't mind that calling cards are private.
Sorry you're seeing some people who used to leave smileys not leaving calling cards on your blogs. So far, there've been over a thousand calling cards left, so it's hopefully not because people are finding it difficult to leave a calling card. On the other hand, you might have lost some comment spammers.
If you have any suggestions on how we can improve the calling cards, please let us know.
posted by
BlogitStaff-Jackie
on March 6, 2008 at 9:47 PM
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