Comments on: Engadget to cut off head to spite face http://www.blogherald.com/2005/11/22/engadget-to-cut-of-head-to-spite-face/ The leading source of news covering the blogosphere, Web 2.0, new technology, and related topics. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:26:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Peter Rojas http://www.blogherald.com/2005/11/22/engadget-to-cut-of-head-to-spite-face/comment-page-1/#comment-70781 Peter Rojas Wed, 23 Nov 2005 21:41:57 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/11/22/engadget-to-cut-of-head-to-spite-face/#comment-70781 We didn’t eliminate comments from the site — we shut them down for a day so we could implement some better anti-spam software. Amazing how people jump to conclusions — not a single person spreading this “story� bothered to contact me or anyone else at Engadget or Weblogs Inc. for confirmation or even to confirm that supposed email that was going around. Sad, really. I won't even respond to gadgetfan's slander. We didn’t eliminate comments from the site — we shut them down for a day so we could implement some better anti-spam software. Amazing how people jump to conclusions — not a single person spreading this “story� bothered to contact me or anyone else at Engadget or Weblogs Inc. for confirmation or even to confirm that supposed email that was going around. Sad, really.

I won’t even respond to gadgetfan’s slander.

]]> By: WP Whore http://www.blogherald.com/2005/11/22/engadget-to-cut-of-head-to-spite-face/comment-page-1/#comment-70679 WP Whore Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:00:25 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/11/22/engadget-to-cut-of-head-to-spite-face/#comment-70679 Just use Wordpress Spam Karma is the shit. Catches everything with no stress. Just use Wordpress Spam Karma is the shit. Catches everything with no stress.

]]> By: Stuart http://www.blogherald.com/2005/11/22/engadget-to-cut-of-head-to-spite-face/comment-page-1/#comment-70582 Stuart Wed, 23 Nov 2005 02:32:05 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/11/22/engadget-to-cut-of-head-to-spite-face/#comment-70582 A blog like Endgaget without comments is just another commercial website like so many others out there. A blog like Endgaget without comments is just another commercial website like so many others out there.

]]> By: Jason http://www.blogherald.com/2005/11/22/engadget-to-cut-of-head-to-spite-face/comment-page-1/#comment-70552 Jason Tue, 22 Nov 2005 22:36:35 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/11/22/engadget-to-cut-of-head-to-spite-face/#comment-70552 we got hit with massive spam and non-stop flame wars... really, not a big deal. We'll be putting in some new software updates (next version of Blogsmith) to solve the problems. I wouldn't read into it too much. we got hit with massive spam and non-stop flame wars… really, not a big deal. We’ll be putting in some new software updates (next version of Blogsmith) to solve the problems.

I wouldn’t read into it too much.

]]> By: Gadgetfan http://www.blogherald.com/2005/11/22/engadget-to-cut-of-head-to-spite-face/comment-page-1/#comment-70532 Gadgetfan Tue, 22 Nov 2005 21:10:13 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/11/22/engadget-to-cut-of-head-to-spite-face/#comment-70532 Rumor is Engadget was caught stealing stories again. Ryan Block is the worst offender the comment system was filled with angry bloggers with proof. Had to shut it down. Editorial compromises with AOL and Best Buy left little choice. Not a surprise Rojas isn't blogging. Questions raised about Calacanis's ethics with bloggers deleted for months. Rumor is Engadget was caught stealing stories again. Ryan Block is the worst offender the comment system was filled with angry bloggers with proof. Had to shut it down. Editorial compromises with AOL and Best Buy left little choice. Not a surprise Rojas isn’t blogging. Questions raised about Calacanis’s ethics with bloggers deleted for months.

]]> By: Liberalcowboy http://www.blogherald.com/2005/11/22/engadget-to-cut-of-head-to-spite-face/comment-page-1/#comment-70522 Liberalcowboy Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:56:40 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/11/22/engadget-to-cut-of-head-to-spite-face/#comment-70522 i think this elitist crapola that win is pulling is horrible. just get a better comment moderator thats what aol's money is for. not making it yet more difficult to enjoy there sites. its reallly starting to get hard. that was one of the only sites on there network i could read anymore. now this. i think this elitist crapola that win is pulling is horrible. just get a better comment moderator thats what aol’s money is for. not making it yet more difficult to enjoy there sites.

its reallly starting to get hard. that was one of the only sites on there network i could read anymore. now this.

]]> By: jake http://www.blogherald.com/2005/11/22/engadget-to-cut-of-head-to-spite-face/comment-page-1/#comment-70481 jake Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:48:31 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/11/22/engadget-to-cut-of-head-to-spite-face/#comment-70481 i actually think this is a good idea. pete should close the comments for a couple of weeks, and then relaunch them with an invite-only system, as on gawker. definitely reduces the level of spam and raises the level of discourse-- also makes removing trolls much, much easier. we've considered doing the same thing. i actually think this is a good idea. pete should close the comments for a couple of weeks, and then relaunch them with an invite-only system, as on gawker. definitely reduces the level of spam and raises the level of discourse– also makes removing trolls much, much easier. we’ve considered doing the same thing.

]]> By: jesse http://www.blogherald.com/2005/11/22/engadget-to-cut-of-head-to-spite-face/comment-page-1/#comment-70476 jesse Tue, 22 Nov 2005 14:20:44 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/11/22/engadget-to-cut-of-head-to-spite-face/#comment-70476 I personally am far more likely to read a site with comments than one without I personally am far more likely to read a site with comments than one without

]]> By: Duncan Riley http://www.blogherald.com/2005/11/22/engadget-to-cut-of-head-to-spite-face/comment-page-1/#comment-70471 Duncan Riley Tue, 22 Nov 2005 13:48:44 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/11/22/engadget-to-cut-of-head-to-spite-face/#comment-70471 Steve Im surpised by your results, so I might have to stand corrected, but I will say I love the description Steve
Im surpised by your results, so I might have to stand corrected, but I will say I love the description

]]> By: Steve Pavlina http://www.blogherald.com/2005/11/22/engadget-to-cut-of-head-to-spite-face/comment-page-1/#comment-70468 Steve Pavlina Tue, 22 Nov 2005 13:20:31 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/2005/11/22/engadget-to-cut-of-head-to-spite-face/#comment-70468 Hmmm... I made the same choice for my blog a while ago, and I liked the positive effect it had. Traffic certainty continued to increase. Less than 1% of people ever left comments anyway, and most visitors never even looked at them. So it's more like plucking a hair to spite a freckle and thereby save the head and the body. Hmmm… I made the same choice for my blog a while ago, and I liked the positive effect it had. Traffic certainty continued to increase. Less than 1% of people ever left comments anyway, and most visitors never even looked at them.

So it’s more like plucking a hair to spite a freckle and thereby save the head and the body.

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