Best blogging software to allow easy commenting by strangers but avoiding comment spam. [more inside]
posted by bystander on Nov 6, 2009 - 10 answers

[DoMyHomeworkFilter] When commercial businesses post comments on a blog, what does "best practice" look like to you? And what companies have this conversational part of "conversational marketing" down to an exemplary science? [more inside]
posted by DarlingBri on Aug 7, 2008 - 10 answers

Can any of you recommend a Wordpress plugin that will enable me to turn comments on/off for particular blog posts? [more inside]
posted by chinese_fashion on Jul 16, 2008 - 4 answers

Is there a website or firefox extension that will help me keep track of my blog comments? [more inside]
posted by jacquilynne on Jun 2, 2008 - 3 answers

I have a blog on (new) Blogger, and somehow I have managed to remove the envelope icon for "comments" (which may explain why I never have any comments on my blog). Help! How did I do this, and how do I get it back? (link to blog, details inside) [more inside]
posted by misha on May 13, 2008 - 3 answers

Best way to deal fairly with non-spam, malicious comments on a personal blog? Deleting them straight away, or allowing such comments but following up with an answer/reply? [more inside]
posted by gemmy on May 9, 2008 - 14 answers

How can I restore my totally disgustingly porn-hacked Wordpress blog to its former pristine state? [more inside]
posted by Drohan on Apr 11, 2008 - 15 answers

Does anyone have any thoughts on the best way (and the best script?) to implement a commenting system for normal web pages? I am currently torn between setting up WordPress as a CMS which would provide that functionality or trying to find a script I can add to a page (and there are to be 40 or so separate pages each needing separate comment fields). [more inside]
posted by dance on Jul 28, 2007 - 5 answers

I have put my Moveable Type weblog to sleep, although I am keeping its archives up. Not surprisingly, comment spam continues to come in. It looks like there is no way to globally turn commenting off in MT. Rats. But I do have MT Blacklist installed, and I'm wondering if there's a good way to add some kind of regex wildcard to my blacklist that will deny all comments. Any ideas on how to stop all comments?
posted by scarabic on Nov 3, 2004 - 12 answers