Comments on: It’s a Blog!! http://cupofcha.com/2007/10/27/its-a-blog.html This is China Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:05:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Leslie http://cupofcha.com/2007/10/27/its-a-blog.html#comment-19 Leslie Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:32:50 +0000 http://cupofcha.com/2007/10/27/its-a-blog.html#comment-19 When I saw your new title, I thought, "Since when does Josh speak Portuguese?" "Cha" is tea in Portuguese as well, so soon you might have to include, say, an Angolan perspective here. When I saw your new title, I thought, “Since when does Josh speak Portuguese?” “Cha” is tea in Portuguese as well, so soon you might have to include, say, an Angolan perspective here.

]]> By: The Humanaught http://cupofcha.com/2007/10/27/its-a-blog.html#comment-7 The Humanaught Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:37:20 +0000 http://cupofcha.com/2007/10/27/its-a-blog.html#comment-7 I can't tell you how happy I am that I'll now be able to read you on a WordPress format - namely, so I don't have to login to comment. I agree with Chris that the comment policy is cool, though a bit unneeded. In all my time running blogs, I have yet to have a commenter post a spammy link (Ok, Rebecca Yu and Shopgirl are two annoying exceptions). The spam almost exclusively comes from robots (who are known to ignore comment policies). Just arm yourself with Akismet (now that you're on WP, that's easy!) and take away as many barriers as you can in the commenting process - as it's a pain to punish the 95% out of fear of the 5%. One other suggestion (as I'm picky about such things haha), throw the allowable HTML below the comment box. Or just make that big chunk of text between my name and the comment box a whole lot smaller. Again, just personal preference as I'm not very clever and it took me an added second to realize I needed to scroll down further to find the comment box - something that's going to be annoying after I've read the policy 20 times. I can’t tell you how happy I am that I’ll now be able to read you on a WordPress format - namely, so I don’t have to login to comment.

I agree with Chris that the comment policy is cool, though a bit unneeded. In all my time running blogs, I have yet to have a commenter post a spammy link (Ok, Rebecca Yu and Shopgirl are two annoying exceptions). The spam almost exclusively comes from robots (who are known to ignore comment policies).

Just arm yourself with Akismet (now that you’re on WP, that’s easy!) and take away as many barriers as you can in the commenting process - as it’s a pain to punish the 95% out of fear of the 5%.

One other suggestion (as I’m picky about such things haha), throw the allowable HTML below the comment box. Or just make that big chunk of text between my name and the comment box a whole lot smaller. Again, just personal preference as I’m not very clever and it took me an added second to realize I needed to scroll down further to find the comment box - something that’s going to be annoying after I’ve read the policy 20 times.

]]> By: chriswaugh_bj http://cupofcha.com/2007/10/27/its-a-blog.html#comment-2 chriswaugh_bj Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:44:01 +0000 http://cupofcha.com/2007/10/27/its-a-blog.html#comment-2 Actually, I like the name. It's cool, and a nice follow on from the Daily Tea Leaves. I also think you have the best comment policy I've ever seen- nice and clear, yet subtle and laid back. Nice design, too. Actually, I like the name. It’s cool, and a nice follow on from the Daily Tea Leaves. I also think you have the best comment policy I’ve ever seen- nice and clear, yet subtle and laid back. Nice design, too.

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