U gotta be an A-Lister with those kinda #’s Lorelle*

Personally i love getting comments but get very few – so even the odd Spam one i get makes me feel somebody is bothering to read my Blog*

;))

I don’t whether people are afraid to comment on my blog or what – i guess some of it is NSFW + also i speak up about Politics + Religion so that frightens + scares people!!

one thing i’m Happy about are those Widgets from MyBlogLog + BlogCatalog so U can at least see some Folks have been kind enuf to pop by + visit*

I also find there’s a lotta Snobs + Wankers who think they’re hot poop*

;))

Cheers Lorelle!! Billy ;))

Peace*

I take time over these questions to make sure I’m reading between the lines about what they are really asking.

However, when stupid people leave stupid comments, and they are obviously time wasters, especially mine, I am fast on the delete/spam trigger.

But when I’m tired, sometimes it’s hard to tell the two apart, so I make sure and take a deep breath and put myself in a better mood before responding or deleting.

Like you, I don’t have time to over-think the process, but when I’m faced with indecision, I err on the side of caution.

I was so excited to get comments on my blog when I switched from a static website to blog software, but now, some days I wish I could close them down…but only for a few seconds. :D

I can’t see into anyone else’s hart to ever be sure of their motivations. The way I see it, I make a judgment call on whether I think it is a “worthy” comment, one that should be penalized as spam, or one that is just inappropriate and gets deleted.

I do the best I can and go on. Over-thinking it would make me nuts. And I don’t have time to go crazy right now! ;)

This is indeed very important. I do not receive a lot of comments on my blog but there were times when people just went overboard trying to be funny with me.

When I blog about how we should help a local charity because bla bla bla.. I would expect my commentator to either say something supportive, or if they don’t have anything nice to say, just keep quiet. I certainly don’t want to read “funny” comments that I don’t think are funny.

Blog posts, just like anything, are a mirror in which people see themselves–and they don’t always like what they see. They may feel threatened, and react with a blast of sanctimonious self-righteousness. They’re defending themselves from an attack that only exists in their own minds.

Some people just don’t write well enough to prevent themselves from being misread (but I doubt that would describe you, Lorelle). And sometimes bloggers are guilty of not reading comments thoroughly enough, just as commenters don’t always read posts thoroughly enough.

And some people are just insane! Never argue with crazy people.