Blogging and Comment Moderation

The speaker reflects on their blogging journey, initially valuing open comments to engage with all readers, including critics. As the site grew, they faced challenges in maintaining this openness and eventually shifted to moderating comments to better serve the community. This transition was difficult but ultimately necessary to manage hateful or unproductive discourse.

What was the speaker's initial approach to comments on their blog?

• Comments were disabled.

• Comments were only allowed from registered users.

• Comments were open to everyone.

• Comments were heavily moderated.

What was the speaker's belief about engaging with commenters who had opposing views?

• It was a waste of time.

• It could lead to mutual understanding.

• It would increase site traffic.

• It was unnecessary.

What challenge did the speaker face as the blog's readership grew?

• Decreasing number of comments.

• Finding new content to write about.

• Maintaining an open comment section.

• Technical issues with the website.

What change did the speaker eventually embrace regarding comments?

• Moderating comments more strictly.

• Allowing only positive comments.

• Ignoring all comments.

• Disabling comments entirely.