Why I Moderate Comments (With Examples of Comments Unshared)

Nearly anyone who has ever had a blog, or published articles online where the door is open for comments, has had to wrestle with the issue of comment moderation. The most common kind of deleted comments are those submitted by trolls whose only aim is to link to their website or some other site they were no doubt paid to promote. Here are some examples.

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Sometimes the comment is not relevant to the blog post. For example, this comment was in response to my review of Bob Dylan's Malibu:

FROM THE GAZA of Goyathlay The great American resistance fighter of Sinai southwest Arizona and Mexico North America had an American name spelled in English of "Goyathlay" or "Goyathle". His humanly popular name Geronimo or Jeronimo was a Kathlick translation to Saint Jerome and was often assigned to Americans of both South and North America under Spanish Kathlick tyranny. He was stuck in captivity within a certain portion of the GAZA of North America OKLAHOMA (Red People Home) by Federal Union military forces. It was in this area, near what is now called Lawton OK and Fort Sill OK, that 911 Chernobyl Space Shuttle Explosion Current COVID World Plague were witnessed in September 1973 in a simultaneous Vision given by a UFO Intelligence over a 2-3 hour period. It accompanied a massive UFO flap in this area. Was unable to reveal this at time because American medicine ceremonies are VERBOTEN by the Invasion Government Over America. There is a Law of Nature. Human Deviationi$m is ALWAYS within the Borders of the Law of Nature Under $urveillance by $CIA$KGB$ $FBI$FSB$ $NSA$NKVD$ $MI6$MIB$ STASIO (STASI ASIO) the past 49 years for Pro Peace Anti War Pro Environment Anti Nuclear sentiments and activities. vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv intelligence.atspace.com ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Americans are a COMPLETELY SEPARATE Race, a COMPLETELY SEPARATE Culture from those who invaded and destroyed America.

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A LOT of comments are left by trolls who say "Great Post" and then post a link to some site they are getting paid to promote. Here are examples.

--Great post I would like to thank you for the efforts you have made in writing this interesting and knowledgeable article. Timelie Crack Resident Evil    LINK REDACTED

--Hi, love this post and this sites stories!, I like the ideas and creativity! I also have my own blog and portfolio! It would help me out a lot if you would take a look! thank you! LINK REDACTED

Some anonymous person seems to leave a lot of messages with all caps. Sometimes it's one word, and sometimes a whole sentence. Not sure who he or she is, but my heart goes out to this troubled individual.

--you are UNCARING

--people are FAKE and UNCARING

--everybody is LYING to me

--my parents are LYING TO ME about my lung disease

--i wish my mother was DEAD

--none of you care none of you care none of you care none of you care

--EVERYBIODY IS LYING TO ME

--you are UNCARING

--I DISPISE (Sic) BEING TOLD TO BE GRATEFUL BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE TELLING ME I DON'T DESERVE ANYTHING

The last statement above was in response to my blog post last week about The Broken Windows Theory.

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The following is evidently from a disciple of Lord Bubuza... if not from Bubuza himself.

Lord Bubuza has done it for me, His predictions are 100% correct, He is real and can perform miracles with his spell. I am overwhelmed because I just won 336,000, 000 million Euro from a lottery jackpot game with the lottery number lord Bubuza gave me. I contacted lord Bubuza for help to win a lottery via WhatsApp: +phone number redacted, he told me that a spell was required to be casted so that he can predict my winning, I provided his requirements for casting the spell and after casting the spell he gave the lottery numbers and a website where I played and won 336,000,00 euros. How can I thank this man enough? His spell is real and like a God on Earth. Thank you for changing my life with your lottery winning numbers. Do you need help to win a lottery too? contact lord Bubuza 

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--Good post, and thanks for sharing such an adorable post. I would love to see more articles / blogs. I am also writing about LINK REDACTED you can read this article.

--Unknown commented on "Did a Post-Modernist Philosopher Write Songs for the Beatles?"

This is absurd! How shallow! It's all over your head. I followed them to the end and I served my country and brought up a family. You are Evil!

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REDACTED commented on "Roz Warren Writes for Everyone from the New York Times to the Funny Times"

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I suspect that a lot of these comments are from people who were paid on Fiverr to promote something on ten websites or blogs. Here's a typical comment example, posted on my blog post titled Juarez: City of Blood

--To write a beautiful post it is very important to write a beautiful container and have prepared a very good design and I got a lot of inspiration from your post and I would also like to post like you in my life. (REDACTED then lists a bunch of links to bhiwadi escorts, sector 20 escorts, gurugram call girls etc.)

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Let's close with these:

GG commented on "In Defense of the 1%"
HI BEEN ALONG TIME SINCE ANYONE COMMENT OF THIS BLOG~ SO HOWDY  

And one more:

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