David Sifry presents a simple method for limiting comments for only one week after the entry was posted. There are both advantages and disadvantages of implementing this - but it does simplify comment management significantly and it may be suitable for some blogs.

Comments (4)
The trouble is the commenting system ni the first place. I think the developers and modders are missing the wood for the trees on this issue.
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Posted on July 28, 2004 05:12
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Posted by Waldo | August 26, 2004 9:23 AM
Posted on August 26, 2004 09:23
Limiting comments for only one week after the entry was posted is a great idea but you must be able to have different time limits for different entries (topics) you can't comment in general a new 1 year for example
Posted by Sarah Allen | October 7, 2004 8:14 AM
Posted on October 7, 2004 08:14
Limiting comments is a nice preventative mesure, but not a permanent cure. MT should be working more on the latter, an less on the former.
Posted by Mike | October 28, 2005 6:52 AM
Posted on October 28, 2005 06:52