This Thing Pisses Me Off With Bloggers
Posted on July 11, 2009 by Melvin
Bloggers can either be amiable or despicable, no doubt about it. In my 2+ years in blogging I can say I have seen all types of bloggers. While most of them are really nice and great to be with, there are certain portion of bloggers (or qualities of them) that really make me pissed off. What is it? read on…
For some reasons, some bloggers piss me by commenting on posts while not reading it. Ok, we all know that most ‘guru’ bloggers would suggest you to comment on as many blogs as you can for two things, 1). to get traction and traffic and 2). for backlink purposes. I don’t oppose that. What I do oppose is the fact that a lot of bloggers overdo that and the result is that they actually don’t really read the content of the post and their comment is totally unrelated. That is what pisses me off.
I know that ‘maybe’ I, myself have somehow done that but I think I have never ever commented on a post w/o understanding (worst, reading) it. Most of the times I skim the content but then i always grasp the concept first before actually putting my piece into it. If you’re a serious reader of my blog then probably you might have found some totally douchebag unrelated comments. Much more if you’re an avid reader of famous blogs in the industry like johnchow.com, shoemoney and etc. A lot of comments there are just junk comments (different from spam ones), ones that were created for the sake of futility. 
It even pisses me more to learn that those comments are actually legit and not trolls, just totally unrelated…
Oh well, just my opinion about it. Again its your own blog and there is a whole lot of freedom of expression within the blogosphere. Just make sure you don’t hurt yourself and the image of your blog by being a douche. Remember, the real value of comments in blogs is not about the quantity or the proper use of anchor text, it’s the quality and image that can make your blog standout.
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Four Full Proof Ways of Becoming the Most Annoying Blogger - 21st Jul, 09 08:07am
The Bad Blogger
- 11th Jul, 09 02:07pm
Ya… I admit I do that before, but it seems it doesn’t really work for getting more traffic, as for now, I always read every word before I even puts a word of comment to it, getting to stand out from other comment, is not to write long but to really write a comment that relates to the content.
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blinkky
- 11th Jul, 09 04:07pm
Sometimes I did just like you mentioned above. Usually I read the whole article and sometimes I read twice if the article is really good.
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Liane
- 12th Jul, 09 05:07am
I think there’s a sort of justification. I have an RSS Reader full of blog updates that I want to go through everyday. Obviiously, if I read every full post, it would take me more than 3 hours just to finish the whole thing.
I do skim the content, to think about it, majority really doesn’t read an article from start to finish, word for word.
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Melvin Reply:
July 16th, 2009 at 7:20 am
Reading a post word per word is never really a requirement. What I don’t want is that sometimes people just try to comment w/a generic type of comment (diffrent from ‘nice post’ thing). The thing is no one really reads a post fully, but I assume most do understand the concept just by skimming
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Jacob Yap
- 12th Jul, 09 09:07am
Good one, Melvin. And yeah, probably I’ll delete those spam-alike comments.
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bbrian017
- 13th Jul, 09 01:07am
When people do this at my blog I delete their comment! I’m a do follow and if a bloggers wants me to link back they better read my article. If not they better hope they get lucky or they will be spam forever!
I hate bloggers that do that!
When I seen the title i was like hmm this should be interesting form Melvin!
The thing I hate is when a blog has long winded articles let it end already!
@badblogger! Bad at you!
You da man Melvin
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Melvin Reply:
July 16th, 2009 at 7:22 am
Hey dude thanks.
I dont really see the value of dofollowing comments. =p
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Chris
- 13th Jul, 09 05:07am
Yes, this totally annoys me as well. Still, for me, even more annoying than people leaving unrelated comments or comments that don’t make sense with the point you’re trying to make on your blog are people who simply write something along the lines of “great post” or “very interesting point.” I tend to get a lot of those on my own blog and often delete them. In my opinion, if you aren’t going to add something intelligent and of value to my blog, don’t comment in the first place.
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Qizzer
- 13th Jul, 09 07:07am
I agree with you. I hate those lame “great post looking forward to reading more” type of comments.
To me it’s like having something really profound to say to a group of people and none of them really listen and then just say good point when you’ve put forward a proposal to end world famine!
It’s just RUDE.
If you can’t be bothered to listen / read then don’t leave a comment – if the comment doesn’t add to the discussion I usually delete it too.
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Wizzer
- 13th Jul, 09 07:07am
If you see my earlier comment you’llk see I can’t even be bothered to spell my own name right!
Sorry – slip of the finger from W to D
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Best CSS Gallery
- 13th Jul, 09 07:07am
I have to admit I commented without reading a post once or twice. As for my blogs, I do not approve those comments that are totally unrelated to the posts
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Melvin Reply:
July 17th, 2009 at 8:57 am
so it easily means you are not being fair.
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Agent 001
- 13th Jul, 09 10:07am
Junk mails pisses me too. I wonder if a commentator has time to comment at least he can scan/overview the post for few seconds.
