Blogger has finally got off its arse and added an option to moderate comments posted to Blogger blogs for the blog owners. However, it is pretty limited:
* Comments that have already been published or rejected are removed from the moderation list. Rejected comments are deleted and cannot be recovered. Approved comments can be deleted in the usual way if you decide you no longer want them.
* When rejected comments are deleted, a “this comment has been removed” message will be left in their place. You can remove this by deleting the message from the post page like you would for a regular comment.
* Only blog administrators will be able to moderate comments. Team members without admin privileges will not have access.
Some people state this will cut down on comment spam – I doubt it. Only those following all the news know of this feature. Unlike captcha verification on comments promoted through a message on the dashboard when the user logs into his Blogger account, this feature is not likely to be noticed. Thos creating new blogs will see it of course – but I guess most people (especially those wihtout much tech knowledge) simply running their blogs and not messing with their settings every now and then probably won’t even know it’s possible…
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