Thoughts on comments

I have my guestbooks and comments on full moderation and it is just as well.

So far in 2011 I've had to moderate comments from some charming individuals. So far ones that never went live included details on where to get pirate books, some outright racist comments (on a thread about children's games? Where do these people come from) and the grand prize, a person who mistook my fan page for the official company website and tried to score free giftcards.

So why have guestbooks at all? Because sometimes the comments make it worthwhile. The Lancastria guestbook is an excellent example, where survivors and their relatives have got back in touch, or found the official organsation.

And yesterday, this went live on the Jervis Bay guestbook Dec 22nd

Merry Christmas!