I seen many junk comments. Let me give an example. Someone on my Contest Post commented, “The post was helpful/useful” . Now how can this comment be approved. Either the fellow was totally out of mind or cannot read English. The title say Contest so how can you comment useful article.
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Charles - Big Idea Blogger
- 13th Jul, 09 11:07am
It doesn’t really piss me off as long as the commenter did say something relevant about the article to contribute to the conversation. What pisses me off are short-phrased thoughtless comments like “Interesting post”.
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George Serradinho
- 13th Jul, 09 12:07pm
We have all done that.
I do my best to comment and leave something constructive to the author. I have started to delete comments on my blog that are a few words and do not make sense at all.
You will always get those comments on a site as they would like to increase their reputation and backlinks. Some of it works and others not.
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Deneil Merritt
- 13th Jul, 09 04:07pm
I stop getting mad over things like this. I just delete the comment if its totally unrelated to the post or to a comment.
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Catering Sydney Reply:
July 14th, 2009 at 4:15 am
Yes Deneil That the right task with that comment.
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Stefan
- 13th Jul, 09 08:07pm
As long as their comment is not offending anyone I’m not “pissed off”. Depending on how many comments I get each day I will sometimes allow them and sometimes just delete them.
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Desmond Ong
- 13th Jul, 09 08:07pm
I think it’s rude to comment on something in your blog post if they didn’t at least skim through the blog post.
They should at least read through the blog post.
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Farrhad A | The Marketing Park
- 13th Jul, 09 09:07pm
I have to be totally honest with you- pisses me off too at times. But if it is even a bit relevant to the post I accept it as they have taken out time to write it.
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Catering Sydney
- 14th Jul, 09 04:07am
I do not approve those comments that are totally unrelated to the posts. I usually read the post and then comment. But some time I am sorry for that.
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Pheak Tol
- 14th Jul, 09 02:07pm
I always read the whole blog, if it doesnt interest me enough after a few sentences then I just jump off to another blog. I don’t see why someone would just leave a comment without reading anyways, i mean you can basically tell wether someone read it or not, looks bad on you when you do that. nice post.
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Asswass
- 14th Jul, 09 08:07pm
Nice post Melvin (just kidding lol). When I read a comment like this one on my blog I just delete. I hate when people just say nice job or nice post.
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Melvin Reply:
July 17th, 2009 at 8:59 am
I don’t really see anything wrong with ‘nice post’ or ‘great stuffs here’ type of posts. I don’t loathe them, its just that it doesn’t add any value at all.
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zalds
- 15th Jul, 09 12:07pm
unrelated comments might be autogenerated spam comments which you are going to encounter many times.
if the comment is indeed from a real blogger / person, there must be a reason why he say it.
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zalds
- 15th Jul, 09 12:07pm
and btw, your paginated button in homepage has error.. (sample of unrelated comment)
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Melvin Reply:
July 17th, 2009 at 9:01 am
dude, I’ve been really trying to fix it since January but just couldn’t seem to find the right solution. The easiest sol is a change of theme (w/c is very unlikely at this point.)
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Toan Nguyen Minh
- 18th Jul, 09 05:07am
Thanks for commenting on my blog Melvin, your post is really very usefull.
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Developerholic
- 19th Jul, 09 02:07am
I usually accept any comments as long as they are not spam. Sometimes, when I comment, all I can think of after reading a post is how wonderful the comment is and thank the author.
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Ana
- 19th Jul, 09 02:07pm
I understand exactly what you mean, as am sure others have. I have noticed a few people doing exactly the same on my blog, but I still welcome their response even if they did not read or understand the entry. I find that each exchange is worth something in it’s own way, and that’s a droplet of each person.
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Experiment Garden
- 25th Jul, 09 12:07am
Sadly the majority of posts aren’t even worth reading. But then again if they aren’t worth reading they aren’t worth commenting on.
I think that people who post comments just for promotion purposes are more likely to post them on trashy posts because they don’t really care what the post is about. I only post comments on articles that I really like, so I have always read the article as well.
Hope this counts as an on topic, non junk comment.
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Melvin (author comment)
- 30th Jul, 09 01:07pm
comment test…
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Chris Peterson
- 19th Aug, 09 11:08am
having to go through unrelated comments myself, I empathise with you as well as the newbies who are as lost as i was once.
Chill! As we should be with them.
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Car Transportation
- 2nd Dec, 09 01:12am
This was a good “vent” post and a topic that I can relate to. I constantly have to deal with ridiculous and unrelated posts on my blog, and it seems like some people can’t even take the time to read the title.
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Tom - marketing tips
- 4th Jan, 10 07:01am
Hi Melvin, good post.I get these “nice blog thanks for sharing” comments as well sometimes.New bloggers are looking for back links to their sites so they will make the mistake of not reading the post before commenting.Also, if the content is bad, you often get useless comments.
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Gagan
- 3rd May, 10 11:05am
you know, we usually do not read those articles that are very long and are not written in points and also has no screenshots …. articles written in points and with proper screen-shots will never be left unread .. what do you say ?
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