Comments on: Comment overload http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/ Learning stuff since 1964 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:09:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: olga trilova http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-31252 olga trilova Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:56:13 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/#comment-31252 I just found your blog on google. I really liked it and now I will share it with my friends. I just found your blog on google. I really liked it and now I will share it with my friends.

]]> By: Robyn http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-27151 Robyn Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:37:41 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/#comment-27151 Today I got my first comment....not only that I was quoted in another blog which brought in more comments. You couldn't get the smile of my face. To have acknowledgement that someone else out there is reading my blog and having an opinion on what I am saying is more motivating than ever. It opens up a new dimension in the blogging process....conversation....something I am learning to like a lot. I can't ever see myself not reading the comments....if someone has gone out of their way to respond and have something to say, then I the least I can do is read what they have written. Today I got my first comment….not only that I was quoted in another blog which brought in more comments. You couldn’t get the smile of my face. To have acknowledgement that someone else out there is reading my blog and having an opinion on what I am saying is more motivating than ever. It opens up a new dimension in the blogging process….conversation….something I am learning to like a lot.
I can’t ever see myself not reading the comments….if someone has gone out of their way to respond and have something to say, then I the least I can do is read what they have written.

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]]> By: susan http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-27064 susan Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:20:27 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/#comment-27064 I was one of the first 40 "running bloggers" at completerunning, which now has about 1,000. The comments were supportive and helpful, but I understand that many of the newest runners don't receive many comments. Once a community exists, the newest bloggers have to search for and engage an audience since many of the blogs are saying the same thing. I suppose this exists in edublogging (which I've just started) as well. I was one of the first 40 “running bloggers” at completerunning, which now has about 1,000. The comments were supportive and helpful, but I understand that many of the newest runners don’t receive many comments. Once a community exists, the newest bloggers have to search for and engage an audience since many of the blogs are saying the same thing. I suppose this exists in edublogging (which I’ve just started) as well.

]]> By: David Robb http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-27059 David Robb Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:09:27 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/#comment-27059 As a new blogger, I haven't received very many comments. But the few comments that I have received have been exciting for me and I hope that doesn't wear off. As a new blogger, I haven’t received very many comments. But the few comments that I have received have been exciting for me and I hope that doesn’t wear off.

]]> By: Emma http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-27052 Emma Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:50:31 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/#comment-27052 Dean, You've mentioned that many turn comments off because they don't want to initiate a conversation - how many do you think turn them off because they think that the effort of weeding out the spam outweighs the benefit of comments? I recently read someone's blog who said he'd disabled comments because he wanted people to link to his posts & comment in their blogs, rather than comment on them on his site; as he felt that they were the more well thought out comments. I think that I can see where he was coming from, though I find that it makes for quite a patchy feel, as reader then has to go to several different places to see what others think. Being able to read all the comments in one place has a distinct advantage (though when it starts to get to 350, I'm not sure that it's that useful!) Your point about students getting their first comments - especially when it's from outside the class group is very true! My students are using Eduspaces, and they were very chuffed when they got comments from Elgg users who weren't in the class group. Dean,
You’ve mentioned that many turn comments off because they don’t want to initiate a conversation – how many do you think turn them off because they think that the effort of weeding out the spam outweighs the benefit of comments?
I recently read someone’s blog who said he’d disabled comments because he wanted people to link to his posts & comment in their blogs, rather than comment on them on his site; as he felt that they were the more well thought out comments. I think that I can see where he was coming from, though I find that it makes for quite a patchy feel, as reader then has to go to several different places to see what others think.
Being able to read all the comments in one place has a distinct advantage (though when it starts to get to 350, I’m not sure that it’s that useful!)

Your point about students getting their first comments – especially when it’s from outside the class group is very true! My students are using Eduspaces, and they were very chuffed when they got comments from Elgg users who weren’t in the class group.

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-27047 Wesley Fryer Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:31:00 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/#comment-27047 The whole commenting thing on blogs is something I certainly wonder about a fair bit and haven't figured out. It is still exciting to me when a post gets a few comments, but I rarely get a bunch. I think the moment novice bloggers get comments and feedback can be a powerful "a-ha" experience for them. I think the quantity of comments is far less important than the quality. No, I would bet the people who get over 100 comments per post aren't reading them all. If they were, how could they do much else in their life that is worthwhile? I'm not sure. BTW, <a href="http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/08/05/8-random-facts/" rel="nofollow">I have tagged you for 8 random facts, Dean</a>. :-) The whole commenting thing on blogs is something I certainly wonder about a fair bit and haven’t figured out. It is still exciting to me when a post gets a few comments, but I rarely get a bunch. I think the moment novice bloggers get comments and feedback can be a powerful “a-ha” experience for them. I think the quantity of comments is far less important than the quality. No, I would bet the people who get over 100 comments per post aren’t reading them all. If they were, how could they do much else in their life that is worthwhile? I’m not sure.

