The Big 10,000
Diet-Blog just passed the 10,000 comment mark. That's a lot of opinions. Congratulations to Helena of bitterpoison.com who unwittingly posted comment number 10,000.
Helena has received a $50 Amazon voucher courtesy of Diet-Blog to mark the occasion.
In my opinion, it is the breadth of comments that makes Diet-Blog one of the more unique health sites on-line. In amongst all the discussion are some wonderfully insightful and honest viewpoints. It is possible to find truly authentic feedback on a vast number of issues.
About Commenting
Diet-Blog receives around 80-150 spam comments per day. Most are automatically dealt with by the software - however many still get through. Around 25-35 non-spam comments are submitted per day.
Please try and remain on-topic. Comments are occasionally deleted if they fit any of the following criteria:
- they are considered self-promotional
- are completely at odds with the main post (unfortunately many times a discussion will follow before I have had a chance to remove the offending post)
- are offensive
- promote eating disorders
Thanks to everyone for contributing!

Congrats on the 10,000 posts!
This blog is great and topical!
ReplyCongrats about the 10,000 posts :-)
Woo Hoo.
PS Sorry that people ruin blogs with spam. I love reading the posts here.
ReplyWow, 10,000 comments! That's awesome. One thing that keeps me coming back to this site is the fact that is so active and there are always new comments to read. Keep up the good blogging!
ReplyWell done! I think the reason your blog is so successful is because it publishes such a wealth of information with an open mind - no dogma, no preaching, no guilt. And you really invite people to give their opinions, a winning formula if you ask me. Plus, it's really quite motivational and gives a lot of advice without telling you how to think or feel. You're doing a great job, keep it up/
ReplyThere's something wrong with the next topic above (Poor diet), it does not open.
ReplyCongrats== love this blog.
There's something weird with the post above, fyi
ReplyDitto to the above comments, this blog is great and you obviously do a lot of work to keep it up to date, informative, and entertaining.
Congratulations to Helena, too, for beating out all the spammers for the Golden Ring!
-Danielle
ReplyThanks again Jim, I keep smiling when I think about the unexpected present from you. It is so kind of you!
ReplyIn my opinion, it is the breadth of comments that makes Diet-Blog one of the more unique health sites on-line.
I agree with this. It is a huge accomplishment that you manage to make people of all "diet-religions" feel at home. Congratulations with the 10.000 comments!
I echo everyone else's sentiments. I appreciate being able to read balanced and honest articles about diets. There is already enough self-promotion and misinformation in cyberspace as it is! Thank you, Jim!
ReplyThanks people. Always motivating to see that people are getting some use out of it all.
Unfortunely someone doesn't like it. Over the last 12 hours the blog has been hit by a massive coordinated spamming attack - (from multiple computers all over the world!!). 10,000 MORE spam comments were added and it also mucked up the blog software (this is why a more recent post 'broke').
Things are still a bit messy - but will be all fixed up soon :-)
ReplyThank you Jim for providing a wonderfully supportive, open arena for all walks and talks of life. You are the only diet site that I have placed in my favorites and it is always a good read.
ReplyHey congrats - you certainly earned with this being such a nice site and all. Out of curiosity, did you ever consider setting up message boards, as well? Just a suggestion..they work nice sometimes, but I understand the cons of them as well.. anyway just a thought (celticsblog.com has a real nice comments + message boards system if you want an example)
Replycongrats, I hope that my blog www.antifatty.blogspot.com can have half as many posts some day
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