Comments on: Should New Blogs Allow Comments?

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:03:00 +0000

Hey Soa. And if I didn’t allow comments on this blog, I would have never read about SOA, SDA, SDLC and many other acronyms that I will never understand. Geez, that website of yours if for folks much smarter than me. I like to dabble in technology, but that looks like jumping in up to your neck!

By: Soa

Soa — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:02:42 +0000

As a new blogger I have to allow comments. I agree with your article in terms of people judgment of a lack of comments. However , I feel good content can always correct this conception.

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By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:08:59 +0000

Good point Tish. It is tough when you go two or three posts with no comments, but the dialogue eventually happens. This is the first blog I’ve started that had good reader input from the beginning. But I wouldn’t change things on my other blogs. For me…COMMENTS ON from the very first post.

By: Tish

Tish — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:28:48 +0000

I’ve started all my blogs by allowing comments. I love the feedback, even if it’s slow in the beginning. And I am totally turned off by blogs that don’t allow comments. It gives me the impression that they don’t care about the readers at all.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:27:25 +0000

Hey Jeff, happy birthday! Yeah, I thought Jeff summed it up nicely. But there are a handful of great blogs without comments (ie. Seth Godin). But I believe comments are a hallmark of the blogging world.