I get the odd blog comment that is nigh on inane, and mostly they get deleted without being posted. What on earth a screen-breather is thinking that the post would be put up, especially unqualified?
Good comments add or argue about the post in a way that is constructive.
Bad comments just criticise without offering any detail, or a better option.
I post this as a long time ago I grabbed several specs for the different classes I play, mucked around with them a bit to suit my choices, and then posted them. They are still the best source of hits, and best source of idiot comments I have. Recently I updated the out of date ones, and have even warned as a post edit that the spec are now out of date, and the viewer should look elsewhere.
Then you get junk like this:
Nosferatu: dude u’re a total retard that talent build for cat is a joke,try playing something that does’t require thinking so much
Now thats not clever, insightful, or offer an alternative. In fact it says that this player is looking for a really easy game, with little complexity, and I’d hazard a guess that English is his first language, but he’s yet to master it.
So don’t be like little Nosferatu here, post something useful.
It’s always entertaining to get comments from stuff written 2-3 months ago and is clearly out of date.
I can only imagine how much worse you will have it with 3 years of blogging history.
I don’t have comment moderation turned on, but there are times I’ve considered it.
/sigh some people just don’t get it. I doubt they have ever strung 5 words together “on paper” only to discover a week later that they are now dated.
I got a few similar (but not as harsh) comments on my Lock twinking posts after a recent WI link.
The comments were so vague that I couldn’t work out if the issue was that there was new gear available, or that the readers were offended that I was suggesting (primarily) Vanilla with a couple of TBC items.
Thing is, Blizzard hasn’t really revamped all the level 19 gear… apparently they are more focused on the level 80 stuff…
On a slight tangent… I keep meaning to write a post to ask bloggers whether they would prefer a silent read of their posts, or the occasional “nice”, “lol” etc.
Sometimes I read a post that really requires no comment, yet is deserving in acknowledgment of the author and their efforts.
I probably comment 50% of the time.. monosyllabic, but comment none-the-less.
Problem is I always feel silly when I do, and guilty when I don’t.
Must fire up editor and start forming the question.
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/sigh The trolls and rudeness shall never cease. There’s a way to say something and a way not to, although the message is the same.
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