Posts Tagged ‘comment’

Confessions of a Spam-Catcher: How to Identify Spam

As part of my role as Lifehack’s manager, I am responsible for moderating the comments queue. Lifehack’s back-end has a “Pending” queue for comments that our spam-catching software thinks might be spam, a “Spam” queue for comments labeled “spam” either by the software or by me, and another queue for comments that have been approved, again either by the software or by me. As a general rule, I check… Continue reading

January 18 2010 | By Dustin | Tagged: blogging, comment, spam, webmaster, website, writing | 18 comments»

Be a Comment Rockstar: 10 Terrific Tips!

by libertyandvigilance"Social media" has numerous definitions, and all of them share the principle that the Internet has given us a lot of cheap ways to communicate with each other. As computers have gotten cheaper and broadband pipes have become fatter, we've expanded the multimedia involved: text has been prominent since the BBS glory days, but pictures are up there too, and making your… Continue reading

October 20 2008 | By Torley | Tagged: argument, blog, comment, conversation, humor, idea, media, self-expression, social, social-media | 20 comments»

How to Handle Criticism

How well do you handle criticism? I’ve been dealt a lot of criticism ranging from harsh feedback to feeling completely insulted. Although the saying goes, “Stick and stones can break by bones, but words can never hurt me,” a harsh piece of feedback can definitely leave you with a bruised ego.Despite the sting, I’ve found criticism can often be useful. Feedback can help you fix mistakes… Continue reading

May 22 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: comment, criticism, feeback, feeling | 22 comments»

How Insightful Comments Can Bring You Readers

Blog comments, and the practice of commenting in general, seems to have a weird mystery surrounding it. Is it like online chat and messaging, a forum, email, dinner conversation, or a networking function? Depending on the blog, it can be any, many, or all of these.

Reg Adkins recently posted some excellent tips on commenting. From the standpoint of the small business blogger, or a writer looking to… Continue reading

October 12 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: blog, comment | 7 comments»