September 26, 2011
Based on some of my past articles, you may already know that I hail from the online community of Reddit (and so do a couple of my fellow writers). However, as with any online community, there are certain types of users that absolutely drive me nuts. But do I actually do anything about it? Not really. So, here’s taking a look at three types of Reddit commenters that drive me up the wall.
September 21, 2011
The Internet is without doubt a great invention. Unfortunately, no one so far has been able to develop and anti-troll device that will help to make it a more civilized place. You might have come across this beast called the troll too, in the white of comment boxes, on social networks, and on discussion boards. So, how do you take the war to the trolls?
July 27, 2011
Sharp-tongues and foul-mouths are the staple of comment boxes. This is one of those little tips that can make the online world a much civil, if not a better place. Let’s take a look at two extensions for Firefox and Chrome which help you to filter out undesirable and abuse laden comments on YouTube specifically and other sites on the web.
May 29, 2011
The Jetpack plugin suite is an essential first plugin install for every new WordPress blog owner – and Jeffry covered the installation and some of it’s features before. If you’re not convinced yet, here’s another 3 reasons why you should install it now. It also ties in nicely with the newest release of the WordPress [...]
March 25, 2011
Cyber culture is about sharing your views and opinions with the community that’s out there. Generally, leaving a view by way of a comment is no big deal. After all, you just type it in or copy paste some bits of text and leave it at that. Neatness is a secondary consideration. Say for example, [...]
June 17, 2010
Do you have a WordPress blog? Do you want to be able to check your blog’s comments from your desktop? It doesn’t matter if you are using the free WordPress.com setup or if you have your own self hosted blog. There is a free application called WordPress Comments Notifier which I was able to download [...]
April 23, 2010
These days a business can have a website that is rich in social features allowing comments and feedback and multiple ways for their customers to spread the word about their products and services. The real tech savvy companies can even chat online with its customers allowing for real-time support and communication. Now, with help from [...]
April 23, 2010
If you’re a regular on MakeUseOf, you’ve probably noticed that post comments don’t look quite the same as they previously did. It gives me great pleasure to announce that MakeUseOf comments are now powered by DISQUS Comments. Many thanks to Daniel Ha and the rest of the good folks at Disqus for their help and [...]
April 23, 2010
One of the things that I’ve mentioned often here at MakeUseOf is that when you’re trying to build up your blog traffic, it’s critically important to actually take part in the blog community that you are a part of. I mentioned the importance of blog commenting for site traffic earlier, and MUO covered a comment [...]
January 7, 2010
If you are a blogger and have been for any time, you know how it is to get spam in your comments section. What is the point to the spam and what exactly do they get out of it? Well, one benefit a spammer gets is “link juice.” In other words, the more your site [...]
