Apr 24, 2013, 9:59 am
Last edit by: Beltway2A
First attempt at a wiki, so feel free to wiki away at it (add blogs, add links, etc, etc):
Censors:
Delta Points (Rens Points)
Frugal Travel Guy
Milesabound - censors himself on rants
milesforfamily
MileValue
Million Mile Secrets
Very Good Points
Point Me To The Plane
Flyertalk
Travel Blogger Buzz - (proof is TBBs own words here)
TravelSkills
The Points Guy
The Points of Life
GodSaveThePoints
One Mile at a Time
Does Not Censor:
First2Board
Fishing4Deals
Food, Wine, and Miles
Hack My Trip
Head for Points
Miles From Blighty
Miles To The Wild
Points Summary
The Points Jock - Bill of Rights +1
ThreadTripping
Traveling Well For Less
Wald Around The World
Will Run For Miles
Doctor of Credit
View From the Wing
Censors:
Delta Points (Rens Points)
Frugal Travel Guy
Milesabound - censors himself on rants
milesforfamily
MileValue
Million Mile Secrets
Very Good Points
Point Me To The Plane
Flyertalk
Travel Blogger Buzz - (proof is TBBs own words here)
TravelSkills
The Points Guy
The Points of Life
GodSaveThePoints
One Mile at a Time
Does Not Censor:
First2Board
Fishing4Deals
Food, Wine, and Miles
Hack My Trip
Head for Points
Miles From Blighty
Miles To The Wild
Points Summary
The Points Jock - Bill of Rights +1
ThreadTripping
Traveling Well For Less
Wald Around The World
Will Run For Miles
Doctor of Credit
View From the Wing
Which miles and points blogs censor comments?
Jan 8, 2014 | 1:12 am
#451
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Jan 8, 2014 | 2:58 pm
#452
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Jan 12, 2014 | 2:52 pm
#453
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I've noticed I am getting a "Your comment is awaiting moderation" now when I comment on BoardingArea. Nothing in my comments that would warrant holding back a post for moderation (such as a link). Spillover effect from being censored by other blogs on BA?
Jan 12, 2014 | 3:13 pm
#454
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That setting is managed on a per-blogger basis; it is not something which can "spill over" between the blogs.
Jan 12, 2014 | 6:13 pm
#456
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they do if it's from a new email address. i changed my email recently and noticed the same, the usual people let them through. still waiting for my post on milevalue pointing out the $150 sign up for discover to go through though
Jan 12, 2014 | 7:40 pm
#460
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These are the general options available within wordpress:
Names and keywords can also be blacklisted natively but IP addresses cannot be.
There are other plug-ins which can blacklist IP addresses or usernames but, IME, those don't show the user that it is held for moderation; they just get dropped.
It is also possible that some combination of the words used tripped up the anti-spam filter. I found one of those today in my queue and I have no idea what made that trigger but it did. Not all the bloggers bother examining the spam queue very closely as, depending on the blog, it can be hundreds to thousands of messages daily.
Names and keywords can also be blacklisted natively but IP addresses cannot be.
There are other plug-ins which can blacklist IP addresses or usernames but, IME, those don't show the user that it is held for moderation; they just get dropped.
It is also possible that some combination of the words used tripped up the anti-spam filter. I found one of those today in my queue and I have no idea what made that trigger but it did. Not all the bloggers bother examining the spam queue very closely as, depending on the blog, it can be hundreds to thousands of messages daily.
Jan 13, 2014 | 3:14 am
#461
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I don't examine my spam queue at all - better things to do than trawl through 300 viagra plugs each day looking for a comment by someone who for some reason used the word viagra in a genuine comment .....!
Jan 13, 2014 | 8:12 am
#462
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That's fine as long as the spam filter is halfway intelligent. Travel-related blogs need to allow the otherwise dodgy "XXX", for example -- not just because grateful readers might sign their comments with three kisses, but also to allow for routings along the lines of LHR-XXX-LAX.
Good job most of us don't regularly travel through Gamarra airport in Colombia -- via GRA.
Good job most of us don't regularly travel through Gamarra airport in Colombia -- via GRA.
May 31, 2014 | 4:33 pm
#465
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 79
Delta Points has got to be the worse when it comes to censoring.
I commented on the Sunday fireside chats which appear to be copied from MMS interview series and got Censored!!!
I merely stated that MMS had interviewed most of the bloggers already so there was no need to repeat the process
I commented on the Sunday fireside chats which appear to be copied from MMS interview series and got Censored!!!
I merely stated that MMS had interviewed most of the bloggers already so there was no need to repeat the process