Comments on: Dosh Dosh on Blog Comments

By: Bohemian

Bohemian — Fri, 30 May 2008 11:23:45 +0000

i agree with Gartner some ppl r really shy…and some think r introverts .
its really hard for them to communicate with others!
say me!!!

Check out Movin’ on up from Bohemian

By: What do your comments say about you? | VagabondetteVA

What do your comments say about you? | VagabondetteVA — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:32:31 +0000

[...] Dosh Dosh on Blog Comments [...]

By: What do your comments say about you? « VagabondetteVA

What do your comments say about you? « VagabondetteVA — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:10:09 +0000

[...] Dosh Dosh on Blog Comments [...]

By: brainadmin

brainadmin — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:17:20 +0000

@Michelle - it’s true, you do never know who you’ll meet through your blog comments.

By: Michelle Gartner

Michelle Gartner — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:26:18 +0000

I moderate all my comments, but if someone says something that is considered inane and doesn’t add value I don’t discount it and delete it.
I know that a lot of bloggers get riled up by that and think that the person is just a spammer, but I kind of give people the benefit of the doubt and think
“Hey maybe this person is shy or just wants to let me know they read my blog and they aren’t quite sure what to say.”

It’s obvious when something is spam that’s why I use the spam blocker that blocks over 700 spam comments a day on my site.

But who know that- little comment where someone says just “Hey- luv your site”- well they might turn out to be your new best blog friend.

By: brainadmin

brainadmin — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:50:57 +0000

@Trisha - as I’m sure you know, a number of bloggers set their blogs to automatically put comments into moderation when they include a link. I don’t put links into comments unless absolutely relevant to the conversation. The link that the commenting software allows is free exposure anyway.

By: Trisha

Trisha — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:17:59 +0000

Why does anyone even bother putting a link in a comment unless it’s useful and relevant to the conversation? I mean, even to go back to Sandie’s analogy, do you give everyone your card at a party?

No. You give it to the people who would most likely be interested in what you have to offer. To me, a relevant link is a relevant link. So long as it is directly tied in to what’s being talked about, then it’s fine.

And I mean directly. If you’re talking about getting traffic in a post, and some spammer decides to comment “hey this is great, we do targeted traffic too” - that’s not directly related. That’s a hard sell.

However, if you were talking specifically about the different ways to buy traffic, then that comment would be relevant. It’s a fine line, but it’s one a lot of people trip over.

By: brainadmin

brainadmin — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:39:22 +0000

@reddknight - if someone just wants to see what I’ve read and liked, with little explanation, they could just follow my StumbleUpon submissions. However, if I’m going to take some Broadcasting Brain space to mention a link, the least I can do is to write what I think about it and to explain how it fits into a greater scheme of things.

By: reddknight

reddknight — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:28:32 +0000

I think @Sandie summed it up nicely (I wanted to say “analogized it”).
I had similar thoughts about this post’s reference to a Dosh Dosh post. It could have gone something like “Here’s a link to someone else’s content because I have no value to give.” vs. what you did: “Here’s a great post you might benefit from and here are my value-added comments”.
rk

Check out Ubiquitous Computing Is Not Cloud Computing from reddknight

By: brainadmin

brainadmin — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:06:09 +0000

@jhirsch - ah, the “v” word. Hopefully value for both sides.

@Sandie - unforunately people do use these “cold” thrusts into conversations without warning or without regard for the blogger.