Some fellow bloggers persuade me to change my mind, but until now based on what I want to go with the blog, it sounds like this is still the way to go.

What do you think?

I don’t get huge traffic yet, so I haven’t had any spam problems. But I never thought about what to do when I go on vacation.

Thanks for talking about this subject. Now when I go away for more than a few days I’ll remember to disable my comments.

I just disabled comments on my personal blog.

I had been planning on doing this for awhile, but it required edits to my theme.

I was actually considering making a post explaining why I did so and the pontial benefits of doing so.

Other reasons to disable comments:

• Promote links to your blog (if someone wants to reply to your post, they might be inclined to write about and link to it).
• You can encourage other ways of contacting you (like Twitter, email, etc.)
• You want your blog to appear like something else

I’m sure there are more.

Of course, if your users are used to replying to your content, disabling them could have repercussions.

Also, some people might not subscribe to your content because they feel left out.

Double-edged sword in the end.

I will say… many more blogs are beginning to disable comments. This is also a side-effect of WordPress being used for more than just a blog.