Vox Tip: Choosing Comment Moderation

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Voxers value their privacy.  Even if you blog about something publically, you want to feel some element of control over the feedback you get.  Vox allows you to easily set the privacy on who can read your posts and view your media, but what about comments?

You'll be happy to know that Vox also lets you preview comments before they show up on your blog.  This comment moderation feature can be useful in a variety of situations. Maybe you're talking about some sensitive issues that you want to keep as public posts for anyone to read, but you'd prefer to have some control over the comments added to those posts. Or maybe you've created a blog with a very specific focus where you want to make sure that the comments address that topic rather than straying off into other areas of discussion. Whatever your reasons, using the comment moderation process will give you the chance to approve comments before they're added to your blog for others to see.

To use comment moderation with your blog, click the Account link in the Control Strip and then click the Privacy & Notifications link. Under the heading Comment Approval, you'll find a dropdown menu that allows you to choose which groups of people are automatically allowed to leave a comment on your blog. Your options range from "all Vox members", which means that all comments will show up without requiring your approval, to "nobody", which means that every comment left on your blog will require your approval before they're visible to your other readers.
 

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If you choose to receive email notifications whenever someone leaves a comment, you'll still get those notifications for comments that aren't automatically approved. That may help you keep track of the comments waiting for approval.  You can also see all the comments left on your blog by going to the Organize tab. When you're ready to approve or delete a comment, you can do that either from Organize or directly from the item on your blog where that comment was left.

Now you can be sure you're the first person to see any comments on your blog! For more information, read Moderating Comments.
 
-- the Vox Help team

P.S.  We’ve heard your feedback requesting guest commenting and want to assure you it’s a priority that we’re working on.  Stay tuned to Team Vox because we’ll keep you updated on our progress!