As my Facebook and Twitter friends know, I've had a long day: canning, toilet cleaning, doing laundry, jogging, and baking. So, I won't write much tonight.
However, I have to get this one question off my mind and out to my readers. :)
I sometimes feel like when I reply to comments, it looks like I'm just trying to up my comments count. I'm not. But, I hate for people to feel unacknowledged.
I have noticed many ways of replying in the...*ahem*...close to 100 blogs I visit. Some almost never reply to comments. Some (e.g. Terri, and Wendy) will reply via e-mail. Some (e.g. Blonde Duck) will come to your blog to reply on your latest post. I like both those methods, and there may be another way I've not even thought of.
My question for you, dear readers, is: what do you prefer? No response at all from me unless you ask a question? If you ask a question, do you prefer I email or come to your blog to reply as a comment on your latest post? Or ??
I guess I'll post a poll for ease, but if you have any thoughts or suggestions, please share them in the comments!
Thank you, everyone! Hope you're enjoying the weekend!
"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be." ~ Douglas Adams
14 comments:
I love comments. LOL Don't we all?
It kinda drives me nuts to respond to my comments on the post on which I commented... I rarely come back to actually see if there is a response to my comment.
If I comment on my blog asks for response, I generally will blog a response - if a wide enough group of people ask for one - or email or comment the other person's blog.
Regardless, I try to make sure questions in my comments are answered!
And, hey, comment as much as you like. :) (I know I tend to write novel-length comments at times... LOL)
I always reply to the comments on my posts. To say thanks and so. Or answer any questions. Or let the person know I read what they wrote. And I usually subscribe to e-mail follow up comments.
I don't mean you MUST do that as well, but I'd never think you reply just to make the number of the comments higher. Besides, I understand the people with 50 comments or so cannot do the same.
I love your comments! I should do more commenting... just so people know that I DO read their blogs. It's nice to know that people read what I write... I'm sure most people feel that way.
First off, I love getting comments.
That said, if I feel I need to respond to someone's comment I usually email it to them as well as post an edited version to the post. That way they are sure to get it and if anyone else is interested in my response it's there.
So, I'm counting myself as an "other."
whatever you like doing is fine for me
I always wonder this as well. I usually reply on my own blog comments but then I would wonder do people even come back to look again?!!?!?
Wendy, LOL! I try not to have what my FIL calls diarrhea of the mouth (or writing here), but sometimes I'm verbose. I know what you mean: if I don't check off a box that says "e-mail me follow-up comments", or sometimes there's not that option at certain blogs, then I usually end up forgetting to go back and check. :}
Minka, yeah! :) That's exactly why I've been commenting: mainly to say thanks for dropping by to see me and taking the time to comment. The only thing is, as Wendy mentioned, I don't know if people even come back to look, so I don't know if I should bother to reply unless it's a question.
Amy Ellen, it really is gratifying to know that people are reading one's blog. =) I suppose I could just put in a counter and that'll let me know people are stopping by, but it's not as human a touch as a comment. I'm glad you enjoy mine!
Meg_L, comments are like getting presents, as far as I'm concerned. LOL! I'm definitely leaning toward the e-mail people method of response - when they ask me a question. And thanks for your comment, BTW! ;)
Burnt Mill, you know, sometimes, the only way I remember to go back and see if there is a response is when I see that a new post is up on someone's blog, so I go check out the new post, and while I'm there, I go back a post or two on that blog and see what comment I had made and whether the blogger replied. It's sad, but I can't remember very well. ;D
I typically go to the other persons blog and comment against their comment they left me. I don't care either way and I didn't even see it as upping your comments at all! I just saw it as being a responsible listener and responder. LOL! If anything it made me feel like I need to be as good as you! Lol.
I think you are doing just fine the way it is. :)
Hope you had a great weekend. Sounds like it certainly was busy!
xoxo
Michelle and the ktties (and your handsome teddy bear Quincy). ;) Some adorable pics coming up soon of Mr. Quincy.
I like people to come visit me and leave a comment. That's why I go and visit them. I never go back and reply in my own comments, unless I can't track them down.
It's like a conversation between friends, you know?
I polled this on Twitter once and the majority all said they'd rather get a random comment back as opposed to an email reply or a reply within the persons own post. The way I look at it is if folks can take the time to say hi to me, I'll say it back. Unless I'm out of town, then I suck.
I am a terrible commenter (as you know) and then when I go through one of my little super-manic phases I comment on every post within five minutes. And respond to the comments on my own blog.
When I am pretending to be a normal person, I will usually follow a commenter back to their blog and leave a nice comment there instead of a response on my own blog.
BUT, when I first started blogging/reading blogs, I used to feel sad when people didn't respond to my comments in any way whatsoever - especially the blogs with very few comments. (I understand the big-timers can't respond to each and every one.) I used to wonder how people expected to get people interested in what they were doing if they didn't visibly interact with their commenters at all...
I like Meg's idea. I like hearing your response to my comments, but sometimes forget to come back to check if you responded. So an e-mail and a response on the blog is a good idea. I personally would never think you (or anyone else) was upping their comment count by responding. If I see on a blog that the author never responds, then I won't comment because what's the point?
I like to email people who comment on my blog. I guess I also like emails to me from my comments. I would never get around to going back to previous posts of my favorite bloggers because I am already feeling so behind in just trying to keep up with the current-ish posts. What a lovely run-on sentence that was.
Whew.
I'm a goof T, I did the poll but totally missed this post.
I like that you comment back, it is a really nice touch. Personally, when I comment on someones blog and they don't respond it kinda feels like maybe they didn't read it. But I'm being a hypocrite in saying that because I also forget to reply to posts on my blog and I'm trying to be better in that area.
It is nice to know you are reading our posts and of course, always nice that you reply because even though your not seen in some small way we get to know you on your blog through your replies and such :)
Sorry about the long winded answer I just should have said that I like the way you run your blog and think it would be nice if others, including myself, followed your lead.
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