We like to introduce new features, we like to keep our readers happy. Unfortunately a small group has decided to target us. Silly move! Get a job and do something useful is all I have to say.
We have decided to turn moderation for comments, this is a decision that we have wrangled over for several weeks. A few troublemakers have created a problem.
I know that many friendships have been made through the comments. The odd thing about the internet, is the way it brings people together.
My plan is to turn on comment moderation, if a comment is about the subject it will approved. If it is off topic it will go in the garbage. Our plan is to turn the moderation on between tomorrow and the end of the week. So sign up now and get started with our new forum.
We are happy to announce that we have created a forum for everyone that wants to talk. You will need to register in order to participate, however no email addresses will be exposed to the public. This facility is feature rich. It does permit private emails, but be sure to read the warnings before sending messages to someone.
Click here, sign up and have fun.
We will be turning on comment moderation in the next couple of days, jump over there now.
Simon Barrett
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackIm already there waiting in off topic for ppl to join me.
ok pickles how do you do it over there?
Am I in the right place Pickles?
PAW yes click on where it says in the article
Click HERE and sign up and then go to off topic we be there !!
simon so what your saying is on a slow day(weekend) if we are off the topic we cant talk??? i do understand your reasoning because alot of us have been here awhile and feel ok about talking about friends and family..were you going to create a blog for us??? if not i totally understand, cince people have nothing better to do with thier time!
Hi, anna! Don’t worry! Of course we can talk! And now we can talk on a different page/site that is devoted to our off-topic chats! That way we don’t clutter up the space under articles and we can stay on-topic!
Go to the top of this page. See the line of orange boxes across the screen. Click on Forum and sign up. Be sure to use the screen name you use here so we know it’s you we are talking to! It takes some getting used to but we are all helping each other learn so don’t worry about i!
Did my registration go through?
I’m fine with being moderated 😛 thanks for setting up the new forum!
Capy im not sure I will email Jan
Hey Bunny register!! we on off topic/off topic rules
I noticed you are not allowing comments on an article. Your article say you have to go to the forum now. Is this now how all Haleigh Cummings articles will be?
Thanks for any clarification
Maybe I am confused about ‘moderation’. Does this mean you will only be allowing article comments on certain subjects within the forum and no longer out here on the blog?
I do understand the off topics section, but I thought you would still have article comments that have to be approved before being posted out here on the blog.
Might just be my misunderstanding.
Blues only comments on topic stay all off topic goes to the trash
The Caylee, Haleigh, Sandra and Aaliyah comments are linked to there proper forums. They no longer appear here in blog.
Thanks so much Pickles. That is a shame.
I guess the part about ‘only on topic comments stay’ led me to think that the comments that were approved would still be out here on the blog after a period of waiting for approval.
Off topic would not be published here on the blog. Additionally an ‘Off Topic forum thread was created for general comments.
So if you choose not to join the forum, you will no longer be able to post comments. I assume you will still be able to read them on the forum however.
Many blogs run both a blog with public comments that are moderated before they ‘appear’, and an additional forum where only members can post. Some only lock down the blog article comments to logged in members only whenever conflict sprouts it’s ugly head. They allow non members to post during most periods of time, thereby allowing the general public to post moderated comments.
Within a forum members can branch out on to related subject matter, or even create their own threads to discuss other subjects of interest. Like smaller or different crimes and related subjects. The use of a forum prevents the off article sub topic diversions from cluttering up the public blog article comments. It expands the subject matter and is an enhancement for the Blog site.
I was not expecting it to be a replacement for all comments on the 3 subjects mentioned. Really is a shame to lose those who seldom post, or will not become members for other reasons. It is Simon and Jan who get to decide as this is their place. I respect that. I hope this all works out for the best.
I will continue to read here.