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Paul Carr has written a characteristically candid post about blog comments and how they are of absolutely no value to anyone. This was in response to Jason Calacanis's (founder of Weblogs Inc, that sold to AOL) announcement that he is going to quit blogging altogether in favour of what appears to be a regressive return to the 'retro' email newsletter.
I'm not normally one, as you know, to get worked up about so called 'A-list' bloggers and their tantrums that seem to occur on a near-daily basis. Every A-Lister I've heard of appears to have given something up or cried over something or got disenchanted with something or gone to rehab over something. Most of the time it's to gain MORE attention and most of the time it's shock tactics to gain headlines. So much for tabloidesque headlines on the web.
I agree with Paul. Blog comments aren't necessary and usually cause more harm than good. Abuse, slander, hatred and spam are all good reasons to close comments - it's just not worth it. If you want to comment, as I am doing on Paul's post, write your own blog post and 'trackback'.
For what it's worth, comments haven't got bad enough here for me to shut them down. But if they did, I would and I'd encourage you to get in touch with me another way.
Thanks for not destroying this blog via its comments (so far). Let's keep it that way.
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3 comments:
David - great blog by the way.
I happen to disagree with the comment on comments. I spend more time commenting on other people's blogs than I do writing my own because it is easier to ping in a short remark than worry about the structure of a coherent blogpost.
I would love it if say blogger allowed me to have all my comments on other blogger blogs republished on my own (blogger) blog.
I also believe that it is sometimes valid to express an opinion without identifying yourself. Anonymous comments can be a vehicle for cowardly abuse but also allow for honesty in circumstances which might otherwise make such candour impossible. Indeed, some message boards pretty much ban people identifying themselves. On some blogs a short post can provoke a long chain of responses, many of them more informative than the original post, thereby making the site more interesting. No idea why you'd want to ban them altogether!
Danvers,
I take your point.
It is perhaps only bloggers themselves that appreciate the true extent of comment spam.
If I invested the amount of time I spend 'spring cleaning' into writing new posts, this would be a much more highly visited destination I'm sure.
However, it hasn't got so bad that it counters the value of receiving valuable new comments such as yours I'm glad to say.
Thanks for stopping by.
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