I’ve mentioned this before, but one of my first goals when I started this blog was to get a comment on it from someone I didn’t know.
Not on the facebook page, but on the actual blog post itself.
I don’t know how other bloggers feel, but for me, that was a measure of some degree of success.
And when people comment, and take the time to give feedback, I really appreciate it.
It’s validating.
But I haven’t been getting that many comments on the blog.
It has been kind of bothering me.
I mean, I’ve been Number 1 on Top Mommy Blogs for a while now.
By the way, thank you for the votes.
Please keep them coming.
Anyway, other blogs, who are much farther down the list, with many less followers than mine, will have at least a couple comments following many of their posts.
Sometimes even dozens.
And I had multiple posts with not a peep from anyone.
Until yesterday…
Every day I get a lot of spam comments on the blog.
And when I say a lot, I mean a lot.
Hundreds of them.
For instance, lista de email leaves about 25 comments a day.
And they all say this:
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Trialasevibra left me 15 comments the other day.
They said this:
The next time I read a weblog, I hope that it doesnt disappoint me as a lot as this one. I mean, I know it was my selection to read, but I truly thought youd have something intriguing to say. All I hear is a bunch of whining…
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They say this:
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So a while back, they started to get so out of control, that I had to change the settings in the “discussion” area of the blog.
If I enter the the name of the “person” leaving the comment, or the email address, that comment goes directly into the “spam” folder.
Which I never check.
Ever.
Yesterday my husband asked me if I saw the comment he left in response to Patti and her smoking remarks.
There was nothing there.
It’s not the first time he’s left a comment that has mysteriously entered cyberspace, never to been seen again.
I was sure he was doing something wrong.
But he’s not the first person to tell me that they’ve had trouble leaving a comment.
That they’ll take the time out of their day to say something, press enter, and POOF!
The comment says it’s been sent, but it never appears.
Well,
I found your comments.
All of them.
I had never thought to look in the spam folder…
Anne, from Life on the Funny Farm, my blog does like you.
It really, really likes you.
George, I found all your incredibly kind comments regarding Lose to Win.
Kara, when you shared the story of what happened with your daughter and it never showed up and I never replied, well,
I found that one too.
The Judge Judy post I wrote a couple weeks ago was one of the most popular posts I’ve ever written, but only one person commented.
I was pretty bummed.
Yesterday I found ten missing comments in response to that post.
Lisa, I just found all your really encouraging comments regarding my weight loss.
Renee, when I told you maybe it was your computer, well, it wasn’t.
It was me.
By marking commenters like “lista de email” as spam, I did stop most of the spam comments from coming through.
What I didn’t realize was that when a comment contains any of those words not just in the email address or name, but also in the content of the comment, that it would go directly into the spam folder.
And it also seeks out part of words and blocks those too.
So it not just “lista” that’s blocked.
“List” is too.
And mail.
And so on.
So last night I started the task of going through my spam comments.
There are 502 pages of them.
Over 10,000 comments.
Last night, I found over 150 real, not spam, comments.
I promise you, I will find the rest of them.
Until then, please know that I feel like a complete tool.
And I apologize.
Thank you for taking the time out of your day to reply.
Thanks for the feedback.
Thanks for the support and encouragement.
Thank you for sharing your personal stories.
Please don’t stop.
We all like to hear what you say.
Even if you leave some judgemental, ignorant remark.
Actually, sometimes those comments end up being the most entertaining of all 🙂
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I would like to think that anyone that commented on any of your posts that you didnt respond to (which by the way it is really cool that you DO respond to the comments….) wouldn’t take it personally. You DO have 7 kids and a husband and a house you are taking care of.
Well, you’d also think giving your kid a doughnut wouldn’t be compared to giving your kids a Marlboro Red…
sanctimonious mommies are the worst kind…..and one day their kids will get to pick their nursing home….they should probably remember that.
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Ha! Thanks for the laugh 🙂 You’ve been “approved” 😉
I wish I commented more, so I will try to do that 🙂 I love your stories, rants, pictures, all of it. You’re real, you don’t why away from the bad stuff, and that’s what I like. Keep up the good work.
You keep it real, you are a part of each of us … A mom ..thank you for sharing your family with us. It is great to find commonality in others or open us up to new areas. Good, bad or indiffent.
I left a comment once and I couldn’t see it after, so I thought maybe you didn’t like it and deleted it. So I was afraid to comment again!! 🙂 I’m glad I’m not the only one who struggles with technology! Oh, and I start every morning with your blog, found it by accident, but love reading!
Well that makes me feel better!! I would type the same response multiple times to several blog posts that I wanted to comment on and they’d never show up. so I stopped trying to on the blog and just started commenting on facebook. I thought it was me!!
🙂
I love your blog!!! I think you have a fantastic sense of humor and that was exactly what I was looking for when trying to find a blog that I can relate to and who can relate to my moments of being a mommy of 3 little gremlins (3 yr old twins and 3 1/2 month old). 7 – you are amazing, I dont know how you do it without consuming a lot of wine lol!!!
I was wondering why I didnt see my replies. I thought it was something I was doing wrong. Well I hope you see this one : ) You rock!!
I also left some comments that never showed up either. I thought it was my computer. You make me laugh and I like knowing that someone is going through the same crap as me!
Well, I just knew it was something I was doing wrong! LOL My Mom just had the same problem and she is MAD! She left a big long comment on my blog and it just disapeared. She said I HATE TECHNOLOGY! I told her the same thing happens to me when I write on this blog page…hmmmm..maybe I should check my spam folder! LOL
I’ve often wondered why I rarely see comments on your blog! Actually, this is my first time commenting on any blog. When I discovered your site I went back and read every single post. You make me laugh out loud! Thanks for sharing your stories!
I’ve left a few comments too. You are the first thing I see in the morning with my cup of coffee. Love you!
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I am so glad I saw this post. I am a brand new blogger and can’t even run my own blog without someone to help manage it. hee hee I’m a new follower! I look forward to getting to know you. I hope you will check out my tiny blog sometime. 🙂
Hi read your blog every morning and I really enjoy it im from dublin ,Ireland and living in Dublin there’s not that many blogs on the internet that I could find that were Irish thats when I came across your blog and I really enjoy reading it so please keep it up !! 🙂