This Wednesday, about 80% of the comments left for Natale Stenzel’s guest blog went to moderation. Very frustrating! I don’t know what happened, but I’m hosting four guest bloggers in March and I really don’t want to deal with an 80% moderation rate again. I know a comment will go to moderation if the writer includes a long signature file, some sort of list or more than one link (actually, if you leave more than one link, your comment will go to spam rather than moderation), or if a writer leaves two or three comments in quick succession (which is why I allow my guest bloggers to log in). However, Wednesday, we had one sig file go to moderation, a couple from the guest when she forgot to log in first, and then all hell broke loose and suddenly every comment required my approval.
Something signaled my spam filter to go crazy Wednesday. I’m hoping it was a temporary aberration, but if you’re reading this, do me a favor and leave a comment so I can test it out. Thanks!
Testing one two three testing. good luck
Hope your spam problems are a thing of the past now!
Yay, two posts with no problems. We’ll see how the day progresses. 😉
P.S. Thank you!
Good luck, Cindy. Hope your problems are behind you.
Here’s another test for you, Cindy. Best of luck!
(aggravating techno stuff, eh?)
Bonnie
Here’s to everything being fixed. Good luck
🙂 Hope everythings fixed now. *Hugs* Enjoy your weekend!
I hate tests, but I’ll take this one. Hope it helps.
{{{Hugs}}}
Hey Cindy,
Here’s another test post. Good luck!
JoAnn 🙂
So far, so good everyone. Keep ’em coming!
Hey Cindy, just saying…well, hey!
Looking forward to blogging with you in May!
I’ve been receiving a lot of Russian spam lately through my website address. Hope you can put a stop to yours!
Cheers,
Ann
le test
Hey, mod. How’s it hangin’?
So far, NO moderations, that’s how it’s hanging. Thanks for asking. 🙂
Feel free to keep testing! I get a lot of comments on guest blogger days, so the more testing, the merrier.
Seems to be working. 🙂
HI CIndy – here I am, hpoing your prob is resolved and that you’ll get this message.
The site is cute! YAY !
Linda
Hey, there! My message on the last post went through. Keeping fingers crossed for this one. 🙂
Hi Cindy! It looks as if it’s working. But if anyone can screw it up, it’ll be me.
Robin 🙂
I have my website included in my signature, but I’ll add another link here, just to see if that messes you up VEG
http://www.silkandshadows.com
Jessa, thanks, your comment didn’t go to moderation but straight to spam. I get email notification of moderations, but I don’t see spam comments unless I check the spam folder on my dashboard.
I’m surprised that one link would send your comment to spam rather than moderation, but I really appreciate the experiment.
Now to see if further comments without links go to moderation as a result of yours…
Keep testing, people! Very appreciated.
Hi Cindy!
I’ll be going off-line shortly, but I hope this helps. Hang in there.
Gail 🙂
Looks like you’ve already had lots of tests…. but here’s mine 🙂
just try to filter me, spam filter!
I hate it when things go wrong with the computer. If I knew more, it wouldn’t frustrate me so much. But my mind doesn’t work that way.
Thanks to everyone who helped me with this. The only comment that went to moderation or spam was Jessa’s, because she included the link (thanks for testing that out for me, Jessa). Hopefully this is the end of my problems.
BTW, Christie Kelley has a great blog lined up for Tuesday, including Before and After pictures. Of what, you ask? You’ll have to wait and see.