Just a quick update from yesterday’s post about apartmentratings.com.
Jeremy, the GM from apartmentratings.com took the time to comment on the post and I really want to thank him for that. I think it really speaks well of leadership when they take the time to do so.
For those that might have missed his comment, here it is:
Hi
Mike, I’m the GM of ApartmentRatings.com and I can address this. We
monitor blog comments strictly for link spam. Our blog, owing to the
fact it went live in 2005, is on a very old platform and we get
hundreds of spam comments each week for pharmaceuticals and worse. To
keep the comments clear of link spam, we have to manually cull
everything before allowing the regular comments to go live. Thankfully,
we do not have this problem on our main site’s reviews engine, which is
why automatic posting works there.
As you can imagine, this is an annoying (and expensive) problem and
we’re currently in the midst of moving the blog to a platform which has
an automated spam filter like Askimet which will hopefully allow us to
turn on automatic posting.
Thanks,
Jeremy
I applaud the response and look forward to the day we can give unadulterated and seamless feedback.
I am still curious as to why an owner/operator need pay to participate. Forgive me but it does seem a little disingenuous. That being said, I recognize the platform must be monetized somehow. I wonder if there is a way to create a replacement income stream as to open up the ability of owners/operators to participate. As it is now many people choose to game the system by posting under alternative names with false feedback. I would never advocate that and in the same respect I think it happens.
Just a quick update from yesterday’s post about apartmentratings.com.
Jeremy, the GM from apartmentratings.com took the time to comment on the post and I really want to thank him for that. I think it really speaks well of leadership when they take the time to do so.
For those that might have missed his comment, here it is:
Hi
Mike, I’m the GM of ApartmentRatings.com and I can address this. We
monitor blog comments strictly for link spam. Our blog, owing to the
fact it went live in 2005, is on a very old platform and we get
hundreds of spam comments each week for pharmaceuticals and worse. To
keep the comments clear of link spam, we have to manually cull
everything before allowing the regular comments to go live. Thankfully,
we do not have this problem on our main site’s reviews engine, which is
why automatic posting works there.
As you can imagine, this is an annoying (and expensive) problem and
we’re currently in the midst of moving the blog to a platform which has
an automated spam filter like Askimet which will hopefully allow us to
turn on automatic posting.
Thanks,
Jeremy
I applaud the response and look forward to the day we can give unadulterated and seamless feedback.
I am still curious as to why an owner/operator need pay to participate. Forgive me but it does seem a little disingenuous. That being said, I recognize the platform must be monetized somehow. I wonder if there is a way to create a replacement income stream as to open up the ability of owners/operators to participate. As it is now many people choose to game the system by posting under alternative names with false feedback. I would never advocate that and in the same respect I think it happens.
Jeremey, thanks again for taking the time.