Displaying 1 To 7 Of 7 Comments Close Or Leave Comments Open On Old Posts? @Freda – It’s a bad idea to accumulate email addresses for a newsletter from your comment form, because there may be people who would leave a comment on your blog but who would NOT wish to receive your newsletter. It’s much better to let THEM opt-in rather than you just opting them in without asking. Otherwise, you come off looking like a spammer yourself. My basic WordPress installation always asked for email addresses by default. Maybe it’s a setting, though, that got turned off on your blog? Check under “discussion” settings on your dashboard and make sure the box next to “Comment author must fill out name and email” is checked. » Posted By Patrick On March 24, 2012 @ 9:20 PM Incedentally, I couldn’t help but notice that when I left a comment here earlier, it didn’t post, but rather said, “awaiting confirmation.” If you’re moderating comments — which most blogging experts say is a terrible idea when it comes to trying to foster a sense of real-time exchange — it seems like closing comments for older posts would be even LESS necessary. Doing both, to me, is definitely overkill. » Posted By Patrick On March 24, 2012 @ 12:35 PM Perhaps it’s a sign of not getting the kind of heavy-hitting traffic you apparently are getting on a daily basis, but I see no need to close comments on an arbitrary date-based basis, spam be damned. There are only a handful — less than five — of posts for which comments have been closed, and I only closed them because they were generating nothing BUT spam comments. As a general rule, however, I prefer to leave comments open, because you never know when a new spark of conversation left by someone who had the misfortune of not viewing your post within a 90-day window of its appearance might prompt a new addition to your online community, not to mention a topic for another new post. There’s something unfriendly to me about systematically closing down comments on a blog. » Posted By Patrick On March 24, 2012 @ 10:27 AM @Andrew – I think they’re just meant to be humorous. » Posted By Patrick On December 1, 2011 @ 1:08 PM Patrick O’ Keefe On Extending Your Community My pleasure, Jeff! Great to meet you in person. Patrick » Posted By Patrick On May 26, 2010 @ 12:21 AM Cuba And The Goal Of WordPress I like when a citizen of Cuba is able to get the word out about their failed nation. WordPress, Blogger, etc. can be a huge part in helping them tell their story. The more people inside Cuba informing others about software and services that they can use to reach the outside world the better. Yoani Sanchez’s blog is banned in Cuba and she uses WordPress. So it’s good that WordPress is being used to promote ideas of freedom in a land that tries to deny them. A nice mission could be to help people the world over promote ideas. » Posted By Patrick On April 4, 2010 @ 9:47 PM Hey Jeff, Thanks so much for the mention and kind words. I really appreciate it. Have a great vacation! Thanks, Patrick » Posted By Patrick On September 19, 2009 @ 8:59 PMComments Posted By Patrick
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