Damn it all!
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 Filed in:
Blog stuff
Oh man....
When I started this blog I installed a comment system. I've got it set up so that it sends me an email whenever anyone makes a comment, so that I can moderate the exchanges. It won't show a comment unless I've approved it, which is a guard not against dissension but against malicious spamming.
At first I got a few comments, all of which I approved, then nothing. For many months there has been nothing. I figured that no one was reading, or perhaps no one really cared to make their voice heard. After all, I'm not a muckraker like Michael Bane, nor a practiced curmudgeon like Tam, nor even a philosopher like Marko. I'm just a guy who likes to talk about revolvers!
So it came as a surprise to get an email today, that essentially said "I've made a bunch of comments, and I know others have, and we never see them. Is something wrong?"
Yes, in fact, there was something wrong: the comment system wasn't sending me notifications that anyone had commented! This prompted me to log into the commentary site (HaloScan, for those in the know) and guess what I found? Seven pages of comments patiently awaiting my judgement!
If you've made a comment, and wondered where it was, I've probably got it somewhere in this pile. I'll be going through all the comments and posting them over the next few days, so if there's an article that you left feedback for go back and check it - unless you're promoting a porn site, chances are it'll show up shortly!
If you asked a question that I didn't answer, my sincere apologies. I'll be correcting that as well, although it may take a bit longer - I don't type terribly fast!
-=[ Grant ]=-
When I started this blog I installed a comment system. I've got it set up so that it sends me an email whenever anyone makes a comment, so that I can moderate the exchanges. It won't show a comment unless I've approved it, which is a guard not against dissension but against malicious spamming.
At first I got a few comments, all of which I approved, then nothing. For many months there has been nothing. I figured that no one was reading, or perhaps no one really cared to make their voice heard. After all, I'm not a muckraker like Michael Bane, nor a practiced curmudgeon like Tam, nor even a philosopher like Marko. I'm just a guy who likes to talk about revolvers!
So it came as a surprise to get an email today, that essentially said "I've made a bunch of comments, and I know others have, and we never see them. Is something wrong?"
Yes, in fact, there was something wrong: the comment system wasn't sending me notifications that anyone had commented! This prompted me to log into the commentary site (HaloScan, for those in the know) and guess what I found? Seven pages of comments patiently awaiting my judgement!
If you've made a comment, and wondered where it was, I've probably got it somewhere in this pile. I'll be going through all the comments and posting them over the next few days, so if there's an article that you left feedback for go back and check it - unless you're promoting a porn site, chances are it'll show up shortly!
If you asked a question that I didn't answer, my sincere apologies. I'll be correcting that as well, although it may take a bit longer - I don't type terribly fast!
-=[ Grant ]=-
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