I have not run into that with Askimet. No problems whatsoever.

Doesn't happen to me.

There is a WordPress setting under Setting / Discussion which says 'Hold a Comment for moderation if it contains more than [x] links'. By default it is set to 2, but you can change this. Perhaps this is the issue?

Oooh, that's why! Fixed, thanks!

You know there is an edit history log which allows anyone to quickly see what was changed, right??

Well that's just cheating! :D

The latest addition to BoardingArea, "Michael W Travels" should just change his name to "Michael W Censors". How dare anyone beg to differ with Randy Petersen's claim that BoardingArea is "a great family of bloggers who respect their readers and the information and advice they publish."

Hey Tom,

First of all, I do not censor but I will if it is a personal attack, rude or vulgar comment.
When you start a blog, you can make whatever rules you feel are appropriate.

Have a great weekend!

Michael W.

What part of my comment was rude, vulgar or a personal attack? I basically said BoardingArea had become a massive affiliate billboard for FlexOffers (aka BentOffers) but that new bloggers could make it more respectable.

None of your remarks were and nothing was censored. I was saying that if I feel the need to in the future for those reasons stated, I would.

Have a great weekend.

Thanks for clarifying. Could be something related to the moderation queue. Normally when comments are held for approval they still show up to the person that posted, but my comment went away, so I assumed it had been censored.

I am new to Wordpress so there will be some hiccups along the way. It was never censored or tampered with so to speak.

I just don't get why people are so quick to attack and for nothing to be honest.

I learned this the hard way when Delta Points accused me of censoring when his comment went into spam by itself:D

Michael: Check Pending and Spam. Now with BA you should get the spam under control. It took me a while but now it is fine. At first, I was drowning in spam!!
Man, you are so jumpy...get it?

We should be able to share our thoughts and from time to time, our concerns and comments. Rule #1 of rhetoric is never to attack the author but the subject. Lately it seems that personal attacks are common and hurtful

However, a few bloggers get offended when one provides either a different point of view or questions the offers they post as best value out there. I have learned to skip them altogether.

It's definitely a fun (not really) process learning Word Press. Blogger was just so simple to use. There is quite a bit of spam getting through so I have to skim each one. If the message is debatable then I wait and still most likely send to spam. There has got to be some better filters for this!

Guilty I am- of being jumpy! It's rubbing off on my 19 month old now. Lots of fun!

I totally agree with you however I don't really see a need or place for personal attacks. I've personally never had an issue with what a particular blogger posts or tries to sell. I can choose however if I'd like to continue reading the blogs Ive stopped reading a bunch of blogs where the content completely changed course.

Blogging every day is a ton of work and I do not see why there is an issue with bloggers getting paid with CC links. When the content is only geared to the CCs, that's when the problems arise.

My opinion and others are free to disagree.

Michael:

You need the plugin Akismet.

Raffles suggested it to me and SAVED me from the spam! It has been a lifesaver!

Be careful in Albania & Kosovo, it can be quite a rough crowd over there!

I can't believe I am giving blogging advice, lol at myself:D