Many of you know that Blogger has taken to randomly depositing perfectly good comments into the spam folder, but it's hidden somewhat so it isn't easy to keep an eye on.
If haven't found it yet and are wondering why people aren't commenting . . .
- From your dashboard hit "comments" on the left sidebar
- If you don't see the left-hand menu (they seem to love to hide things), hit the hamburger menu symbol (the three parallel horizontal lines at the top left)
- Find the teeny gray arrow to the right of your blog title. Clicking that will give you a dropdown menu from which you can access all of your comment folders
- Each folder tells you how many comments are in it. If you have some in spam or moderation, you'll likely find your missing comments there.
It's gotten so bad, that I find my own comments to my own blog in the spam folder! Also lots of comments from well known blog visitors who have previously been marked "not spam."
Actually, the spam button doesn't seem to do anything either, because the same true spammers keep coming back.
Not sure how the biggest, most innovative tech company on the internet could have such a dumb AI spam detector, but they do.
Bloggers, Check Your Spam Folders! © Oct 2024
