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Ignorez-juste moi, je suis Blogging

4 juin 2008 · par David Bradley

Commentaire LuvJe pars commentaires partout le blogosphere et là sont habituellement trois suivis. Le premier est que mon commentaire simplement devient un d'une pile croissante de commentaires et peut recevoir une réponse d'un autre lecteur ou le blogger en question. La seconde est une réponse directe du blogger ou de temps en temps un email répondant à mon commentaire. Le tiers… le tiers n'est aucune réponse du tout.

Je dois admettre, je ne suis pas aussi enamouré du type 1 de suivi où mon commentaire devient juste une voix espérant l'attention dans une grande foule, je suis heureux toujours d'apprendre une réponse directe du blogger comme dans le type 2, mais j'embarasse le type sans fin fini 3 blogs où aucune réponse à un commentaire raisonné n'est reçue.

Il y a plusieurs raisons pour lesquelles un blogger ne peut pas répondre aux commentaires à un, mais aucun de eux n'est assez bon a raisonné pour ignorer tout à fait le peuple qui lisent et alimentent votre blog.

La première raison un blogger ne pourrait pas répondre, est qu'ils obtiennent assez de trafic et/ou font assez d'argent à partir de leur emplacement sans devoir se concerner par différents commentaires. Si c'est un blog de type 1 avec une grande foule des commentateurs, alors la discussion peut conduire l'emplacement en avant. Après tout, le blogger a fait connaître leurs vues dans le poteau auquel les commentaires sont fixés, ainsi pourquoi ajoutez plus ? Pourquoi en effet ? Bien, je tends à prendre un contraire, la vue de l'avocat de diable dans beaucoup de mon commentaire et ainsi l'essai pour forcer la main des blogger de sorte qu'ils qualifient leurs rapports ou justifient leur point de vue plus profondément. Tous les bloggers devraient soutenir ceci à l'esprit s'ils choisissent d'ignorer des commenters.

La deuxième raison un blogger peut ne pas répondre à un commentaire, est que le commentaire n'exige aucune réponse ou ne les inspire pas. Bien, encore, un bon blogger pourrait taquiner dehors plus de leur poteau et à partir de même le plus sec des commentaires avec une petite pensée et de elle rendra la sensation de commenter bonne juste pour savoir que vous pensez à eux.

La troisième raison - vous êtes trop occupé pour répondre. Bien, nous sommes tout le trop occupés, mais nous avons pris le temps de commenter, ainsi avons les bonnes façons pour reconnaître notre présence, vous ne savez jamais qu'elle pourrait mener à de plus grandes et meilleures choses.

La quatrième raison est que le système des blogger ne les alerte pas qu'aux commentaires ainsi à eux n'obtenez jamais d'entendre que quelqu'un commente. This is such a lame excuse, if you’re running a blog, you really ought to be on top of the system admin and know exactly what you are and are not receiving so you can respond to your commenters in a timely and informed manner.

There’s simply no excuse to ignore your commenters, the only time I’d say it is justified is if the comment is spam, but even that requires a blogger’s attention to blacklist the spammer.

Thanks to Jennifer on Network Blogging Tips for inspiring this post.

14 responses so far ↓

  • BlogMeTheMoney // Jun 5, 2008 at 4:42 am

    Comments in many cases are “the post”. More information and idea’s stem from the discussion and in some cases make the post all that better. So one should try and keep the discussion rolling and follow up with responses. Good manners would at least have the author acknowledge someone took the time to drop by(plus it helps build readers and a sense of community). So I agree all around.

    Nice topic :)
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  • David Bradley // Jun 5, 2008 at 7:31 am

    Hi

    Yes, it’s irritating and frustrating not to receive a response to one’s comments, so I always attempt to reply as soon as I can.

  • Ari Herzog // Jun 6, 2008 at 5:47 am

    I try to respond to people who comment on my blog because they may have checked-off the “notify me of follow-up comments” button. I usually check off that button on other blogs, such as your’s here, to see what other people have to say about the topic.

