Blogging Etiquette
I am still trying to decide if I like Blogosphere or World Live Web better. But, that is besides the point.
Do you ever feel like you are an intruder when you read a blog? I visit many blogs and comment on some. But, there are times when I feel I have trespassed on a private conversation, albeit one held in public. Maybe it's a group of friends who routinely comment back and forth on each other's blogs. In any event, I often feel that posting a comment would be an invasion. What do you think of that?
That's all I have today.
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8 comments:
I suppose that's true enough, although anything posted publicly is fair game; people do have the option of password-protecting their sites. Probably a strange comment would be a welcome surprise.
i, too, sometimes feel like i should not comment on a blog where there seem s to be sort of an "in" group. but, I usually comment when I feel the urge to do so. Otherwise, ppl should disable comments if they don't want comments. i personally love comments on my blog. i dunno. that's all i can say. i don't like it when the same person comments on every single one of my posts, tho. that gets annoying sometimes.
I think its perfectly fine to leave comments on blogs that you've never visited before. its both networking within the community, and if there is a comments feature, the author wants people to comment.
my blog is for all people in the field of library science...and other beautiful people! come back anytime, i appreciate the patronage, I hope you do too.
I blogged for quite a while before i started commenting...now I comment on blogs I like, and now and then on blogs I stumble across. I enjoy having a variety of people comment on mister anchovy, but its good also to see some familiar names come back again and again (still trying to figure out how come)...
I comment on blogs of people I know and people I don't know. I think it's better to leave a comment than to just 'lurk' -- but if people post things on the Web, then they really can't complain if other people read it. I think the thing that is the creepiest is when people I know read my blog but don't tell me that they read my blog and let me tell them stuff that they have already read on my blog.
Wow, all good comments. Any more?
I definitely feel like I'm intruding. Although that doesn't stop me -- especially if I want to say something. I may be even more motivated to interrupt the discourse if I feel like I'm intruding! ;-)
A couple of things that are annoying:
1) when I want to give a comment -- and comments are disabled
2) people who post negative feedback anonymously because they fear flaming
3) people who flame those that give negative feedback
I enjoy it when 'strangers' comment on my blog. It lets me know that others are reading it and what they think of it.
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