Blogs: Comment Feature Or Not?

i love comments. so go to my blog and comment!!! I need comments to fulfill the void in my soul.

seriously. please.

I would like to read comments if I had a blog. I'm not sure what I would put in it, though. Today I wrote 459 words. Today I wrote 345 words. Today I wrote 000 words and drank too much tea.

Ho hum. I'll pootle off to your blog, maestro, and comment. (Seeing as you invited it)!

I am INVITING all of you to drop by my blog and read it and make comments.

Bum, you need a password. I shall have to get myself a life outside my own imagination and create my own blog so I can comment on yours! (Or possibly make a blog of what's going on inside my head, a scary, scary proposition...)

Do you prefer Ray, Maestro, or "Oy, you!"

maestrowork said:

I am INVITING all of you to drop by my blog and read it and make comments.

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I've read your blog. You're too damn cute for me to be able to think of anything appropriate to say!

*Great Pic, Ray", I imagine, is not the type of comments you're after! ~laughing~

Personally I like other people's opinions or comments. But it doesn't or wouldn't bother me if they didn't have any. I can go either way.

I love to log into my blog and find comments.

Check out my blog when you get a chance and make me smile by leaving a comment.

(Ray, I've been to yours. Have you been to mine?

I have a blog, but it's weird. Hubby has one, too. Ours are connected. He is the only one who posts comments on mine and i am the only one who posts comments on his. It's another weird little way we communicate when he is out of town.

scarletpeaches said:

drank too much tea

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tea is life. Earl Grey brewed from leaf. Ahhh...quite so tasty.

carole said:

I have a blog, but it's weird. Hubby has one, too. Ours are connected. He is the only one who posts comments on mine and i am the only one who posts comments on his. It's another weird little way we communicate when he is out of town.

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My wife and I do this, but we're always in the same room. Guess we like to write...

I think comments are great. It shows you who is reading your blog and what you think. You can always block certain users (on some bloggers) or make them use the word recognition thingy (blogspot option) to avoid spammers.

scarletpeaches said:

Bum, you need a password. I shall have to get myself a life outside my own imagination and create my own blog so I can comment on yours! (Or possibly make a blog of what's going on inside my head, a scary, scary proposition...)

Do you prefer Ray, Maestro, or "Oy, you!"

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Password? What password? Am I missing something? No, you can post anonymously -- you don't need a blogger id or password.

jdkiggins said:

I love to log into my blog and find comments.

Check out my blog when you get a chance and make me smile by leaving a comment.

(Ray, I've been to yours. Have you been to mine?

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I wasn't aware that you had a blog (goes to show how effective our "sigs" are... LOL)

I can't believe you tagged me! Oy!

ETA: Oh, Dawno, Jen and Julia, you're all tagged now!

I tend to use my blog as my writing journal. Sometimes, I talk about stuff, but it primarily exists to talk about writing projects, announce when I've sold something or pontificate on my ideas about writing.

Plus, I'm using the blog as the "What's New" for my web site. I post the basic information on my main page, but I use the blog for "up to the date" info on convention appearances, upcoming releases, etc.

Then again, there have been the occasional meme or rant on there, just for the sake of not being completely bored.

And, yes, I love commenting on other people's blogs (when I have something to add) and love getting comments also.

If you go to an author's web site, and see general comments from the public with the majority of them, say, having nothing to do with your writing, is that going to give the web site an unprofessional look? Or will it make you feel warm and fuzzy because of the public interaction?

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Acutally, I love author blogs. Most of the time, you have to click for the comments (for example if you use blogspot).

I bought JA Konrath's book Whisky Sour based on his blog. I often browse a writer's blog and sometimes comment (i've read yours ray, but haven't commented yet...)

Konrath's book isn't necessarily the genre I read, but I really like his sense of humor. I have a few lol moments in reality, which is rare.

I think they can really connect an author with his/her readers. Often, the conversations get interesting as well with the author jumping in to comment.

My blog is writing/publishing related, so I don't want to be too chatty. I post some of my thoughts on writing, what I've learned about publishing, etc. But once in while I do post something I find funny, interesting, or totally irrelevant. I don't want my blog to be too stuffy either. The thing is, I see people comment on others' blogs a lot but not many people post comments on mine... makes me wonder (am I gree with envy? you bet). Perhaps my posts simply don't incite discussions... maybe I should write something controversial...

My blog is all chatty and irrelevant and I'm ok with that. I have comments enabled but I do use the verify feature to stop spamming. I'd love to see more AW'ers come comment. I also have been collecting AW blogs for my blogroll so if I've missed yours tell me and up it goes.

Comments are the conversation of the community you build with your blog. I think they're vital. The problem I have is remembering where I've commented and getting back to see if the blogger has responded. Gotta work on that.

Oh, I'll visit your blog if you visit mine. I have a link in my signature. I live for comments.

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Blogs with comments are usually a good idea - but, and this is important, make sure they're as safe from comment spammers as possible, otherwise you'll be looking at a lot of work.

Neat timing! I was about to write to you to ask if we could turn on comments on the Stories of Strength site.

Yup, I like comments.