Think before rejecting a Site Comments And Common Sense!
Site Comments
recently I had a comment rejected for two reasons.
The first reason that was given was that that my comments were not promoting the product !
The second reason was stated that there were a few spelling mistakes.
Now I am not annoyed or frustrated at this as I move on and get on with my day as I have no time to worry about this.
I am not writing this blog to have a moan or rant but it got me thinking.
Common Sense Please!
I have never rejected a site comment as I believe every persons opinion counts and offers the readers a view on other visitors findings.
If you have a negative opinion then you have a chance to argue and give a reason as to why this product overcomes or justifies what it promises.
There is also an Edit button so if you need to change the punctuation or perhaps make a sentence more fluent you can. oh yres it allows you to edit SPELLING MISTAKES aswell!!!
Just have abit of common sense! it makes no difference to me if a comment is rejected on grounds of a mispelled word, it's the persons loss who wanted the comment because they never used the edit option.
I give comments to earn credits yres so I do my best to leave good comments to gauge a reply with a selling point, if it's not utilized so be it, I move on.
The First Reason
Going back to the first reason my comment was rejected, the person never liked what I put but there was a brilliant advantage there to justify and convince me that the product could give me a better experience than my last one using a different brand of the product.
to me this is an opportunity wasted. I love receiving these comments for this reason!
All positive comments on one page looks false
If we go back to the certification training Kyle said that we should add a paragraph or two about what we don't like about a product, surely this should be the same for the comments we receive.
how many use the same words; It's amazing, insightful, informatave etc...
If a review page is simply filled with positive after positve comments with the same content then this is not adding anything to a review.
Comments that have questions or opinions that are not making the product look like a ray of sunshine are infact good selling points so don't be to hasty to reject them.
The Second Reason
As we have been provided with an edit button then there is absolutley no reason to reject it on these grounds. You can correct the puntuation and errors as mentioned earlier.
Do not waste the comment on these grounds, its just not worth it.
Final Thoughts
These are just thoughts that I wanted to share after receiving the rejection and sometihng I've been meaning to share after other rejections.
although they were many commnents past now, this latest rejection triggered me to take the time to write this post.
I write this purely to remind us all, including me that there is an opportunity in the negative comments more so than a positive comment ones in my view.
Thanks for reading!
Recent Comments
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I agree that there was a missed opprotunity in engagement, thus increasing content.
When replying the 'owner of the site', could have increased awareness by simply responding.
Thanks for bringing this out to the light. In the real world, no one is perfect. Plus we should expect a mixture of comments on our blogs. Some positive, others negative and still other neutral. It all makes it interesting.
As you said, when it is all positive or with the same line of thought, it gives someone with a bit of sense some reasons to be skeptical about your blog or product review.
Finally someone who gets it! I had someone reject my comment because I was speaking for what a beginner should look out for, and this person thought I was calling him a beginner and got upset
Clearly comprehension wasn’t his strong suit so I just laughed it off but it bothered me because people actually look for ALL comments to cheer them on..
Which as you put it doesn’t look authentic at all! I enjoy all types of comments because it allows me the opportunity to show my knowledge and how I deal with EVERY situation
Thanks for sharing this as I thought I was the only one bothered by the ignorance of some site owners
Shannon kamal
I’m glad it’s being had! I wish the system had a way of saying “no” you can’t reject this comment..
I mean who wants to visit a site where there is ZERO opposition? Just one big digital whoville.... smh
I rejected maybe one comment last two weeks ago because it's a mixture of a feedback and a comment and it did not touch on the topic.
If it's a mixture of a feedback and a comment and it's related to the topic being presented I just remove the feedback part and approve it.
To me, spelling is not enough to justify disapproval for as long as it goes with the discussion about the product presented whether it is negative or positive against it. They are both strength for the article to be responded by the site owner.
Nice thougths!
A critical look of any product requires the strength, limitations and the compensations for the limitations.
Whenever, I'm buying a product, I usually select the ones with highest ratings, however, I'll go into the list and check what's written on the lower stars for the the products with the highest ratings, this gives me a better perspective of what to expect with the product.
I'm sure that I'm not the only one who does this.
Thanks for sharing!
Success wishes,
Ola
Hey Darren - that sucks. The owner is a dweeb - let them look tht up in the dictionary! :-)
Heck! Spelling mistakes! Who doesn't make them, especially as there's no checker in Site Comments?That's a totally naff reason.
The first reason - I totslly agree with you but some folks only want positive comments. That's their prerogative but, alas, there's no ticky box for that option in SC. I always err on the side of positivity.
I iwsh I got comments like yours. 60% of mine need rewriting, nevermind editing.
Ian
Thank You I am still learning and in training however I will use this knowledge in my creating my first review which is still being modified.
I am not real happy with it but will do only one more edit to it and then get on with the boot camp lessons.
Thanks for your post Wayne
I, like yourself have fallen foul of the 'rejected comment' I also had a gentle reminder sent through about how I should approach the 'comment leaving' site section as oppose to the 'feedback' site section. The end result is that I now have to consider whether or not I can leave a comment with integrity or not at all.
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I like this post.
We can learn so much from the negative comments and for me it is about learning.
I don't learn from the positive comments, from the positive I'm covered.
It's the area where I get a negative comment that I have to evaluate what and why and fix it. Now I've made some head way.
Sure I like the positives but I NEED the negatives.
Another set of keen eyes is welcomed.
I tend to look at my work with dark glasses, another set of eyes will be using a magnifying glass. Which am I going to learn from and better what I'm doing.
Thanks again for this article, well said.
Negative opinion is valid when I ask for it. Comments and Opinion are two different things. Opinions are offered to help someone improve their site. Only offer an opinion if someone asks for it.
Comments should be more supportive. Personally, if I get a negative comment I want to approve it and then address the comment by making a reply.