Comments on: Comment or Blog Post? http://learntoduck.com/micah/comment-or-blog-post sometimes it takes getting punched in the face Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:09:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: farouk http://learntoduck.com/micah/comment-or-blog-post/comment-page-1#comment-570 farouk Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:26:47 +0000 http://learntoduck.com/micah/comment-or-blog-post#comment-570 If you disabled comments, its like you turned your website to a closed system where you will never get any feedback. if there was something going wrong with the blog and no one infromed you, you may face deep trouble latter. i guess comments are a very powerful tool If you disabled comments, its like you turned your website to a closed system where you will never get any feedback. if there was something going wrong with the blog and no one infromed you, you may face deep trouble latter. i guess comments are a very powerful tool

]]> By: Maybe Comments Do Matter http://learntoduck.com/micah/comment-or-blog-post/comment-page-1#comment-310 Maybe Comments Do Matter Mon, 31 Dec 2007 07:54:29 +0000 http://learntoduck.com/micah/comment-or-blog-post#comment-310 [...] recently wrote a post on if it was better to comment on a post, or to write your own post referencing the original [...] [...] recently wrote a post on if it was better to comment on a post, or to write your own post referencing the original [...]

]]> By: Twitter is Communication Porn | rambls http://learntoduck.com/micah/comment-or-blog-post/comment-page-1#comment-302 Twitter is Communication Porn | rambls Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:10:54 +0000 http://learntoduck.com/micah/comment-or-blog-post#comment-302 [...] puts the number at around 300 even though he is well over 6,000. After a recent post about the value of comments versus response posts, which resulted in 4-5 tweets from friends that commented on the article, plus some interesting [...] [...] puts the number at around 300 even though he is well over 6,000. After a recent post about the value of comments versus response posts, which resulted in 4-5 tweets from friends that commented on the article, plus some interesting [...]

]]> By: Twitter is Communication Porn - Am I a "Playboy" or "Hooters" Tweeter? http://learntoduck.com/micah/comment-or-blog-post/comment-page-1#comment-300 Twitter is Communication Porn - Am I a "Playboy" or "Hooters" Tweeter? Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:44:05 +0000 http://learntoduck.com/micah/comment-or-blog-post#comment-300 [...] puts the number at around 300 even though he is well over 6,000. After a recent post about the value of comments versus response posts, which resulted in 4-5 tweets from friends that commented on the article, plus some interesting [...] [...] puts the number at around 300 even though he is well over 6,000. After a recent post about the value of comments versus response posts, which resulted in 4-5 tweets from friends that commented on the article, plus some interesting [...]

]]> By: Todd Vernon http://learntoduck.com/micah/comment-or-blog-post/comment-page-1#comment-298 Todd Vernon Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:07:51 +0000 http://learntoduck.com/micah/comment-or-blog-post#comment-298 Comments are huge. Its you number one feedback mechanism from your readers. I wrote about this a while back and I hope to get comments on it :-) http://falseprecision.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/12/whats-more-impo.html Comments are huge. Its you number one feedback mechanism from your readers. I wrote about this a while back and I hope to get comments on it :-)

http://falseprecision.typepad......-impo.html

]]> By: Micah http://learntoduck.com/micah/comment-or-blog-post/comment-page-1#comment-296 Micah Tue, 25 Dec 2007 02:41:22 +0000 http://learntoduck.com/micah/comment-or-blog-post#comment-296 [since I am still trying to understand how best to be part of the conversation, I am cross posting this comment at Chris' blog (his link is above)] Chris, while my post wasnt an anti-comments post, it was a question on how best to engage and grow the conversation from a single blog post. Comments, by definition stay on one site. I linked to your site, which prompted you to comment on mine. Perhaps someone will read your comment and write a post, or comment here, and then the story begins to grow. Dont you think there is value in that? I would rather include as many people and brains in a conversation, versus having the conversation be between one dude sitting on a hill, and a bunch of others talking to him. Its one of the things I like about lijit (I swear not a pitch, even though I work there!). It allows me to see what my friends and their friends are writing about a particular topic, and join in the conversation by either writing a post or commenting. Make sense? Or am I high on Christmas Spirit? [since I am still trying to understand how best to be part of the conversation, I am cross posting this comment at Chris' blog (his link is above)]

Chris, while my post wasnt an anti-comments post, it was a question on how best to engage and grow the conversation from a single blog post. Comments, by definition stay on one site. I linked to your site, which prompted you to comment on mine. Perhaps someone will read your comment and write a post, or comment here, and then the story begins to grow. Dont you think there is value in that? I would rather include as many people and brains in a conversation, versus having the conversation be between one dude sitting on a hill, and a bunch of others talking to him.

