DISQUS

Michael Krotchie · 2 years ago

I actually read the post over at Problogger this morning and reading your entry was a refreshing point of view. I came across your blog a few days ago and wasn't sure it was for me but after reading this post I'm sure I'll be coming back. Your point about a comment policy was one I hadn't considered so thanks for that. The bottom line will always be content.

And whenever I feel down I go ahead and visit Casey's IAFF blog, if I can't laugh at his latest blog entry I just read through his "haterz" posts to get a a chuckle.

webomatica · 2 years ago

Hi Michael, thanks for your comment on this post about comments. Another unwritten reason how I like to encourage comments is I enjoy visiting the websites and blogs of the people that comment here.

Yeah Casey is pretty entertaining. I keep expecting him to be held accountable for his strange business decisions but he keeps dodging the bullet somehow. I really was disappointed though, to see him shut down the blog only to revive it once again. He's like the boy who cried wolf.

Dawud Miracle · 2 years ago

When Darren wrote about this, it really intrigued me. While I've thought of doing it very early on, I never did because it just didn't seem right. And I'm glad I didn't.

You're right that just because there are few or no comments doesn't mean your blog isn't getting read and making an impact on people. Yet it's nice to get those comments and grow the conversation.

Thanks for an excellent post and a bit of link love.

Mike Wilkerson - 2GuysTalking: · 2 years ago

I was going to leave a fake conversation here, but I thought I'd leave something to chew on!

We get a very nice traffic set at our site, TelevisionReviewBlogs, but commentary STILL continues to elude us in the numbers I want to see. So much so we've even started a new contest that we hope will start some meaningful discussion on all-things Television. Commenting = 1 of 3 Free Television DVD Season Sets that the 2GuysTalking TelevisionReviewBlogs is giving away. Check it when you can.

To speak specifically to your comment, I think that current television writers could learn and garner many great and "original" ideas from the commentary that I've seen on sites, in particular the Science Fiction ones.

If you review the vast majority of today's television and it's just a tired retread of something that's come before it and when it happens that something "new and fresh" happens - oh, I can't wait to see what they'll comment on then.

Thanks for your thoughts, as well as the traffic to our website - perhaps some crosslinking is in order! Cheers!

webomatica · 2 years ago

Hey Mike, sounds cool, I'll definitely check out your site... sounds right up my alley with the TV subject.

In terms of original science fiction commentary I must say I read some amusing ideas about Battlestar Galactica, a show I really enjoy, on this blog in the comments. Especially trying to figure out who was the Cylon in Season 3. I must say the imagination of the science fiction fans is on another level of imaginative...

George · 2 years ago

I agree with you. I saw Darren's post, and while I have considered writing fake comments, it just seems SO dishonest to me. Maybe I am looking at this from the wrong perspective, but I just can't imagine writing fake comments.

I think the problem of having a lack of comments is overrated.

engtech @ internet duct tape · 2 years ago

It depends on the nature of the blog. I have a friend who routinely posts about really outrageous stuff, then he create a fake comments that calls him out on his outrageousness in the original post... to which he replies in greater depth to the ideas he didn't want to fully flesh out in the original piece.

It works really well on keeping a post concise and interesting, while still addressing the additional points that you want to cover.

On Beats Entropy (4 authors) we also played with the idea of the four of us pre-commenting on our posts before they are published so that more ideas are covered before it goes live. It might have worked, but we never ended up doing it because we're too lazy.

webomatica · 2 years ago

Hmm, I suppose if you had a really satirical Phil Hendrie kind of blog where fake personas are part of the humor, it might work.