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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!

This entry was posted on Thursday, November 29th, 2007 at 10:16 pm and is filed under Randomness. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

15 Responses to “Hey Blogger.com…BITE ME!”

  1. kim Says:
    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.

  2. Eyeclops Says:
    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.

  3. Beccagirl Says:
    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?

  4. Patrick D. Says:
    November 30th, 2007 at 11:55 am

    I checked your comments, Becca and I can’t leave my URL there at all.

  5. Adam_Y Says:
    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.

  6. Mario Says:
    December 1st, 2007 at 10:40 am

    I just noticed that today. Annoying.

  7. Patrick D. Says:
    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.)

  8. mummifiedx5 Says:
    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.

  9. Robin (the pensieve one) Says:
    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.!

  10. Robin (the pensieve one) Says:
    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…

  11. Jody Says:
    December 4th, 2007 at 9:59 am

    I am another complainer!

  12. Karmyn R Says:
    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)

  13. Lisa's Chaos Says:
    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.

  14. Soulja Boy Dance Says:
    January 2nd, 2008 at 4:47 pm

    I think they’ve fixed that. Must have got a lot of complaints

  15. Patrick D. Says:
    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.