Rewarding Commentators With Two Cool Comment Plugins

I've been experimenting with these plugins at a few secondary blogs and they seem to work well. It does add more work since you'll want to moderate comments to prevent spamming.

It's also a good idea to say what you consider spamming so that people who plan to write legit comments won't get blindsided by heavy moderation.

On Top Commentator, I think it's a good idea to keep it since it's a sitewide link. I do recommend you download my modification to it that will prevent a spammer from hijacking a top commentator's spot on the list. I'm also interested to see how it will work with KeywordLuv.

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Your the first here to take complete advantage of the Luv plugins. I really like them, even if it is a bit more work. I'll check into your modification on the commentator plugin.
As far as moderating goes, I'd love it to be real work. I wish HashCash were working right (it seemed to be making many comments (including mine) disappear into some void. It sure did kill the spam bots though. I've seen more spam in the last day since deactivating HashCash than I saw in the last 3 months here. I'm hoping the Semiologic folks will have the bugs out quick.
Thanks again for commenting and come back again.

cool! I still haven't got my lazy butt to check out the 2 plugins. Gotta do it someday. LOL.

I use Threaded comments for all my blogs though. Used to be incompatible with IE6 but since everyone is into at least IE7 now, I think there won't be any problem. Works like a charm in Firefox.

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Costa - Looks like the threaded comments will work with this theme so I'll probably add it in the next few days.
Comment Luv and Keyword Luv are easy plugins to add, with your knowledge of WordPress themes you can probably add them to themes they don't work on.

Great move with the plugins. I am certain you will see the benefits yourself very quickly.

The only issue I have found is higher levels of spam - though with the right plugins these can be eliminated pretty easily

You're right about the increased spam Olly. I am waiting an upgraded version of Hashcash which works wonders on spam, but was rejecting a lot of good comments (mine included).

Thanks, trying this out now here^^^ as you can see

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Wow this is nice, I will definitely get back to your site. This is a great opportunity for SEO. I advice you however to look for a good anti-spam plug-in, to prevent spammers.
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It was a pleasant surprise to come back to your blog and see you had added these 2 plugins. I have also added them and haven't noticed any increase in spam yet. And p.s., I'm also a Semiologic user.

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This plug-in is really nice if you really like comments to be dropped. Visitors usually don't leave comments but with this they will definitely consider it.

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This is really incredible, adding both. For both i think, blog owners and commentators as well..As commentator you tell the identity as well as get a reward as keyword
Thanks for enabling it!

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Hey, good post. I'll have to check out the plugins because I'm trying to increase comments on my blog.

Great Post. Thanks for letting us know of these plugins. I am really trying to get comments on my blog as well and I think this will definitely help. Thanks for letting us know about these.

To all those that have been posting comments like Dan, John, aamir, Louise and Bleuken, it has really increased the number of comments.
The simultaneous disabling of one of my anti-comment spam plugins and these plugins has also totally increased the spam comments. Hopefully, I will have my anti-spam measures back up to full capacity within a few days.
If you use CommentLuv and KeywordLuv I recommend the following measures.
Simple Trackback Validation - this catches a lot of trackback spam.
Akismet - should be the basis of any anti-comment spam system.
HashCash - one of my favorites. This really kills the comment spam bots that are out there and you never see the massive amount of spam you will otherwise get and have to sift through. I am really missing this one at the moment, just need time to update the theme here.

Great post, I bet adding these plugins greatly increases the amount of reader participation.

Have you had any more spam problems than before?

Hi James,

I think it can't be totally avoided to get spammy comments with these type of plugins. I do agree though that the akismet one is key to catching the worst ones and i also like how you mentioned the trackback spam as this seems on the increase.

Overall though, are you glad you got this going, or did you prefer it how it was without those keyword luv giving plugins?

I always wondered what that little commentluv thing meant lol, great post

Really cool plug ins. And especially for those who are hunting to comment genuinely and adds some value to contents of blog owner along with rewarding themselves.
Thanks!

Fantastic, I never know these plugins existed! When I create my blog I will defiantely use them.

Tony.

I just noticed that all of my info was already filled in, thats pretty cool, great plugin

Thanks to give commenter award … i think this plugin great

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Thanks for sharing - having tried and implemented them,I think both commentluv and keywordluv are great for bloggers and commenters and bloggers alike - Its also a great way to improve your brand too.

This plugin is working great on my blog. Thanks very much.

The only thing I’ve noticed, though, is that it doesn’t play well with CommentLuv. When CommentLuv is enabled, it shows as “person’s name@person’s website”, as opposed to just the name. Not really an issue, but I thought you might like to know.

Many thanks for highlighting KeywordLuv - is a great idea and works as a reward contributors to your site by providing them a backlink. It also avoids the feeling of being rude when entering a keyword in lieu of your name - it makes the comments part of an article look so much more professional. Lets hope the use of KeywordLuv spreads.

Thanks so much for using this plugin! I wish that more people would try to use this, it just makes it look so much less spammy than a blog without one, and also more personal.

Awesome plugin, I will be adding it to my site/blog soon so others can use it.

My Site is Do Follow and Luv.

I find this plugin very helpful and I suggest it to others to try.

Thanks
Tony

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The keyword luv plugin is definitely the best and I will be using it from now on. Thanks for the great information you provided.

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I thought AKISMET would take of that?

Thanks,

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