Comments on: Is It So Revolutionary To Reply? http://www.electricvenom.com/blog-bites/is-it-so-revolutionary-to-reply/ Mid-life crisis, motherhood and martinis Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:47:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Venomous Kate http://www.electricvenom.com/blog-bites/is-it-so-revolutionary-to-reply/comment-page-1/#comment-75842 Venomous Kate Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:45:40 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/?p=8887#comment-75842 I'd reply to this but I've got a migraine. Oh, wait. I just replied. Ok, but I DO still have a migraine. I’d reply to this but I’ve got a migraine.

Oh, wait. I just replied. Ok, but I DO still have a migraine.

]]> By: Nick http://www.electricvenom.com/blog-bites/is-it-so-revolutionary-to-reply/comment-page-1/#comment-75837 Nick Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:30:34 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/?p=8887#comment-75837 Personally I find the need to place a badge on your blog to say you do anything usually means you really don't do it. After all, if you reply to people's comments... then your commenters will already know you do. They don't need a badge to know it. If it's obvious, you shouldn't have to state it. Personally I find the need to place a badge on your blog to say you do anything usually means you really don’t do it.

After all, if you reply to people’s comments… then your commenters will already know you do. They don’t need a badge to know it.

If it’s obvious, you shouldn’t have to state it.

]]> By: Venomous Kate http://www.electricvenom.com/blog-bites/is-it-so-revolutionary-to-reply/comment-page-1/#comment-75538 Venomous Kate Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:25:26 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/?p=8887#comment-75538 "Artificial number inflation"? Isn't that like saying you wouldn't want to talk at your party because it might get noisier? “Artificial number inflation”? Isn’t that like saying you wouldn’t want to talk at your party because it might get noisier?

]]> By: Josh http://www.electricvenom.com/blog-bites/is-it-so-revolutionary-to-reply/comment-page-1/#comment-75534 Josh Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:25:11 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/?p=8887#comment-75534 When I had a blog, I never minded replying to comments if I felt there was something else I could say on the matter, and if the commenter wasn't being incendiary for incendiary's sake. However, replying to the comments of others can lead to artificial comment number inflation. That always worried me a tad. When I had a blog, I never minded replying to comments if I felt there was something else I could say on the matter, and if the commenter wasn’t being incendiary for incendiary’s sake. However, replying to the comments of others can lead to artificial comment number inflation. That always worried me a tad.

]]> By: Mark http://www.electricvenom.com/blog-bites/is-it-so-revolutionary-to-reply/comment-page-1/#comment-75530 Mark Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:01:52 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/?p=8887#comment-75530 Hello everyone, I'm Mark, one of the three guys who came up with the iReply concept. It originated from our observations of some blogs that we've visited that chose to simply ignore their reader's comments. One of the examples I've used in writing about it is that by not responding to a reader's comment on the blog is the equivalent of me turning away from someone when they ask me a question in person. Kind of rude, right? If you're already conversing with readers on your blog, then you're already a member and didn't even know it. We just thought it would be a good reminder to bloggers that if the point of having a blog is to share information and gain readers, then interacting with them -- just like any place -- is a very important strategy to achieve that goal. Revolutionary? Nah. Good practice? You betchya! :) Hello everyone, I’m Mark, one of the three guys who came up with the iReply concept. It originated from our observations of some blogs that we’ve visited that chose to simply ignore their reader’s comments.

One of the examples I’ve used in writing about it is that by not responding to a reader’s comment on the blog is the equivalent of me turning away from someone when they ask me a question in person. Kind of rude, right?

If you’re already conversing with readers on your blog, then you’re already a member and didn’t even know it. We just thought it would be a good reminder to bloggers that if the point of having a blog is to share information and gain readers, then interacting with them — just like any place — is a very important strategy to achieve that goal.

Revolutionary? Nah. Good practice? You betchya! :)

]]> By: sarahk http://www.electricvenom.com/blog-bites/is-it-so-revolutionary-to-reply/comment-page-1/#comment-75529 sarahk Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:38:34 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/?p=8887#comment-75529 Aw, thanks. I don't like people either, though. I like blog people. They're better than "live" people, for the most part. Aw, thanks. I don’t like people either, though. I like blog people. They’re better than “live” people, for the most part.

]]> By: Linoge http://www.electricvenom.com/blog-bites/is-it-so-revolutionary-to-reply/comment-page-1/#comment-75526 Linoge Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:26:41 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/?p=8887#comment-75526 I try my damnest to reply to every comment I receive, which is not that hard, considering the frequency with which they appear. Just consider it polite, is all :). I try my damnest to reply to every comment I receive, which is not that hard, considering the frequency with which they appear. Just consider it polite, is all :) .

]]> By: Venomous Kate http://www.electricvenom.com/blog-bites/is-it-so-revolutionary-to-reply/comment-page-1/#comment-75521 Venomous Kate Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:17:27 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/?p=8887#comment-75521 Well, you're quite welcome, Lynne! And, as you've picked up, this is part of why I wonder "Is it so revolutionary to reply"? Like <a href="http://www.pamibe.com/" rel="nofollow">Pam</a> said, I'll go to email if it's personal -- as that was. But then there are girls like my gal <a href="http://sarahk.us/" rel="nofollow">SarahK</a> who's got a personality as big as the State of Texas wherein she lives. She's a people person. I am most definitely NOT, absent the occasional time when I like to check in with humanity just to make sure I remember how to mingle with humans and not bite their heads off. Which might explain the difference between bloggers who respond in their own comment section, bloggers who respond via email, and bloggers who don't respond at all. Well, you’re quite welcome, Lynne! And, as you’ve picked up, this is part of why I wonder “Is it so revolutionary to reply”? Like Pam said, I’ll go to email if it’s personal — as that was.

But then there are girls like my gal SarahK who’s got a personality as big as the State of Texas wherein she lives. She’s a people person. I am most definitely NOT, absent the occasional time when I like to check in with humanity just to make sure I remember how to mingle with humans and not bite their heads off.

Which might explain the difference between bloggers who respond in their own comment section, bloggers who respond via email, and bloggers who don’t respond at all.

]]> By: Lynne http://www.electricvenom.com/blog-bites/is-it-so-revolutionary-to-reply/comment-page-1/#comment-75520 Lynne Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:10:00 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/?p=8887#comment-75520 Kate - Thanks for the response :-) Sorry about leaving that URL, I don't normally do that when I'm commenting but did want to give credit where credit was due. Anyway, I do appreciate what you told me, thanks again! Kate – Thanks for the response :-) Sorry about leaving that URL, I don’t normally do that when I’m commenting but did want to give credit where credit was due. Anyway, I do appreciate what you told me, thanks again!

]]> By: sarahk http://www.electricvenom.com/blog-bites/is-it-so-revolutionary-to-reply/comment-page-1/#comment-75513 sarahk Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:58:24 +0000 http://www.electricvenom.com/?p=8887#comment-75513 I usually reply by email, just because I'm already there, in my email, reading the comment, and it's very easy to hit "reply", plus I like actually interacting with each reader. So far, I've had no complaints from people bothered that I replied to them, and in most cases, we end up emailing back and forth a lot. That said, I'm also trying to get better about replying in the comments section just so other people who haven't been reading long don't come in and think I ignore all the comments. I usually reply by email, just because I’m already there, in my email, reading the comment, and it’s very easy to hit “reply”, plus I like actually interacting with each reader. So far, I’ve had no complaints from people bothered that I replied to them, and in most cases, we end up emailing back and forth a lot. That said, I’m also trying to get better about replying in the comments section just so other people who haven’t been reading long don’t come in and think I ignore all the comments.

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