As any blogger will tell you, it’s more fun to blog when readers leave comments. It’s rewarding, and it lets us know we’re not just writing in a vacuum (even when our writing sucks).
As any blog reader will tell you, it’s difficult to remember which blogs one has left comments on recently, much less on which particular entry.
Sure, some blogs — like mine — offer that handy “Subscribe to Comments” feature, but many do not. Even then, I seldom feel comfortable leaving my true email address (I usually leave mine with @REMOVETHISelectricvenom.com at the end) due to spam. I suppose I could bookmark specific entries or perhaps add the entry’s RSS feed to my reader… but that sure seems like a lot of work.
Enter Co.mments.com, a handy site that allows me to bookmark entries upon which I’ve commented and track them…all on ONE page! It’s revolutionized the way I read blogs since I can now not only leave comments but participate in actual discussions. You’ll find Co.mments has a bookmark for just about every browser, including Opera (most social networking sights don’t provide Opera-friendly bookmarks).
You’ll also find that Co.mments is one of the bookmark icons now featured beneath every entry on EV…in case you want to share the Venom with the rest of the world.
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March 3, 2007 at 9:58 am
Arrgghhh, teknolgi-technolgee-you know what I mean.
March 3, 2007 at 12:02 pm
People almost never leave comments at my place. I even put up an open trackbacks post yesterday and nobody came! wah wah. I had the co.mments thing before, maybe I’ll put it back in in the new design…
March 3, 2007 at 2:47 pm
I don’t get comments, either, but it’s a “whatever” issue for me.
I do like co.mments, I used to have a blogger blog (private) just for tracking where I commented… then I tried a bookmark folder… it was all just too cumbersome.
March 3, 2007 at 2:54 pm
Well, obviously “Word Fugue” generates the most comments around here. I used to never, EVER get comments until I started more actively participating in my own comment section. Oh, and until I became “the kinder, gentler Venomous Kate.” Heh.
March 3, 2007 at 6:05 pm
The Great Firewall of China has it blocked.
March 3, 2007 at 9:00 pm
Oh, and until I became “the kinder, gentler Venomous Kate.”
And when, exactly, did that happen? I’m just wondering.
March 5, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Between 12:21 and 12:23 a.m. on February 7. What, did you miss it?
March 5, 2007 at 4:48 pm
I never used to leave comments for Kate because I was a-scared of her.
And commenters sometimes feel like they comment in a vacuum, too, so it is gratifying when the blogger feels interested enough to comment back.
(I do like the “notify me” feature here…)
March 5, 2007 at 5:57 pm
Scared of me???! I’m a big softie.
March 5, 2007 at 7:08 pm
Not anymore. You replaced those teeth, remember?
March 6, 2007 at 10:28 am
Hahahahaha.