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Re: No Blog Is an Island

Napfisk — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 06:24:53 -0000

I believe this is the first post that actually turned into something of a (benign) discussion. In fact, that was a bit what I had in mind. Of course I will keep doing as I please, but I appreciate the chance of hearing others' views; it is always enlightening. And now I'm back to posting.

Re: No Blog Is an Island

Mrs Lifecruiser — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:09:29 -0000

I dont think that comments is the way to keep up a discussion generally, maybe in certain cases, but that's rare.

And really, it's up to the blog owner what he/she wants to do with the comments, its his/hers blog after all.

But I feel that it's polite to give some kind of response though.

Re: No Blog Is an Island

Danielle — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:55:09 -0000

Thanks for the insight. Being relatively new to the blogosphere I always wondered about this particular dilemma - and approached it on a case by case basis. Glad to see that I instinctually chose the more acceptable route.

Re: No Blog Is an Island

Cuppojoe — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 14:27:53 -0000

As I've mentioned before, I don't think this should be a "rule" kind of thing. On my blog, I seldom return comments within my comments. That being said, if the comments to a particular post tend toward questions, I feel somewhat obligated to respond with answers. Sometimes these answers will be from within the comment thread itself, other times I'll email the person asking the question.

In short, I think the best way to approach this is with common sense... Just do what seems most appropriate at the time.

Re: No Blog Is an Island

Napfisk — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:02:07 -0000

I've been getting the spam thing as well now, but my junk filter so far keeps it withing bounds. It is a shame really that commenting should lead to that kind of undesired attention. Glad you made the effort.

Re: No Blog Is an Island

Jennas Blog — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:50:48 -0000

I read somewhere, that commenting leaves a permanent link back to your blog. Although I haven't seen it in my statistics. I have seen traffic come from other blogs, because of a comment left. The downfall though, is I started getting a lot of spam. I had to enable coment moderation, which I think hurt. People want to see their comments posted right away. I try to leave a comment on every blog, as long as I have something relevant to the post or conversation. Otherwise, "no comment" is my policy.