The Lacquer Files: Time for some Spam!

Time for some Spam!

Monday, November 29, 2010

Hey everyone! I haven't got a nail post for you today but I do have something else that I hope people will use. You see, sometimes people leave messages on this blog with a bloglink in their comment. At first I didn't mind that but it started to get really really really terrible with almost every single person posting a link. I don't mind people sharing their blogs (email or twitter) but it gets kind of irritating when a lot of comments say: 'cool post. check my blog on www.myawesomeblog.com'.

After a while this got really annoying and this was my reaction:

Ya rly! Instead of bitching to everyone I changed the settings of the Intense Debate commenting system - every post that contains a link has to be moderated. This helps a little, sometimes a comment goes trough the system but that's okay. I do notice that people don't stop sharing their link and when I saw something like this on other sites I also decided to do this.

You can leave a link in the comment system but I'd also like it if you tell something about yourself or your blog. I like seeing new blogs and other people might find new ones too. Intense Debates probably eats most of the comments but don't worry, I'll accept them so you don't have to comment 200 times. This way I don't have to feel like this again:

Win-win for all!

Thanks for stopping by! :-)
Michelle

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nailoholiccom 28p · 748 weeks ago

I like these kind of posts. I tend to delete all the spam messages I get, I do not use Intense Debate but the regular wordpress one where you can add a url so your name is clickable to your website.

Anyways, you already know my blog I think, but I own http://www.nailoholic.com, another nailblog on the internetz ;) I started last february and still like doing it. I'm trying to post everyday but since I'm still studying and working there are days when their isn't anything online ;).

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cherryplumsky 69p · 748 weeks ago

Groot gelijk joh!

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nailyorkcity 80p · 748 weeks ago

ja je hebt gelijk! zelf vind ik het ook irritant. als je meer volgers wilt, comment je gewoon leuk en aardig op verschillende blogs, gewoon niet te veel moeite doen, en als ze willen kijken ze wel naar je blog, toch? :)

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Nina 83p · 748 weeks ago

Ik lees wel vaker op populaire beautyblogs spam-reacties, het is zoo vervelend ! Ik moet eerlijk toegeven dat ik toen ik net een blog had ook mijn link onder mijn post zette, maar dat doe ik nu echt niet meer. Het is gewoon irritant.

Dit artikel vind ik wel een goed idee ! Ik heb ook een beautyblog, hij is nog niet zo populair, maar ik ben hard aan het werken om wat meer bezoekers te krijgen en vaker te posten. Hij heet http://livelifegorgeous.blogspot.com
Er komt niet elke dag iets online omdat ik het gewoon belachelijk druk met huiswerk heb, maar ik probeer toch zo vaak mogelijk berichtjes te plaatsen !

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Sylvia · 748 weeks ago

Helemaal mee eens! Ik merk idd zoals je beschreef dat het nogal vervelend wordt. En eigenlijk is dat linkspammen toch ook nergens voor nodig!?

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Nailsbybellan · 748 weeks ago

I can imagine it is really annoying to get that all the time :(.
I have a rather new blog and feel free to check it out if you like :) I'm from Sweden and I started my blog in hopes of getting in touch with other fanatics cause my friends and family don't really get me obsession, haha. ;)

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Deborah · 748 weeks ago

Oh my god ik wil de poesie van de onderste foto <3. En nu ik hier toch ben, check m'n blog op ... oh nee grapje :P.

Ik snap de neiging wel, maar ik snap ook dat je graag daadwerkelijk commentaar wilt op jouw post, geen verkapte spam!

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Goose · 748 weeks ago

Oh yes, I agree that it would get annoying for people to just use your comments to post links to their blog. Luckily, mine is not very popular yet, so I don't have that problem yet :o) However, because my blog is relatively new, I understand people's desire to get more followers. But I think it's just best to send out a message or email asking the blog author to check it out rather than use their blog to "advertise."

If you would like to check out my blog, it's a simple nail polish blog with swatches, reviews, some nail art, etc, and it's growing quite slowly.

I absolutely love your blog, and have been following it for awhile. You put up great pictures which capture the colors very accurately! Thanks for providing such a nice blog to read!

