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]]> By: Havi Brooks http://andywibbels.com/post/1371#comment-39026 Havi Brooks Fri, 19 Jan 2007 23:52:52 +0000 http://andywibbels.com/post/1371#comment-39026 What a terrific post! Ultimately it will be interesting to see if the value of discourse wins out over not wanting to be subjected to harassment and general idiocy. . . I know that Annik Rubens who is pretty much *the* German podcaster is now having people get personally okay-ed to leave comments on her blog -- schlaflosinmuenchen.net -- so that she can separate the talkers from the yellers. Maybe that will end up becoming standard? What a terrific post!

Ultimately it will be interesting to see if the value of discourse wins out over not wanting to be subjected to harassment and general idiocy. . .

I know that Annik Rubens who is pretty much *the* German podcaster is now having people get personally okay-ed to leave comments on her blog — schlaflosinmuenchen.net — so that she can separate the talkers from the yellers. Maybe that will end up becoming standard?

]]> By: Sharon Sarmiento http://andywibbels.com/post/1371#comment-36956 Sharon Sarmiento Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:09:05 +0000 http://andywibbels.com/post/1371#comment-36956 It's also very hard to build a community around your blog if you're unwilling to interact with your readers. I've learned so much recently from Mack Collier over at The Viral Garden--he said that when he first started his blog he was disappointed that he wasn't getting comments left on it as much as he'd like. So, to figure out where he was going wrong, he started visiting other blogs to see what they were up to and he started leaving pertinent comments on other folks' blogs. He quickly found the more he interacted with other blogs and their communities via comments, that the more his own interactive community at his blog was built up. I don't think a non-famous blogger would have much luck trying to launch a blog and build a community without allowing folks to leave comments (only trackbacks). Seth is just special. Sharon It’s also very hard to build a community around your blog if you’re unwilling to interact with your readers.

I’ve learned so much recently from Mack Collier over at The Viral Garden–he said that when he first started his blog he was disappointed that he wasn’t getting comments left on it as much as he’d like.

So, to figure out where he was going wrong, he started visiting other blogs to see what they were up to and he started leaving pertinent comments on other folks’ blogs.

He quickly found the more he interacted with other blogs and their communities via comments, that the more his own interactive community at his blog was built up.

I don’t think a non-famous blogger would have much luck trying to launch a blog and build a community without allowing folks to leave comments (only trackbacks). Seth is just special.

Sharon

]]> By: Lena L. West http://andywibbels.com/post/1371#comment-36578 Lena L. West Sat, 06 Jan 2007 02:35:27 +0000 http://andywibbels.com/post/1371#comment-36578 Me doth think not. Seth doesn't have comments enabled. Not that he's the gold-standard blogger but, I say that because it can't be all that bad to have them turned off once you've developed your platform. But, Guy and Tom leave theirs on. Hmmm... IMHO, part of the purpose of a blog is to - as one of my recent interview subjects so eloquently put it - "weave a fabric of conversation" around your product/company/widget. It *is* called SOCIAL media, after all. -Lena Me doth think not.

Seth doesn’t have comments enabled. Not that he’s the gold-standard blogger but, I say that because it can’t be all that bad to have them turned off once you’ve developed your platform. But, Guy and Tom leave theirs on. Hmmm…

IMHO, part of the purpose of a blog is to - as one of my recent interview subjects so eloquently put it - “weave a fabric of conversation” around your product/company/widget.

It *is* called SOCIAL media, after all.

-Lena

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