I just noticed there were two comments held in moderation from earlier today (THAT'S never happened before!) They were by "anonymous", but one of them contained the sooper sekrit TCKT password (rsrsrsrs) so I knew they were posted by our good friend Mauro. Well, I published them, and now the blog monster has eaten them up. Gulp!
Mauro, if you're reading this, I'm looking everywhere for your posts! I'm also waving hello from across the pond!
Can you imagine poor Mrs. Luther answering her door, and we're all standing there in our touristy Hawaiian shirts, grinning around our mountain of luggage?
Lady Red....I'm no blog expert, but I do notice on a few blogs I frequent not all of them "Blogger" sites, that on occasion a comment will be held "for moderation" while others are not....ratio of about 1 in 5 or so. For ecxample, "The Mustang Project". limked here under "Kitchen Spices", does this periodically, and Tracie has to go in and "release" those comments before anyone else sees them...but each time it happens it notifies the commenter of the "hold."
I can only assume that in pre-formatted blog sites it may relate to "key words" or "phrases" that trigger the holds. At times it also appears to be comment length related...e.g., longer ones are more likely to be moderated. TMP is a wide open site, not registered identity required, however, because it is primarily an information/education site that welcomes opinions, but doesn't bluntly advocate except for horse welfare per se, the majority of comments are not rants or hostile...the worst case up to now being misunderstanding something.
Summary: I assume the holds are triggered by a benign filter that is neither turned on or turned off. It appears that these semi-administered sites require the ownership to moderate from time to time.
There, I've proven I know only enough to be dangerous and ignorant. :-))
Fay - yeah, I was just seeing if that particular string was going to trigger moderation.
I'm thinking that the spam filter kicks in automatically in certain situations - it would make sense that Google would implement the spam filter such that blog admins could not completely disable it - otherwise Google risks getting overrun with comment spam from people who leave their blog "wide open" and then walk away...
I'm just thinking of the kinds of things that would trigger the spam filter to kick in and hold comments for moderation. Maybe being outside the US is one factor. The spam filters typically have multiple factors which go into the spam/nospam decision.
If anyone is interested in how this stuff works, take a look at the wiki entry for Spam Assassin for an overview of a "representative" spam filter.
I don't think being outside the US is a factor per se. After all I'm in Canada. And, Alison has posted from the UK, Old Iron has posted from Nigeria, etc.
There I am! It's working now. I've been trying to post from my google account as "annie" but it doesn't seem to accept my DL account, only our home gmail account. Oh well, you know who I am now :-)
I just love the "Swerve" glass! Cheers, everyone!
ReplyDeleteI just noticed there were two comments held in moderation from earlier today (THAT'S never happened before!) They were by "anonymous", but one of them contained the sooper sekrit TCKT password (rsrsrsrs) so I knew they were posted by our good friend Mauro. Well, I published them, and now the blog monster has eaten them up. Gulp!
Mauro, if you're reading this, I'm looking everywhere for your posts! I'm also waving hello from across the pond!
Cheers lady red! Matt and I are having our second Cosmopolitan of the weekend.
ReplyDeleteYummylishouss!
Oh no, who banned Mauro? LOL!
Come back Mauro, we love you.
To us!
ReplyDeleteI'm having a very strong coffee right now while listening from my computer to the boys practice out in the shop. They are having a blast :-)
I noticed that too about Mauro!! Yes, we DO love you, rsrsrs. I don't know why that happened with his comments?!?
Where did you see that his comments were being moderated, was that on the front page?
ReplyDeleteIt's really weird that they would be because we don't have the moderate comments thingy switched on. Maybe it's a Blogspot blip?
ReplyDeleteA good Saturday night to all. When are we going to have our weekend party in person? Hmmmmm?
ReplyDeleteFay, I noticed it on my dashboard. I clicked the box next to each post and hit "publish". Poof! Into thin air!
ReplyDeleteI don't know why his comments ended up in moderation.
"When are we going to have our weekend party in person? Hmmmmm?"
ReplyDeleteHey Luther, do you have the grill fired up? We're all about to descend on your sunny southwest home! Woo-hoo!
Can you imagine poor Mrs. Luther answering her door, and we're all standing there in our touristy Hawaiian shirts, grinning around our mountain of luggage?
ReplyDelete*snort*
"Can you imagine poor Mrs. Luther answering her door"
ReplyDeleteEspecailly as Luther said she's not a conservative, erm erm...
