Tag Archives: commenters

Blog commenters should be selected.

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

I fully agree with Henry Blodget. We also screen commenters, here, on Midas Oracle. As for anonymity: One thing I learned about business journalism when I was actually in business (Wall Street) was that anyone who went on the record … Continue reading →

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Midas Oracle Comment Policy

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Only registered members are able to comment. (People can register themselves.) Midas Oracle [*] has a do-follow plugin for links inserted in comments, so the ideas you leave here help you build a higher PageRank for your own blog or … Continue reading →

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OpenID on Midas Oracle

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

In the WordPress options for the OpenID plugin, I have just checked: Automatically approve comments left with verified OpenIDs. These comments will bypass all comment moderation. Still working on many technicalities in the coming weeks…

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Rush Limbaugh explains to his right-wing fellows that he never reads the comments made on blog posts, because they are written by “isane” “lunatics”, and then, in the same breath, he tells his listeners how one comment made by a pro-Hillary woman might impact the race to the White House.

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Rush Limbaugh: I do not read comments on blog posts on websites, because when you do that, you find out how dangerously insane a whole lot of people in this country are. It can destroy your faith in America faster … Continue reading →

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Commenting on Midas Oracle

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

As you know, some people commenting here told me they went into trouble, even when they were logged in. I found out why. The anti-spam plugin “WP Spam Free” does not exempt registered blog users from its anti-spam checking. It … Continue reading →

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Do you still have trouble commenting on Midas Oracle?

Posted on June 29, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

I deactivated the WP-OpenID plugin because WP Spam Free says it is the source of incompatibilities. I notified the WP forum. Commenters, let me know whether the problems you got while trying to comment on Midas Oracle have disappeared. Thanks. … Continue reading →

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Mike Smithson says that one “impersonator” (that is, someone pretending to be Mike Smithson) published comments on the PoliticalBetting.com thread about the London political elections, giving false exit poll information, in order to influence the “betting prices” (which I understand, partially, at least, if not fully, as the BetFair and Betdaq prices).

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Starting now, his blog will only publish comments from already approved commenters —comments from brand-new commenters will have to be manually approved. We have had this procedure in place on Midas Oracle for some time, now. -

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