BTW, I have tagged you for 8 random facts, Dean. :-)

]]> By: Dean Shareski http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-27043 Dean Shareski Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:45:03 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/#comment-27043 Agreed John. It's interesting because Stephen Downes linked to the this post and stated he reads every comment. I know many turn comments off because they're not looking for a conversation. By default, I think it must be about conversation and as Jude states, the boys from Freakonomics jump in which to me is the biggest indication that the writer truly wants to talk and learn. This is what makes this space value added for me. Yes, I mostly post for myself but I need others to enrich my learning. Agreed John. It’s interesting because Stephen Downes linked to the this post and stated he reads every comment. I know many turn comments off because they’re not looking for a conversation. By default, I think it must be about conversation and as Jude states, the boys from Freakonomics jump in which to me is the biggest indication that the writer truly wants to talk and learn.
This is what makes this space value added for me. Yes, I mostly post for myself but I need others to enrich my learning.

]]> By: john http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-27042 john Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:38:20 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/#comment-27042 So a blog starts being for yourself because no one else reads it, then becomes a conversation between the blogger and readers, finally you just pop in to your blog and pop out before the party gets underway;-) I guess it depends on the tone of the post, and what the poster thinks a blog is for. If it is an invite to converse then I'd like a conversation, even if it is just a gentle 'you've missed my point'. Maybe more bloggers need to be clearer about the response they expect in the way you have in the last paragraph. So a blog starts being for yourself because no one else reads it, then becomes a conversation between the blogger and readers, finally you just pop in to your blog and pop out before the party gets underway;-)
I guess it depends on the tone of the post, and what the poster thinks a blog is for. If it is an invite to converse then I’d like a conversation, even if it is just a gentle ‘you’ve missed my point’.
Maybe more bloggers need to be clearer about the response they expect in the way you have in the last paragraph.

]]> By: Jude http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-27013 Jude Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:04:13 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/#comment-27013 I've left two comments on the Freakonomics blog and received a personal email about one of them, mostly because the author felt I misunderstood him (hey, I think *he* misunderstood me). So they do read all those comments. Today I unsubscribed from Ameriblog because I don't have time to keep up with all the posts and because it isn't fun to comment there--you can never be the first commenter, or even the fifteenth, although if you're lucky you *could* be the 350th. By then the commenters have changed the topic of the original post so many times that it's pointless. I’ve left two comments on the Freakonomics blog and received a personal email about one of them, mostly because the author felt I misunderstood him (hey, I think *he* misunderstood me). So they do read all those comments. Today I unsubscribed from Ameriblog because I don’t have time to keep up with all the posts and because it isn’t fun to comment there–you can never be the first commenter, or even the fifteenth, although if you’re lucky you *could* be the 350th. By then the commenters have changed the topic of the original post so many times that it’s pointless.

]]> By: Jim http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-27011 Jim Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:07:55 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/#comment-27011 We're all looking for acknowledgment, recognition, acceptance. My blog lacks comments, but then I don't do it entirely for others. It's a way for me to meditate/ponder/sort out this phantasmagoria that is my life. Communication with ourselves is important too. We’re all looking for acknowledgment, recognition, acceptance.

My blog lacks comments, but then I don’t do it entirely for others.

It’s a way for me to meditate/ponder/sort out this phantasmagoria that is my life.

Communication with ourselves is important too.

]]> By: Dean Shareski http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-27010 Dean Shareski Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:27:22 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/#comment-27010 Thanks Diane. I now have to add you to my reader...if only you could be boring, it would be one less blog to read but alas.... Thanks Diane. I now have to add you to my reader…if only you could be boring, it would be one less blog to read but alas….

]]> By: Diane Hammond http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-27008 Diane Hammond Fri, 03 Aug 2007 14:11:43 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/#comment-27008 I think your primary motivation in writing a blog post should be egocentric. Write about something you are interested in exploring further. Having said that, it's almost as hard to write in an empty blog space as it is to speak in an empty room. After a while the voice just tends to trail off... After blogging "all over the place" on my project blogs, I decided this summer to give up the nomadic life and create a blog home, http://nexus.ontarioblogs.com. I've been fortunate enough to receive a few comments so far and I can say nothing has motivated me more to open a new write window each morning! I can't see ever reaching the point where I'd fail to read comments, or respond back. I value the time and effort people make to take part in the conversation. I think your primary motivation in writing a blog post should be egocentric. Write about something you are interested in exploring further. Having said that, it’s almost as hard to write in an empty blog space as it is to speak in an empty room. After a while the voice just tends to trail off…

After blogging “all over the place” on my project blogs, I decided this summer to give up the nomadic life and create a blog home, http://nexus.ontarioblogs.com. I’ve been fortunate enough to receive a few comments so far and I can say nothing has motivated me more to open a new write window each morning! I can’t see ever reaching the point where I’d fail to read comments, or respond back. I value the time and effort people make to take part in the conversation.

]]> By: janine http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-27001 janine Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:49:21 +0000 http://ideasandthoughts.org/2007/08/02/comment-overload/#comment-27001 If may not be necessary to comment but like you said it is always nice to know that someone appreciates your thoughts and ideas, no matter if you read them or not. If may not be necessary to comment but like you said it is always nice to know that someone appreciates your thoughts and ideas, no matter if you read them or not.

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