How often are you checking for new comments?

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   Shesabutterflyposted 2 years ago

   Unless your article is on the first page of a niche site, the only way I have found to see how many comments are on them, is to actually click on the article. Now that there are comments on some niche sites that I have content on, I'm wondering how often those of you who have had them for awhile have been checking for new ones?
   
   I went in to all my articles today to write down how many they currently have, but it will be tedious and way too time consuming to do that every day, none the less even every week with how slow these pages are currently loading.
   
   Most of my articles I do not think will get any comments as most have not received any pretty much since I published them, but there are a few I would like to keep an eye on. How often do you think I would be able to check without getting in trouble with Google? Is that something I would even have to worry about if I am not checking every day or week? What other consequences am I potentially looking at simply clicking in to see if the comment number has changed and going back out?

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      Miebakagh57posted 2 years agoin reply to this

      That has never cross my mind. Never.                                             But unless, I received notifications(and these days) we get zero notices. It's not necessary that I frequently check upon comments on my more than 50 articles.                                       And, by the way, who's going to comment anyway?                                         Shesabutterfly, you've raised some brain storming questions. And, infering from what  Linda has said, let those that had some answer post them. It never also has cross my brain(lol!) that Google's like PayPal.

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      erorantesposted 2 years agoin reply to this

      Hello miss shesabutterfly.  I am glad you started this comment page. I was wondering why I did not find any notice on my messenger box. I thought. It was empty due to the holidays. Happy holidays.

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   AliciaCposted 2 years ago

   You've asked some important questions. I can't answer all of them, but I want to respond because as the number of sites open to comments increases, the situation is becoming more worrying.
   
   I've published 582 articles at the moment. I haven't started checking them for new comments yet, but I probably will to some extent in the near future. Even though many of my articles probably won't receive any more comments, some may.
   
   I want to respond to kind or interesting comments, delete any rude or spammy ones, and thank those who suggest something that will help me improve the article. Without any notifications, I can't do this. All I can do is open a few articles every day to see if comments have been added. Going through all of them will take a long time.
   
   As you suggest, repeatedly going to our own articles could be a problem. Your idea about monitoring only some of them is good. The problem of going to them too often still exists, however, and there's always the chance that we might get a comment on an unmonitored article.

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   Brenda Arledgeposted 2 years ago

   I'm hoping we will get notifications whenever a comment is left.

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      AliciaCposted 2 years agoin reply to this

      I hope this happens, too, Brenda. It would make the new system so much easier to deal with.

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         Shesabutterflyposted 2 years agoin reply to this

         I want to hope for this, but with it rolling out in the exact same format on other niche sites has me worried it is not possible for the two systems to communicate. Staff spent a long time even getting this system to where it is now, if it is possible I worry it will take another year to even come to use. I really hope I'm wrong.
         
         I do worry about some of the other issues you noted as well. I'm seeing odd increases in views for some articles (some do not have comment abilities yet), and now I'm wondering if I don't check them how likely it would be they could end up with spam or other unwelcome comments that will drag my article down. Or even questions going unanswered.
         
         The current system is harder to use, maybe many outside readers will not bother even trying to use it if they can even find it between the slow loading ads.
         
         I'm seeing inconsistences myself across the different sites and between my different devices. On my laptop I cannot log into AxleAddict. I only have a create user name button available, however I can sign in on my phone. The number of comments has also disappeared from AA. All I am seeing is comment in bold with no numbers despite some of the articles having comments. Actually I'm noticing this on all the niche sites now, so I wonder if staff has changed this recently?
         
         On Letterpile, I have never been able to see the number of comments phone or computer, which is why I didn't catch it right away. I don't actually have content on AA or WanderWisdom. I was periodically comparing the systems, because I noticed when Letterpile first launched I couldn't see them.

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      Miebakagh57posted 2 years agoin reply to this

      Brenda, so do I.

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   Rupert Taylorposted 2 years ago

   As I mentioned in another thread, the return of comments without notification to the writer is useless.
   
   I have 825 articles on HubPages, I can't possibly check them all on a regular basis on the off-chance a response has arrived. It takes about 30 seconds for an average article to fully load. Back-of-the-envelope calculations show me I would have to spend almost seven hours checking my work - every week? - every month? I need hardly point out that this is impossibly onerous and isn't going to happen.
   
   That means that obnoxious and spammy comments would slip through unnoticed and sit there doing their mischievous worst. Also, we would never be alerted to errors we might have made unless the reader went to the bother of contacting the author via e-mail.
   
   There's work yet to be done.

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   FatFreddysCatposted 2 years ago

   Right there in a nutshell is why I don't particularly miss comments, and why I am not terribly worried about if or when they come back.
   
   The bulk of the comments I received on my music reviews fell into one of two categories:
   
   "Dude, (name of band/album) sucks/rules! If you like/don't like this then you suck! Your (sic) an idiot. Kill your self. Hail Satin 666"
   
   Or:
   
   "Hello frand! Check my web radio, is ALL METAL 24-7 join us hornzz up (spammy link)"
   
   Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the commenters who have valid things to say or contribute, but as time has gone on, their numbers have dwindled while the kind of gibberish seen above has increased.

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      Shesabutterflyposted 2 years agoin reply to this

      I have seen this on my own website and tend to agree. I have the capability to moderate before anything is shown and I get email notifications so I don't have to manually check every page. They are required to leave name/email so maybe HP's extra verification code will stop spamming, but simply requiring an email I don't think is much of a deterrent for spammers.
      
      I was hoping staff would be able to make some changes before rolling out to all sites, but that doesn't appear to be happening unfortunately.
      
      Rupert I agree without notifications comments are useless. I'd rather have no comments than comments I cannot monitor myself, nonetheless don't even know are there. I don't have nearly as many articles as you or Alicia, but just the thought of doing some feels too much considering it could be all in vain. That time could have been spent doing more productive work.

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      Miebakagh57posted 2 years agoin reply to this

      As the "frands" continues to sprout out these nonsenses, spammers has leverage that to they advantages.                   Hubpages' police is not helping matter, nor distracting them.

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   Peggy Wposted 2 years ago

   It would be literally impossible to check each article for comments without notifications as we had in the past.  I hope that the editors at HubPages see the necessity for adding that feature back.  It is vital!

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   Rupert Taylorposted 2 years ago

   Apologies for beating on the same drum, but let's suppose offensive comments of a racist, sexist, misogynistic, or conspiracy theory nature land on one of my articles. If I don't know about, it will appear as though it's there with my blessing. No thank you.
   
   I would rather comments were not allowed at all rather than have my name associated with much of the drivel that shows up on the internet.

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      AliciaCposted 2 years agoin reply to this

      I strongly agree with your post, Rupert.

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      Shesabutterflyposted 2 years agoin reply to this

      I couldn't agree more! This is one of the reasons I want to keep tabs on my articles, but there does not appear to be a way to actually do that efficiently. I don't think I would see comments like that, but you can never be too careful.

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   EricDockettposted 2 years ago

   I have checked zero times and don't even know how I would if I wanted to. What Rupert is saying is correct. The way the system is currently set up not only is unhelpful but is potentially damaging. We are better off without any comments section at all if there will be no way to get notices or hold comments for moderation.
   
   Once again, something HP learned years ago but somehow is having to relearn, maybe the hard way.

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