Originally Posted by jsmithv (Post 20983448)

The Points Guy - when a commenter said they drove 5 hours roundtrip to visit a chase branch for a united personal card, my comment linking to the united personal offer thread got moderated out twice. Not sure if they just don't like links in comments or what. I was pointing out that heading to a branch for the offer is unnecessary, contrary to the article.

Originally Posted by jsmithv (Post 20983448)

The Points Guy - when a commenter said they drove 5 hours roundtrip to visit a chase branch for a united personal card, my comment linking to the united personal offer thread got moderated out twice. Not sure if they just don't like links in comments or what. I was pointing out that heading to a branch for the offer is unnecessary, contrary to the article.

Originally Posted by thepointsguy (Post 20983673)

I don't approve comments- they post instantly, so if you never saw it post, it's likely it got flagged as SPAM. Posting it again would likely have the same effect.

I've written many times about the targeted United 55k+ offer- it was even a part of my last round of applications. However, it is targeted and the link to that Flyertalk is useless for someone who isn't targeted for the offer.

The Chase branch tip (which clearly isn't my referral link) was just a tip for people who were not targeted for the 55k, but still wanted it since anyone can go into a Chase branch and get that offer.

Originally Posted by HikerT (Post 20976879)

Too funny. MrPickles keeps moving his blog to the "does not censor" list.

Originally Posted by HikerT (Post 20987909)

It would appear amolkold has redacted mrpickles comment for 24 hours. ;)

Originally Posted by HikerT (Post 20987909)

It would appear amolkold has redacted mrpickles comment for 24 hours. ;)

Originally Posted by gpapadop (Post 20962303)

Let me tell you all a secret: You can transfer Chase Ultimate Rewards points to United AND Hyatt, wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by dhammer53 (Post 20996540)

Funny you should mention this. While the repetition does get annoying, it can be incredibly useful if all of a sudden, one day you need the information. I know about UA and Starwood. I've learned about Hilton and ICH over the years.

I never knew a thing about BA Avios until I got the 100,000 point credit card bonus.
I never knew a thing about Southwest.

Thanks to TPG and MMS, the repetition came on a day that I needed to learn about those programs. @:-)

And FYI TBB, I never paid attention to Chase UR until I got those Chase credit cards. The repetition is annoying, but it certainly is helpful for a newbie to a program. :o

Speaking of repetition, your loyal readers are anxiously waiting for cc links to appear on your blog. :p

Originally Posted by dhammer53 (Post 20996540)

Funny you should mention this. While the repetition does get annoying, it can be incredibly useful if all of a sudden, one day you need the information. I know about UA and Starwood. I've learned about Hilton and ICH over the years.

I never knew a thing about BA Avios until I got the 100,000 point credit card bonus.
I never knew a thing about Southwest.

Thanks to TPG and MMS, the repetition came on a day that I needed to learn about those programs. @:-)

And FYI TBB, I never paid attention to Chase UR until I got those Chase credit cards. The repetition is annoying, but it certainly is helpful for a newbie to a program. :o

Speaking of repetition, your loyal readers are anxiously waiting for cc links to appear on your blog. :p

Originally Posted by toomanybooks (Post 21015753)

Does it count as censoring if the blog changes one's comment w/o notice?

Gary changed a word I used that was very mildly disparaging of a third person. I called the fellow a "goof" and it was changed to "guy."

EDIT: Gary and I have had a cordial exchange via PM wherein he says he did not edit my post. I am equally confident that I remember the exact word I purposely used, and it's different now. I suggested that perhaps Boarding Area changed it and he does not think that is possible.

So there you have it.

Originally Posted by kokonutz (Post 21018550)

iPhone/pad auto-correction that you didnt notice when you posted???? @:-)

Originally Posted by yerffej201 (Post 21018789)

Goof autocorrects to good on my iphone.

Originally Posted by dhammer53 (Post 20996540)

Funny you should mention this. While the repetition does get annoying, it can be incredibly useful if all of a sudden, one day you need the information. I know about UA and Starwood. I've learned about Hilton and ICH over the years.

I never knew a thing about BA Avios until I got the 100,000 point credit card bonus.
I never knew a thing about Southwest.

Thanks to TPG and MMS, the repetition came on a day that I needed to learn about those programs. @:-)

And FYI TBB, I never paid attention to Chase UR until I got those Chase credit cards. The repetition is annoying, but it certainly is helpful for a newbie to a program. :o

Speaking of repetition, your loyal readers are anxiously waiting for cc links to appear on your blog. :p

Originally Posted by restonva (Post 21045669)

Thanks to this thread, I have stopped moderating comments on my Fishing4Deals blog. When I set up Fishing4Deals, I was holding comments for moderation, but now that the blog has picked up steam, I can see how that can discourage commenters. People want to see their comments posted right away so they can get immediate feedback from other readers. The WordPress spam filter is excellent and has always been right! The only discouraging thing is that I have ten times more spam than real comments.

Originally Posted by yerffej201 (Post 21045731)

Problem for me is akismet is a bit wonky as it will filter out any comments that have links in them, even though they are legit. Quite annoying actually.

Originally Posted by Raffles (Post 21045984)

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?

Originally Posted by kokonutz (Post 20989822)

Tee hee, I just edited the wiki in a manner that perhaps can serve as a compromise between the warring factions in the great 76 character war!

Let's see who can figure out what I did first! :D

Originally Posted by sbm12 (Post 21047470)

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

Originally Posted by HikerT (Post 21285176)

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."

Originally Posted by HikerT (Post 21285391)

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.

Originally Posted by HikerT (Post 21286903)

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.

Originally Posted by gpapadop (Post 21287773)

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?

Originally Posted by lacuadra (Post 21287787)

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.

Originally Posted by gpapadop (Post 21289218)

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

Originally Posted by MichaelWTravels (Post 21288749)

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.