I was going through blog posts I wrote almost ten years ago, and I noticed something interesting. Back then, blog posts””and I don’t think just mine, either””tended to generate comments. It was typical for my average blog post to receive at least two or three comments back then. I know one issue is that I…
Hi folks, Just a quick blog post to let you know I am switching off Intense Debate for comments. I have grown frustrated by two issues: Even frequent commenters are thrown into moderation every single time because they don’t login using one of the accounts associated with Intense Debate (Intense Debate itself, Twitter, Facebook, WordPress)….
If you’ve been having trouble commenting, the problem has been fixed. Sorry for any inconvenience. It looks like a couple of my WordPress plugins didn’t play well together. Thanks to Nancy and Beverly for letting me know about the issue. Any time you have difficulty using the site, I appreciate it if you let me…
Folks, I have received two comments lately in which teachers have shared their belief that I’m lucky to be able to get to the literature part of teaching. I published the first. The second was linked to a site that made me wonder if the comment might be spam. In any case, if you do…
I closed comments on this blog for posts older than 365 days. My reasons for doing so are that usually, regular readers and commenters (yes, I spelled that correctly, just in case you were wondering) have often moved on by the time a latecomer discovers the post, and I wind up being the only one…
If it takes a while for your comment to appear, please be patient. I am not receiving e-mails when I receive comments that are in moderation, and I haven’t seen them until I have logged in. If your comment doesn’t appear after a few days, and you know you’ve followed the comment policies, you can…
I have enabled Gravatars in the comments. If you don’t have one, you can get one by following the link I provided. Gravatar stands for “Globally Recognized Avatar.” Your Gravatar will be associated with your e-mail address and will appear on every site that allows Gravatars when you leave comments. For instance, Education Wonks uses…
I know quite a few new and prospective teachers and bloggers read this blog based on feedback I’ve received. I wonder if you have yet experienced the Web phenomenon known as the “troll.” Truthfully, I haven’t had too many problems with trolls, though they have occasionally cropped up. I have a clear comments policy, I…
I am tired of splogs co-opting a small portion of my content and generating a link to their site through a pingback or trackback. I cannot find a recently updated plugin that will allow me to monitor pingbacks before they are posted, and Akismet and Spam Karma don’t seem to be much help. Therefore, I…
