Comments on: Considering Comments

By: damian

damian — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 03:01:22 +0000

Though I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: there is a direct relationship between comment activity on my blog and my commenting activity on other people’s blogs. The more I comment elsewhere, the more people seem to find their way here to leave a message.

By: damian

damian — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 02:57:58 +0000

Ha, yes, comments always make me happy too, but I think I hit a point about 2 or 3 years ago where I realized there was a difference between posts that engendered a lot of comments (e.g., Top Ten Web 2.0 Apps, etc.) and posts that I felt helped me reflect on my practice in a useful way (see any of the posts under the “Damian’s Favorites” category).

Given the choice between the two, I know which one I’m going to pick every time.

By: Mo

Mo — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 21:20:54 +0000

I think that Twitter and Facebook have made blog comments obsolete. Two of the blogs I follow, also have FB pages, which I subscribe to and comment on their posts rather frequently. I will also say with Twitter and FB, you don’t have to deal with the “captcha” drama of trying to make a comment. I have considered shutting off comments on my blog simply because although my metrics tell me differently, I feel sad when no one comments. I’m very “emo” I guess