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Topic: To Comment or Not To Comment
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| noah_mb | Posted – 8/27/2007 1:14:22 PM | show profile | email poster Should we add a commenting option to our blogs? Would you weigh in on the latest TVNewser breaking story or GalleyCat signing? We'd love to hear from you, so let us know what you think. Don't be shy. It will be fun. ------ Noah Davis assistant editor mediabistro.com |
| Seafarer | Posted – 8/27/2007 3:13:24 PM | show profile | email poster Yes, open up the comments For me, the best blogs are conversations between readers and author(s) and that means allowing comments. ------ My Web site Family Travel blog NHRA drag racing on Fast Machines |
| writesonwater | Posted – 8/27/2007 3:53:16 PM | show profile I say why not? But I'd definitely recommend that you monitor the responses -- some have an approval system prior to posting, for example. |
| bergdorfblonde | Posted – 8/28/2007 9:54:57 AM | show profile Definitely do Comments Its more interesting to read things online when you can read people's comments too. It seems arcane to have content on the web without reader comments. |
| alison.overholt | Posted – 8/28/2007 2:12:48 PM | show profile yes all the best blogs allow for comments. it's part of what's interesting about reading them -- and having to navigate away and hunt through the message boards for a relevant thread takes away from the immediacy of what makes a blog fun to read. |
| Sue Frause | Posted – 8/28/2007 2:55:54 PM | show profile | email poster To comment or not to comment I write two blogs, and comments make it much more of a conversation than a one-way editorial. That's the advantage of the Internet -- immediate response is possible, unlike traditional newspapers where a Letter to the Editor may take days to appear...or not at all. Constant comment for one and all! ------ www.suefrause.com/blog |
| mungo181 | Posted – 8/28/2007 2:59:34 PM | show profile Yes--please allow comments. I'd be likely to read the blogs more often. and look at how much fun they have over at gawker.com? |
| akroxas | Posted – 8/28/2007 4:19:59 PM | show profile | email poster Yes yes yes. Please. |
| wordjunkie | Posted – 8/29/2007 12:34:00 AM | show profile A comment on your comment question When you stop and think about it, you won't get any 'no, don't include comments' responses, because the folks not in favor are not commenters to begin with. Only those who enjoy commenting are going to comment (respond), and their comments would surely only be in favor. |
| JCH | Posted – 8/29/2007 12:58:11 AM | show profile I agree, comments are interesting and enlightening and fun to read. And especially for a media blog ? I think your readership would have something to say. |
