Good ideas Jace, thanks!
I have mine set to autoapprove right now, only because of the slowdowns and problems experienced in the first few months, it was difficult to get through all of the problems & slowness -- plus there wasn't an "approve all on this page" at that point. I'll probably pick a day to go through and add a special "Happy Friday" or some such message to everyone's posts soon, as I'm personally not a big fan of "thanks for the add" type messages.
The having five different pre-set comments sounds like a good way to go...
I think what I'll do is have several of them for the "friends" and then once I launch an affiliate program, send a message to my xpeeps...
Okay done rambling!