Hey Blogger.com…BITE ME!
So, I went to a friend’s post today to leave a comment and apparently…apparently, regular (non-Blogger.com) bloggers CAN’T leave their URL on the comment. The only options are using your Google/Blogger account, a single nickname with NO URL or anonymous.
Well, gee, Blogger, thanks for the c*ckblock. I appreciate the link love. NOT!
UPDATE: Others have blogged about this bad move by Google as well.
MORE UPDATE: And another blogger complaining about this crap!
MORE MORE UPDATE: And more it seems!
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November 30th, 2007 at 9:41 am
I ran into that too. I used to use Blogger, for quite a while, but it was so unstable and I hated the “beta” they were pushing. Ah well.
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November 30th, 2007 at 10:08 am
I think the blogger using Blogger can set his comment preferences to allow “foreign” url links or not.
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November 30th, 2007 at 10:45 am
Does it depend on the settings the person has for commenters? I recently changed mine to basically allow anyone to leave it, but to my knowledge you can leave your link! No?
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November 30th, 2007 at 11:55 am
I checked your comments, Becca and I can’t leave my URL there at all.
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December 1st, 2007 at 10:24 am
The best thing I ever did was move from blogger to my own wordpress installation… it was like living with an unstable control freak.
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December 1st, 2007 at 10:40 am
I just noticed that today. Annoying.
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December 1st, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Agreed. But I read a LOT of Blogger.com blogs and want to continue commenting as commenting is the single biggest thing I’ve found for building audience. (BTW, thanks for posting.)
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December 2nd, 2007 at 1:41 am
You might find that sometimes in the comments section you don’t even have the “nickname” or “anon” option and you HAVE to sign in with a blogger account to leave a comment.
I had a vent on one of my blogs about it.
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December 3rd, 2007 at 8:09 pm
Mutiny, I say! Walk the plank! Take the plunge!! Blogger mass exodus!!!
A bit melodramatic? Over-reacting?
I.think.NOT.!
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December 4th, 2007 at 8:48 am
Hey Patrick, I came back to let ya know I’m linking to your post in my follow-up today…
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December 4th, 2007 at 9:59 am
I am another complainer!
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December 4th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
Yes, Blogger bites bigtime – it pisses me off.
I’ve just started leaving an href link in my comment. It’s a pain – but I only type it out once and then copy – paste for all over comments.
(came here via Robin’s link)
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December 4th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
Hey came via Robin’s link too. Maybe their fixing it? Or they have decided to cut us off completely. I just tried to leave a blogger comment and got, ”
BBlogger
Blogger and Blog*Spot are unavailable
Blogger and Blog*Spot are unavailable right now. We apologize for this interruption in service.
Details
Blogger is undergoing brief maintenance and will return in a few minutes.
”
Hmmmmmmmm.
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January 2nd, 2008 at 4:47 pm
I think they’ve fixed that. Must have got a lot of complaints
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January 2nd, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Thanks for the reminder. They have fixed this. And kudos to them for listening to people and bringing back the spirit of community that makes blogging fun and interactive.
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