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supketchup 95p · 748 weeks ago

Oh zo vervelend als mensen dat doen.. ik heb soms Engelse mensen die het doen terwijl m'n blog Nederlandstalig is en ik niet denk dat ze 'm door Google vertalen hebben gegooid ;) I like ze kitty picz!

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Joke · 748 weeks ago

Groot gelijk! Het is irritant als men bij ELK artikel een comment achterlaat om hun eigen blog te promoten!
Ik heb ook een artikel gemaakt waar je kan spammen! Omdat ik het leuk vind nieuwe blogs te ontdekken, maar niet als dit in ELKE comment staat!
Hier kan je dus ook spammen: http://jokentje.blogspot.com/2010/10/drop-your-bl...

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AshLilly2010 31p · 748 weeks ago

I'm not popular by any long shot, so this is not something that has bothered me yet - I can understand why it would though. My own blog is fledgling - I'm trying to grow out acrylic damage, share my love for a decent manicure and try out a bit of nail art. Please keep doing what you are doing; I love to see your updates pop up in my dashboard :-)

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Zara · 748 weeks ago

Haha, I love the LOLcats! My blog is still quite small (only 170-something followers), but I still manage to be plagued by those "Hey, love your blog, follow me and I'll follow you" comments. So annoying. :/

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Jade Carver · 748 weeks ago

Delurking to say I AGREE SO MUCH.

Honestly people, if you fill out the website field in aaaaany comments section, your name BECOMES a link to your blog and if people are *actually* interested they will click. I am less likely to visit a blog when people leave a link at the bottom of their comment. It's redundant and quite rude.

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Inge · 747 weeks ago

Groot gelijk, ik denk dat het inderdaad wel irritant begint te worden... Plus, als er een blog is, kan je toch gewoon doorklikken op de naam, easy peasy, zonder veel te linken.

Btw, loving the blog :D En ik heb er ook eentje, wel niet echt populair, en niks met make up of nail art te maken, gewoon de vorderingen in ons bouwproject. Misschien dat ik er binnenkort de voorbereidingen van onze trouw er op ga zetten

Ah, Nina, ik lees je blog elke dag (maar ben niet echt een comment mens)

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guest · 747 weeks ago

Cool post. check my blog on www.myawesomeblog.com (ha ha ha, just kidding, I couldn't resist!)

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guest · 747 weeks ago

OMG! Did you know that's a real blog?! Or did you just use it as an example?

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Chaosbutterfly · 747 weeks ago

LOL @ myawesomeblog being real!
That's so funny.

But I'm sorry that people have been link-whoring in your comments. It doesn't really happen to me (baby blog in the house) and I'm grateful for it.
I hope this new system works out!

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femketje 67p · 747 weeks ago

dat is inderdaad irritant ja.. vooral als er ook onderaan staat van niet spammen etc.

maargoed XD mijn blog is http://femketjesblog.blogspot.com/ en ik ben daar net 5 weekjes geloof ik mee bezig en vind het super leuk om te doen ook al heb ik er eigenlijk geen tijd voor XD mijn blog gaat over beauty, fashion, fotografie, studeren.. eigenlijk alles wel waar ik mee te maken krijg en heb in het dagelijks leven ^^

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sisier 60p · 747 weeks ago

ik blog nu samen met 2 andere meiden, mijn posts gaan bijna alleen over nagels, maar er zijn ook allemaal andere artikels. www.maccia.nl/KHTLI

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Floor / Marjolein 92p · 747 weeks ago

Jeej, Marjolein en Floor, de Sweethippos. Dagelijks komt er een artikel online over beauty, make up en nagellak. En psst, binnenkort houden we een giveaway! ;)

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@gingerkittyd · 747 weeks ago

LOL...delurking to say Chaosbutterfly I LOVE your "link-whoring in your comments" comment. I just choked on my coffee :0) ____I love your blog and read often. I rarely comment on any blogs. I have a blog but I do not really blog much...I just enjoy reading everyone elses and looking for color inspirations. Thank you!!

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Dori · 747 weeks ago

OMG haha I love the 1st pic!!

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