Comments on: 7 Changes In My Blogging Philosophies

By: Teresa

Teresa — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:56:18 +0000

Have you tried hitting the permalink to leave comments at the bottom of the posts instead of hitting the comment to use the pop up window? I know it’s an extra page load, but more often than not – there’s an issue with the pop-up and it just doesn’t work right.

I want pixy to move me over the mee.nu so I can stop having these problems. Yet I wonder how Eric at Straight White Guy (to name just one) manages to get lots and lots of comments – he’s on munu too.

By: Venomous Kate

Venomous Kate — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:38:13 +0000

I’ve gotta second that. I can’t count the number of comments I’ve left only to find out after submitting that comments aren’t being allowed.

By: sarahk

sarahk — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:32:19 +0000

Teresa, I love you, but you’re on mu.nu. Which means that 75% of the time I try to comment, I get the error message that comments have been taken down due to high volumes of comment spam (and that’s every munu blog I read). So it could be that people are trying to comment and eventually give up. Because when I get a message that comments are down due to high volumes of comment spam, I assume they’re going to be down for a while, so I don’t even bother trying to comment on the rest of your posts, because I figure I’ll get the same message, and my comment will be wasted, which is frustrating (it’s a little like listening to someone talk, talking back, and then finding out after you’ve said your whole piece that the phone company dropped the call).

So we are talking, it’s just that sometimes we get hung up on. But yeah, admittedly, I’m not gonna come back hours later and see if comments are working again and then see if I can remember what my comment was to begin with (that requires way too much thinking).

By: Teresa

Teresa — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:17:10 +0000

Ah, comments. My recent post about my son’s deployment (one line) has gotten me more comments than I’ve ever had on a post. EVER.

The one thing I really hate is when people tell me: “well your post said everything, I couldn’t think of anything to add, so I didn’t say anything”.

To which I must reply “Gee thanks – every post is like that… I must be a friggin’ writing genius!”.

I generally go out of my way to leave comments for people (not on every post, but at least on one post) – because, let’s face it, we like to know in a tangible way that someone liked what we wrote. Yeah, I have to sit and think of what to say sometimes and periodically I don’t have the time to do it (I hate that), but I really put effort into it.

The moral: most bloggers love to get comments, but don’t feel the need to leave comments for others. I therefore most often feel as if I’m standing in the middle of a forest with no one around talking to myself. Heh.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:02:17 +0000

I’m still struggling with actually writing my posts, but your blogs and your discussion of blogging continue to convince me it is something I can do and have fun with it.

BTW, I thought I had turned comment moderation off. Sorry.

By: Venomous Kate

Venomous Kate — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:37:22 +0000

VH and I have a joke: I’d rule the world if I was even half as evil as my mother-in-law seems to think.

By: Jae

Jae — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:35:21 +0000

Awesome post. I especially like the explaining of all your free time now that you stay home with the kid. hehe

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:34:56 +0000

Kate, I come to your blog because of the whole conversational, what’s on your mind thing. I’ve said it before… I’m sure I’d like it if we were neighbors. Blogs, to me, are kind of like neighbors enjoying each other’s company while sitting in lawn chairs on the driveway. Drop in, drop out, have a cocktail, tell a story, laugh, cry…

By: Venomous Kate

Venomous Kate — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 14:10:24 +0000

The easiest way to write a blog post: type what you’d say in a conversation to someone sitting in front of you.

By: Venomous Kate

Venomous Kate — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 12:09:43 +0000

Exactly! The PR thing is kind of like chocolate-dipped shrimp. I’m familiar with the concept, but I don’t understand it and I’m not going out of my way looking for it at any time soon.