    I must add I get mildly annoyed when people leave comments without using a name in the name field.

    For instance, and with no offense aimed at “BlogMeTheMoney” who commented above, how is that a name? If you don’t want to use your real name, at least make up a name like Bubba or Jane Smith.

  • David Bradley // Jun 6, 2008 at 7:50 am

    Hi Ari

    Glad to hear you’re a responder too!

    Yes, those SEO-aimed name fields, like BlogMetheMoney are a little impertinent at the very least, and downright rude and exploitative at worst.

  • Marue // Jun 8, 2008 at 8:31 pm

    As a new blogger I am not up on all the latest blog etiquette and this particular issue has been on my mind. So glad I stumbled on it. Now if I could just find more info on blog etiquette.

    So do I email the commenter or what? Seriously. Some people comment on their own blog but I don’t see how the original commenter would see it. Or do I need to find some code or widget to set up something like what appears below here about notifying me of followups?

    Marues last blog post..Organizing Scanned Genealogical Records

  • David Bradley // Jun 9, 2008 at 8:17 am

    Marue, most blogs have a comment subscription system of some sort. I’m replying to your post, and if you checked the box, then you’ll receive this response. But, I’ll email it to you just in case.

    To be honest, there seems little point in someone leaving a comment if they don’t want to see the follow ups, unless they’re commenting simply for themselves rather than the community surrounding the blog.

  • Ari Herzog // Jun 9, 2008 at 6:26 pm

    Adding to what David said, Marue, you might want to check out some Wordpress help sites (Blogger Buster, for instance, is such a social media site for the Blogger system).

    As to “blog etiquette” and considering “Internet etiquette” is netiquette, what does the survey say on blogiquette?

  • Furniture Fan // Jun 10, 2008 at 6:33 pm

    Marue,

    I think that the type of blog can also have an impact on comments and whether or not they are left. Time seems to be my biggest challenge. Often comments come from lazy readers that do not even google something to look and would rather leave a question as a blog comment. I look forward to comments since it supports the time spent writing.

    Furniture Fans last blog post..Modern Bathroom Vanities from La Roccia Part 3

  • Rudy // Jun 10, 2008 at 10:54 pm

    I like comments. I love exchanging ideas and engaging in meaningful discussions. When I started blogging, I wasn’t sure if comments were necessary. But now it’s essential to keep me motivated and keep writing. I believe it’s a new art, which anyone can master.

    Thanks for your thoughts, David. I just responded to your string of comments on my blog. I’m looking forward to stir things up here, as well. ;-)
    Rudys last blog post..Fuel Saving Techniques - Smart Driving

  • David Bradley // Jun 11, 2008 at 7:22 am

    Stir away Rudy ;-)

  • Rudy // Jun 11, 2008 at 6:24 pm

    Perhaps this is related, here’s an interesting post about comments, as recommended by a Twitter friend. She talked about how some bloggers actually use comments as a way to equate their self-worth.

    I sure hope none of us don’t stoop this low.

  • David Bradley // Jun 11, 2008 at 6:46 pm

    That’s quite bizarre. Occasionally, I write posts that mention that few people comment. It usually has no effect. Then I make an unforgiveable typo and all hell breaks loose.

    Meanwhile, what do you think to posting an article, pinging the feed, so that it gets into everyone’s readers, all the sites that syndicate that, and scrapers, and then making subsequent substantial edits to the original post. I’m not to what end, just occurred to me that it could be done and it would preclude any duplicate penalties a search engine might slap on.

  • Rudy // Jun 11, 2008 at 9:34 pm

    I make typos and grammar mistakes all the time, and no one comments. They must not have RTFA. :-)

    As for scrapers and blog dupers: I hate those guys. On the other hand, is my content good enough to be duped? I know with big sites like Copyblogger and Problogger, they get duped a lot.

  • David Bradley // Jun 11, 2008 at 10:23 pm

    It’s more of a problem with my sciencebase site, which has been around a lot longer than this one is syndicated and linked far more widely via legitimate channels.

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