Denying Comments

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   dineaneposted 15 years ago

   What do you do when you have such a ridiculous comment posted on one of your blogs that you are really tempted to approve it, just so you can blast the reader?
   
   Okay, not blast...I've been thinking about "polite" responses I could add. Remarks that would make me look even better :-)
   
   When someone comments, if they are a "hubber", does their name link to their profile before you approve the link? Can you post a comment without signing up as a hubber? I was hoping to get a little more insight about where this person was coming from, but I can't find a hubpages profile for them.
   
   I don't think this comment is from a spammer, just a....I have no idea how to describe it.
   
   What do you do with (not just negative) but crazy? comments?
   
   thanks!

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      Marisa Wrightposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      It depends on what you mean by crazy.  If I thought I could produce a scathingly effective riposte to make them look silly, I'd approve it, then post my own comment in reply.  Otherwise, I'd just deny it and be done.
      
      If it's a Hubber, you'll be able to click on their name to go to their profile (which won't always be completed, but that's a different thing).  If you can't click on the name, then it's someone who is not a member of the site.

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   Om Paramapoonyaposted 15 years ago

   I don't think most hubbers post ridiculous comments anyway. They usually make either positive or negative comments that make sense. Crazy comments are normally made by people who are not HP members.

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   daflaposted 15 years ago

   You can deny outside comments when you post or edit the hub.  I've never gotten a bad comment from a hubber.  Every one I ever had to deny was unregistered.  Of course, that doesn't mean it wasn't a hubber in disguise.

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   spudsposted 15 years ago

   You can set comments so that only logged in members can comment. Yes the members name does appear in the comment. I would deny the comment and then send them a message.

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      Stacie Lposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      hi; I am getting a lot of "outsiders" commenting on some hubs. I can't figure out how to set up who can comment.
      Can you help?
      thanks

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   dineaneposted 15 years ago

   Thanks, everyone. It was not a hubber, and I ended up just denying.

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   Stacie Lposted 15 years ago

   well my comment box was flooded with rude comments from a group of kids and I had to remove it!
   .I'm still waiting form someone at hub teams to respond
   please help

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   pauldeedsposted 15 years ago

   1. Edit your hub.
   2. Edit the comments capsule.
   3. Check one of these boxes in order to prevent anonymous comments and/or require comments to be approved before they appear:
   
   [X] Only signed-in users may post comments
   [X] Comments must be approved before they appear

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      Stacie Lposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      Ok thank you;
      I just did that.I never realized that existed
      Thanks Paul and Maddie!
      I was in a panic!

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