I’ve never bought into the argument that a blog must offer a commenting facility in order to be considered a blog, it’s something that is down to the author of the blog, and like anything it’s different strokes for different folks:
Some people do better in collaborative, challenging environments. Others prefer to work in peace and [...]

Armin comes down hard on pointless and abusive comments, and good on him.
Like any person who runs a blog, I enjoy seeing the comment counts rise to 50, 70, 100 and more, but the truth is that no more than a quarter of those comments are worth reading. The main trend in comments is to [...]

Jason Kottke applies the broken windows theory of social behaviour to online environments. Does the design, or appearance, of a blog or discussion forum adversely influence the conduct of commenters or forum members?
Does the aesthetic appearance of a blog affect what’s written by the site’s commenters? My sense is that the establishment of social norms [...]

Ten ways to go about encouraging more meaningful comments left in response to newspaper articles online. Derek Powazek has given the matter quite some thought.
If you think bad comments bug you, they bug the good commenters twice as much. Yes, you should be paying someone on staff to be the Community Manager. In addition, you [...]

How to successfully spam blogs (and how to fight back)
Now I know why Superman has comments disabled on his blog (… with apologies to Batman)…
You may have noticed legitimate looking comments on your blog from people with suspect names. Usually the name will be a brand name, service or literally anything that sells. The commenter’s [...]

STUPID KRAP: “Based in Sydney, Australia, STUPIDKRAP.COM is an artist-run portal and on-line store, featuring EXCLUSIVE limited-edition high-quality art prints and collectables, by your favorite underground artists.” I also hear an official launch party is on the way in December… +
Marketing Books Online: a few words in favour of print and books:
With [...]

The Great Specificity Swindle!: great article by Andrew Tetlaw at the Sitepoint blogs which clarifies the cascade in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
Myth: Embedded styles take priority over external styles and inline styles take priority over embedded styles.

Sometimes I forget these things… +
webfruits: is a Flickr collection of, if I say so myself, [...]

From the Akismet homepage:
92% of all comments are spam

92 per cent?! That’s amazing…
I’ve seen one or two bloggers mention heightened problems with comment spam in recent days, and it looks like the tidal wave has reached disassociated.
There’s always been rubbish to remove but it has quadrupled in the last couple of days. Anyone else likewise [...]

When leaving comments on someone’s blog, how do you usually identify yourself?
By your first name, a variation thereof, full name, a nickname, your blog or website name, or your company name?
Do you think the latter, that is a website or company name, may be a little too impersonal, even aloof though?
If I left a comment [...]

I don’t know if I like to whinge, or just like to whinge about whingers, but here I go anyway.
Most Wordpress bloggers will be familiar with Akismet, a plugin that helps control comment spam.
Like anything it is not 100 per cent fool proof, but overall I think it does a pretty good job of quarantining [...]