Most blogs allow visitors to post comments on any of the blog posts. These comments may refer to the blog posting or could be completely unrelated. The comments may also be positive or negative in nature. Regardless of the type of comment left by a visitor the blogger may choose to deal with these comments in a number of different ways. The blogger may answer these comments, block individual visitors from leaving comments in the future or use administrative features to delete comments or set the blog to require approval of the comments before they are posted on the blog.
Answering Comments on Your Blog
Bloggers who receive comments on their blog may wish to answer these comments. Most blogging programs allow the blogger to post comments on his own blog which enables the blogger to reply to 
comments directly. With this feature a blogger can deal with a number of different situations including negative comments, positive comments and questions. Bloggers who receive negative comments on their blog may choose to answer these comments directly with a rebuttal to the negative comments. This allows the blogger to recognize the criticism and defend his original post. Bloggers who obtain positive comments may also wish to answer these comments to thank the visitors for the praise. Bloggers may also receive comments which ask a question about the blog post or the blogger themselves. Bloggers may choose to answer these questions to develop a better relationship with the blog visitors.
Blocking Comments from Individual Visitors
Another option for dealing with blog comments which are negative in nature is to block comments from individual blog visitors. In most cases bloggers will have the ability to blog a particular user from leaving comments on the blog. The blogger might wish to employ this option in situations where the comments from the blog visitor are extremely mean spirited. The blogger could also wish to ban individual blog visitors from making comments if they have previously attempted to explain their point to the visitor but the visitor continues to post negative comments. A blogger may also wish to ban an individual blog visitor from making comments if they believe the comments are being left purely as spam.
Using Administrative Features
Yet another option for dealing with comments on a blog is by using the administrative features to delete comments or modify the settings to not allow comments to be displayed until the blogger approves them. Blog owners commonly have the ability to delete a comment left by a blog visitor. Deleting these comments is usually quite a simple process. Nevertheless, it is not a completely effective method because other blog visitors may have the opportunity to read these comments before they are deleted. Thus, deleting the comment might prevent some visitors from reading the comment but will not guarantee the comment is not viewed by any blog visitors. However, there is a way for bloggers to make certain visitors do not read negative comments. Most types of blogging software have options which require the blogger to approve all comments before they become available to the public. This gives the blogger the ability to delete a comment before it is read by any of the blog visitors. The blogger can simply delete any comments they do not wish others to read before the comments are published.
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