If you’ve been to any of my web properties (e.g., www.WernerPatels.com or www.VoxNewsMagazine.com), you’ll have noticed that comments are now moderated across the board. If you look again, you’ll also see that I don’t withhold any comments (even those posted by lefties!).
The reason why I switched to moderation has to do with security concerns. I had noticed a drastic increase in malicious spam comments, which didn’t always get caught by the antispam software built into the blog application. Then, I’d read some troubling news about how those types of spam comments can be used to insert malicious code that could harm my readers’ computers.
Since I can’t monitor my sites all the time and, say, delete such malicious spam instantly, I’ve decided to switch to moderation. The only comments that are deleted are outright spam. No legit comment, whether the poster agrees or disagrees with my views, will ever be rejected. That’s my solemn promise and guarantee.
Seeing how most political bloggers – at least, the ones I read on a more or less regular basis – have taken to comment moderation in recent months, I feel I’m in good company.
Again: No legit comment will ever be rejected. Only spam messages will be nuked.
