Awakened Voice

Nothing. You are required to do nothing special when you read content I’ve published or shared. You don’t have to comment but you are welcome to comment if you feel moved to do so. You don’t have to share it, although I encourage you to share if you find the content to be interesting. If [...]

Let’s continue with the subject of building brands and keeping control of your content. There’s this issue with comments. A growing number of people who write their own blogs want better control of all the comments that they leave on other sites. Comments represent ideas and opinions that can add to the value of your [...]

Take this word of friendly advice from someone who hasn’t invested money in a third-party commenting service. Maintain control of the comments on your site. Third-party commenting services like Disqus, coComment and Intense Debate always state that you retain ownership of your comments. That’s great but you really don’t retain control.
When you utilize a comment [...]

Moderating comments is a simple but powerful way to protect your social site from the evil ways of spammers.
When you moderate comments they are pushed into a queue for review prior to being made viewable on the website. This feature adds an extra step to your process as the proprietor of a social site because you [...]