Its one of the things I like about lijit (I swear not a pitch, even though I work there!). It allows me to see what my friends and their friends are writing about a particular topic, and join in the conversation by either writing a post or commenting.

Make sense? Or am I high on Christmas Spirit?

]]> By: Chris Brogan... http://learntoduck.com/micah/comment-or-blog-post/comment-page-1#comment-295 Chris Brogan... Tue, 25 Dec 2007 02:18:26 +0000 http://learntoduck.com/micah/comment-or-blog-post#comment-295 Don't think too highly of comments? Au contraire, mon cher bear. I've written <a href="http://chrisbrogan.com/the-power-of-comments/" rel="nofollow">an entire post</a> about comments, I value them so much. So I think comments are the bees knees. : ) Don’t think too highly of comments? Au contraire, mon cher bear. I’ve written an entire post about comments, I value them so much. So I think comments are the bees knees. : )

]]> By: micah http://learntoduck.com/micah/comment-or-blog-post/comment-page-1#comment-287 micah Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:17:07 +0000 http://learntoduck.com/micah/comment-or-blog-post#comment-287 My point is tho, I am not asking for comments / trackbacks, etc for the stats, its for the conversation. Which is more interesting when more people are involved. So if someone reads this post, and responds with a post, then then their readers might get involved, etc. Then it becomes interesting. My point is tho, I am not asking for comments / trackbacks, etc for the stats, its for the conversation. Which is more interesting when more people are involved. So if someone reads this post, and responds with a post, then then their readers might get involved, etc. Then it becomes interesting.

]]> By: Kath http://learntoduck.com/micah/comment-or-blog-post/comment-page-1#comment-286 Kath Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:02:31 +0000 http://learntoduck.com/micah/comment-or-blog-post#comment-286 oops...should be 'of whom'. oops…should be 'of whom'.

]]> By: Kath http://learntoduck.com/micah/comment-or-blog-post/comment-page-1#comment-285 Kath Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:59:44 +0000 http://learntoduck.com/micah/comment-or-blog-post#comment-285 Hmm. Ok, my two cents. Comments are awesome. They rock. Over the (almost) 4 years I've had my blog the comments I've received have inspired me, provoked me to consider other opinions, made me laugh out loud, have provided validation and have been a mode of recognition. I guess you have to figure why you blog and what you want to get out of blogging. Only then will you have a concept of where comments fit into the whole mix. I write my blog for me. While I follow stats, I don't change anything to get more readers or hits. With my blog, what you see is what you get. Just a normal (??) chick who's a liberal with purple hair that likes Alt music, anything Apple, my friends (many of who I have met thru my blog), dogs and sports. And blogs. In closing, blogging is not rocket science. It's as difficult...or simple..as the blogger wants to make it. One final thought. Maybe those of you that work in tech-related industries **may** take blogging a little more seriously than most since it may or may not reflect on your business persona. Just a last minute thought right before I hit submit. ps- Micah, I found you thru comments on Andrew's site. So yay...rock on comments :-) Hmm. Ok, my two cents. Comments are awesome. They rock. Over the (almost) 4 years I've had my blog the comments I've received have inspired me, provoked me to consider other opinions, made me laugh out loud, have provided validation and have been a mode of recognition.

I guess you have to figure why you blog and what you want to get out of blogging. Only then will you have a concept of where comments fit into the whole mix.

I write my blog for me. While I follow stats, I don't change anything to get more readers or hits. With my blog, what you see is what you get. Just a normal (??) chick who's a liberal with purple hair that likes Alt music, anything Apple, my friends (many of who I have met thru my blog), dogs and sports. And blogs.

In closing, blogging is not rocket science. It's as difficult…or simple..as the blogger wants to make it.

One final thought. Maybe those of you that work in tech-related industries **may** take blogging a little more seriously than most since it may or may not reflect on your business persona. Just a last minute thought right before I hit submit.

ps- Micah, I found you thru comments on Andrew's site. So yay…rock on comments :-)

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