I want to comment on your blog post
I read so many amazing blog posts, and a few crazy ones too -- but weird is good!
But why can't I interact with your blog post?
Sometimes I just want to say 'Great post'. Other times I'd like to follow-up and reinforce your own thoughts. Occasionally I'd appreciate the opportunity to discuss it further.
We've lost the ability to be social.
Some blogs offer the ability to reply via email. Pointless! That's a private discussion; you've elected to offer a public opinion by blogging.
'Like my post' is so 2020 -- when people's focus was about how many likes or shares they had to get up the 'charts'. The world has moved on.
Likes and Shares are nice but offer very little feedback.
Why do you blog?
I can't answer for you, but I can for me.
A post often starts as a brief idea in my vacuous head. Over an hour or so it may germinate into an opinion. Sometimes I forget all about it, but on occasion I will get on the keyboard and bash out a public post.
I've then had my say - I'm genuinely interested in what other people think.
I don't get many replies. That's cool. I am not blogging for you.
However, has society become so socially embarrassed that you read something and have absolutely no thought about it? Are you genuinely completely disengaged and want to offer nothing?
Do I comment?
Absolutely. If there is an opportunity to leave a public comment and I have been moved by the post in some way, I will often jot down a few words.
What I can not be doing with is having to jump through hoops. I want to comment-and-go.
- I have no interest in having to sign-up, and in some cases agree to receive emails from you/your platform.
- I definitely will never sign-in to any commenting system that wants to use my socials login to grab my name, email, handle, and who knows what else.
It drives me mad when you ask a question on your post and offer no way for people to interact.
But what about the spam/crap comments?
Given that comment don't really game the search-engine algorithms, it's not an attractive option for spammers. That's what Facebook is for!
I could count on one hand the number of spam comments I've had in the last year. A moments work to nuke them.
It's your blog; you choose what appears. Some people may say cruel things. You have the power -- use it. Ignore; laugh; nuke; move-on. The sad, tiny-mind, waste of oxygen who left a stupid comment has lost.
Maybe you don't care!
Ok, it's your blog. Perhaps you have no interest in what others think? That's cool too. However, I'd be surprised.
It's time to appreciate your readership and offer them some interaction.
- Ruben wrote a reply in the comments and his own blog, and also shared his idea on commenting
- Kami argues in her Corner with a different point of view, that Commenting sucks
- Thoughts via Imperfect Blog: Interact beyond comments
- Over on ReadBeanIceCream is a post on Commenting on Comments
- Matthew is singing Billy Joel's song “You can speak your mind, but not on my time.” as he completely disagrees with me
- Matt Bee read my post, and others, about the discussion I seem to have sparked around commenting. They have opened up their own blog to commenting.
- All Over 2a talks about commenting and a lesson plan!
Contact me if I've missed your post.
Dare you comment?
