Bloggers love comments. I’m no different. They’re like a badge of success. It you get elevently-trillion comments on a post, you are awesome. If you get none, you are a loser who should commit suicide immediately and do the world a favor.
Or something along those lines.
Well, despite my best efforts, I’m still alive, so I must be getting enough comments, right? No, not really. Look through these pages and you’ll see that I maybe garner 1-3 comments in a post.
Most of my comments come in the form of tweets. On twitter, my link goes out, and me readers and I spend a few minutes discussing the post. It’s very interactive, and since I have Tweetdeck open all day, I don’t have to log in and out to check them.
Comments within the posts, on the other hand, pop up in my email at the most inopportune times, like when I’m about to hop on the subway or I’ve just shut the computer down for the night. So it will take me a while to approve it, and even longer to respond, if it’s something I can respond to at all.
Dee Barizo over at Performancing put up a post yesterday about how to get more comments. Her post includes a few tips to drive the right kind of traffic and spark the right kind of conversation in order to receive the most comments.
For me, I’m not fussed either way. I’m getting my needy personality catered to over on Twitter. But what about you? Do you thrive on comments?
You can either leave a comment here, or if you prefer, I’ll be over on Twitter.
CAUTION: I’m very no-holds-barred, no-filter on Twitter. Not for the faint of heart.
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I always await comment with bated breath. Traffic on my blog has increased 400% in the last month (which is easy since I started with 7 views per day, three of which were my mother) but comments are few. Someone commented on a post in German the other day. I actually ran it through google-translater, answered it, translated my answer BACK to German and replied. Such is my desperation for feedback.
Also, I may or may not spend large chunks of time staring at my stats page, obsessively hitting the “refresh” button on the browser.
Sean, I’d like you seek the assistance of a crisis counselor, in case your comments drop off. My opening paragraph was in jest, and I’d hate to lose a reader just because he didn’t get enough comments.
And yes, I’m only replying to this in order to keep you from curling up in a fetal position, clutching your blanky and crying.
Wendy
Oh, but the faithful of us do comment, both on twitter (I live vicariously through you and I’m so glad you are back) and here on your blog. You have an amazing literary talent. I enjoy all your posts!
Thank you Dahling.
W
Don’t worry about me, Wendy. I was, uh… exaggerating for comedic effect. Yeah, that’s what it was. Definitely.
Not full up on hitting this one daily. I have to rearrange my favourites list. But if I like the stuff you write, I try to comment.
Because, sometimes, you’re postings are so entertaining.
Interesting post….
I guess comments give positive affirmation that you’re doing something right in terms of engaging people. Not getting many comments though is not to infer that your site isn’t good or value-adding or whatever. Maybe you’re simply not high enough in the search engines for people to stumble across your content. Either way, keep plugging away, becuase I see some good and unique content here.
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