How to Manage Comments Using Blogger

Online communities suffer without moderation


The internet can be a toxic place, so as admins it is important to focus our efforts towards monitoring our communities and fishing out the bad apples. One way to ensure your blog stays to your liking is by managing comments.
Left-hand side column on homepage with 'comments' tab highlighted

To manage comments on your blog, select the 'Comments' tab from the left-hand side bar on the Blogger home page.











From here you can see all comments made on your blog posts and may sort or manage comments.
The comments tab is selected, there is one comment
In the center of the comment page there is a drop down arrow and and manage button.
A closeup of a comment displaying the sort menu and manage button
Drop down menu showing ways we can sort our comments

From the all drop down arrow you may sort comments by those awaiting moderation, those published, and those labeled as spam.







If the manage button is select, Blogger gives you the option to manage comments.
Manage has been clicked revealing new options
This allows: 
Icon for showing all the comments
All comments to be selected

Icon for marking selected comments for spam
Spam to be marked

Icon that removes the content from a comment
Content to be removed


Icon that deletes comments
The deletion of comments

Icon approves post previously flagged for spam
& The approval of spam comments.




Additionally, on posts, on the right-hand side bar there is an accordion with a drop down arrow tab labeled 'options'
The post page displaying the right-hand side column
The options drop down arrow gives the user access to a Boolean allowing or disallowing reader comments on that specific post.
On the right-hand column, the options tab
A blank page presents infinite possibilities, here at Your Blogger's Favorite Blog we want to help you be the best creative you can be. For more assistance on this topic check out Google's documentation for Blogger. 





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