Comments on: The nice but not gushy guy

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:00:32 +0000

Interesting points. I like your observation about quality of conversations elsewhere; never really thought about that before.

By: Michael Kozakewich

Michael Kozakewich — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:15:46 +0000

I've gotten about seven comments since May.
And lots of spam, but I delete that.

I'd say there's more worth in the quality of commentversations you have on other people's blogs than on how many comments you have on your own. People try to keep their reading lists as low as possible, so you'd have to either be lucky or great.
Besides, Zeldman made a post a little while ago about how a Facebook announcement had gotten 40,000 comments, and we only managed to push his comment count in that post to about ten. When you get right down to it, he doesn't get a tremendous amount of comments, either, and he's the web guy.

It's always the controversial posts that get all the comments, anyway.

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:16:12 +0000

Oh, I don't get those.

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:39:53 +0000

People commenting on your posts in FriendFeed instead of on your blog?

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:15:49 +0000

How so?

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:16:19 +0000

Ari, did it ever seem like FriendFeed was siphoning off any of comments?

By: Ari Herzog

Ari Herzog — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:04:44 +0000

Over at http://ariwriter.com, I used to see 5 to 10+ comments on every blog post. Then my blogging changed, or Twitter came more into vogue, or some combination. I still see comments but not as many. I also see many views.

For instance, moments ago I tweeted a link to a Flickr photo I uploaded. Within 60 seconds, I saw 9 views but no comments. Should I ask for those viewers to comment? Of course not. I'm glad they viewed... as I'm viewing here.

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:48:36 +0000

Thanks, Pamela. Actually, I think I'd enjoy seeing more of your “weird insights and random bits of info” here – they're always interesting and worthwhile to read.

By: Mark Dykeman

Mark Dykeman — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:47:40 +0000

Yeah, I hear you. Thanks Steven.

By: Pamela Weir

Pamela Weir — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:23:09 +0000

I'd comment more, but I think you'd get sick of my weird insights and random bits of info. I do read all of your posts though. Most of the time, I feel like I can't add anything intelligent to what you've already said.

I come here when I need objectivity and truth, not fluff and echo. I think that there are close to 2,500 other people who feel the same way.

You are definitely on the right end of the continuum.

You don't need to gush, you just need to be you.