A comment on comments

Dear reader,if it seems your comment has not been approved, sometimes it actually has been approved even if you don’t see it.  The reason is that once a combox reaches 200comments, the Blogger software will not show any new comments made after thatunless you click “Load more…” at the bottom of the comments page.  The trouble is that this is in small printand easily overlooked.  In the screen capabove, I’ve circled in red what you should look for.

Occasionally,your comment does not appear because it has notbeen approved.  Sometimes this is becausethe comment is too off-topic.  Most of thetime, it is because the comment is nothing more than a drive-by insult or thelike, or is blasphemous or obscene. Those are never let through if I notice them.  Sometimes obnoxious comments are let throughif they are not too egregious and there is also a more substantive point madein the comment.  But I ask readers kindlyto refrain from sophomoric squabbles and the like.

Finally, sometimesyour comment has not appeared simply because it takes me a while to get toapproving comments.  I’m trying to bemore speedy on that, sorry.