Here's the Problem With Sites That Pay For Comments

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Here's the problem with sites that pay for comments. Don't get me wrong. I enjoy social blogging communities where you can earn for your activity. I'm glad they were created. I hope they never shut down!! I like that you get paid not just for posting but for commenting too. But even though I get paid to comment, I don't just want to say words that amount to a minimum of 25 characters just so I can earn that “half a penny”. I view my commenting as if I'm actually having a conversation with a pal. It makes it more fun that way. I wish everybody had that view. Because it really bothers me when I see a comment like the one below, especially when it's a really interesting discussion. I almost want to report it. But I don't! I can't be the site police! I only report things are a really really bad! Still! These kind of comments bug me!! “Cool I like it very good ok bye”. If you count, that phrase, it is 31 characters. If your comment is less than a certain amount of characters at this particular site (25 characters, I think), it won't even post. Isn't it obvious the person commenting just wants to type in enough characters so they earn a half a penny? Now imagine they do that at almost all of the posts they visit! It's irksome. Rather than report the crappy comment what I do is, since the site has Like buttons, when a person visits my post and leaves a nice comment, I give it a Thumbs Up. OK. That's my grumpy old lady complaint for today. Moving on.