Lady Red....I'm no blog expert, but I do notice on a few blogs I frequent not all of them "Blogger" sites, that on occasion a comment will be held "for moderation" while others are not....ratio of about 1 in 5 or so. For ecxample, "The Mustang Project". limked here under "Kitchen Spices", does this periodically, and Tracie has to go in and "release" those comments before anyone else sees them...but each time it happens it notifies the commenter of the "hold."
ReplyDeleteI can only assume that in pre-formatted blog sites it may relate to "key words" or "phrases" that trigger the holds. At times it also appears to be comment length related...e.g., longer ones are more likely to be moderated. TMP is a wide open site, not registered identity required, however, because it is primarily an information/education site that welcomes opinions, but doesn't bluntly advocate except for horse welfare per se, the majority of comments are not rants or hostile...the worst case up to now being misunderstanding something.
Summary: I assume the holds are triggered by a benign filter that is neither turned on or turned off. It appears that these semi-administered sites require the ownership to moderate from time to time.
There, I've proven I know only enough to be dangerous and ignorant. :-))
Sounds reasonable to me aridog, thanks for the comment.
ReplyDeleteYes, thank you aridog. I wonder if "rsrsrs" triggers the hold? Funny, if true.
ReplyDeleteAny techie help is appreciated and welcomed with open arms. :)
Do you want him to take out the pocket protector first, Lady red?
ReplyDelete"Yes, thank you aridog. I wonder if "rsrsrs" triggers the hold? Funny, if true."
ReplyDeleteIf it did, wouldn't your comment have been held as well?
Fay, you silly! I sprinkle my comments with Magic Ticket Dust. ;)
ReplyDeleteRsrsrsrs...
LOL!
ReplyDeleteRSRSRSRS...come back Mauro...
I went into Facebook this morning and told Mauro that the loss of his comments was inadvertent, and that he should please come back to talk to us.
ReplyDeleteOh, thank you Sid! I didn't even think of that...
ReplyDelete(not mauro)
ReplyDeletetesting: rsrsrsrs rsrsrsrs ....
heh, so, it could also be country of origin... the filter could be set higher on comments from non-US ip addresses... damned exceptionalism again...
ReplyDeleteWas that you testing Lewy?
ReplyDeleteWoo hoo, we are over 4,000!
ReplyDeleteFay - yeah, I was just seeing if that particular string was going to trigger moderation.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking that the spam filter kicks in automatically in certain situations - it would make sense that Google would implement the spam filter such that blog admins could not completely disable it - otherwise Google risks getting overrun with comment spam from people who leave their blog "wide open" and then walk away...
I'm just thinking of the kinds of things that would trigger the spam filter to kick in and hold comments for moderation. Maybe being outside the US is one factor. The spam filters typically have multiple factors which go into the spam/nospam decision.
If anyone is interested in how this stuff works, take a look at the wiki entry for Spam Assassin for an overview of a "representative" spam filter.
I don't think being outside the US is a factor per se. After all I'm in Canada. And, Alison has posted from the UK, Old Iron has posted from Nigeria, etc.
ReplyDelete"Woo hoo, we are over 4,000!"
ReplyDeleteYay us!!!!! :)))
This is annie. Testing 1234. Can you hear me? Is this thing on?
ReplyDeleteI posted 2 comments a while back (couple of weeks or more) and they both got swallowed up. Perhaps because I'm way out East?
I tried using my google account and using name/URL with bloggie as the URL. I wondered if it was bloggie that caused the disappearing act.
It's done it again. Below the comment box I'm getting a notice in Hebrew saying "your comment has been published" but it hasn't...
ReplyDeleteannie
There I am! It's working now. I've been trying to post from my google account as "annie" but it doesn't seem to accept my DL account, only our home gmail account. Oh well, you know who I am now :-)
ReplyDeleteAnnie! Hurray!!! It's so good to see you!
ReplyDeleteWe've all missed you like crazy. How are you???
Yay, welcome annie!
ReplyDeletePerhaps you had previously set up a google account as annie and that's why it wouldn't accept a new one???
Anyway, you're here now, that's all that matters.
Annie, welcome.
ReplyDeleteIt is truly a joy to see you here. I hope we see you more and more.
Wait, let me rephrase that -
ReplyDeleteAnnie, WELCOME!!!!!!!!
Ahh, much better.
Annie!!!!!!! Good to see you!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteYay, annie's here!!
ReplyDeleteOh, I hope she comes back to see us! And Mauro too!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the warm welcome guys (and gals) :-). Don't worry, I'll be back...
ReplyDelete/cue scary music...
Hey annie, you're posting as annie! Woo hoo!
ReplyDeleteAnd good night.