Comments on: Should you switch off your blog comments?

By: Comments, Balancing Risks and Benefits

Comments, Balancing Risks and Benefits — Thu, 01 May 2008 17:01:14 +0000

[...] Of course, none of the automated approaches can completely replace hands-on monitoring and moderation. Check out Kevins post for more useful information on dealing with comments on your blog called Should You Switch Off Your Blog Comments? [...]

By: What Price Comments? | Betshopboy.net

What Price Comments? | Betshopboy.net — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:16:46 +0000

[...] anti-social blogging behavior got the attention of her readers and sparked discussion from Kevin of BloggingTips and John Chow, who goes so far as to say that “a blog without a comment system isn’t a [...]

By: Saturday Links

Saturday Links — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:23:36 +0000

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By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 04:05:09 +0000

I prefer to keep comment on.

Attract more readers if you ask me.

By: lustrious.net - Blog of a NEPA girl

lustrious.net - Blog of a NEPA girl — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:39:26 +0000

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By: A Blog Is Not A Community In The First Place. Or Is It? » Reader Appreciation Project

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:00:55 +0000

[...] from the blogging world were not so positive: people like Kevin from Blogging Tips, Julie Ann Bonner, I Thought Therefore I Blog, 45n5 or John Chow expressed their opinion and their [...]

By: Community Building Blog

Community Building Blog — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:02:22 +0000

A blog without comments is not a blog. I wrote an article back in April entitled 'Always enable comments on your blog' and still think it is a relevant post today. - Martin Reed

By: Snoskred

Snoskred — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:43:27 +0000

Kumiko said “when someone disagrees with me, I feel obliged to correct them on why they are wrong” – that’s pretty egotistical! Nobody can be right 100% of the time. Sometimes blog comments change my mind completely – that is because I am willing to listen to someone else’s views with an open mind. If someone disagrees with your views it is sometimes better to say let’s agree to disagree.. especially if you’re spending a lot of time proving that you’re right and they are wrong.

People are allowed to have their opinions and I have to say, mine is not to read a blog where the sole intention is only to make money – and where the blogger is always right and not even willing to listen to others opinions.. and I have to say probably others would feel the same. This might mean making money is a bit more difficult. And who doesn’t want to have fun along the way? That baffles me!

But aside from that, the actual topic of this post was whether it was a good idea to switch comments off. I’m leaning towards no myself, but for each blogger this answer will be different. Some bloggers will find themselves spammed or trolled to the point they have to moderate a lot, and sometimes there isn’t the time. So in cases like that, turning the comments off could be ok.

I try to reply to comments on my blog, but sometimes time gets away from me..

Snoskred – has a new home at -
http://www.snoskred.org/

By: Brian Heys Writes » Switch off blog comments?

Brian Heys Writes » Switch off blog comments? — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:08:18 +0000

[...] just read an interesting post on Blogging Tips about switching off comments, where Kevin shares his opinion on a real-life case study that’s going on at the [...]

By: SELaplana

SELaplana — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:01:48 +0000

i will never switch of my comment at my blog. my blog will not be a blog without it.

By: Tay

Tay — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:33:16 +0000

I would never switch off my comments. I love getting new comments and if I took them away not only would I get any, but the whole sense and value of community would be gone.

Also, upon reading some of Kumiko’s articles as of late, when there is one I really love I scroll down to comment, only to remember I can’t anymore. It does get a little annoying at times when I cannot just drop a quick comment on what she has to say.

Anyway, I can definitely see how it would help some but I don’t think it’s for me.

By: More Merchant

More Merchant — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:40:20 +0000

Many bloggers have become lazy and have stopped commenting on other sites.

I make it a goal to comment on 5 – 10 blogs a day. I remember back when there wasn’t so many blogs and comments came by the tons on my blogs.

People wanted to participate. Now so many just expect people to comment on their blog yet never return the love.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 03:13:05 +0000

I am one of those lost readers.

I don’t think I commented much there, but comments are a fun part of blogging and I won’t bother reading sites without it even for the best content in the world.

If you are to busy to communicate with your every day common reader, you are definitely to arrogant to enjoy my company anyways.

By: Why I Allow Comments On My Blog | John Chow dot Com

Why I Allow Comments On My Blog | John Chow dot Com — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:08:24 +0000

[...] I look forward to reading the comment on my blog every time I get back on the computer. Getting comments on my posts is one of the most rewarding part of blogging and I will never turn it off. You can read another view on turning off blog comment over at Blogging Tips. [...]

By: Joey

Joey — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:47:22 +0000

For me I will not turn off comments. The comments keep me going. One of the main reasons I blog is to have a dialog with my readers and for most readers they choose to do it via comments.

Long Live Comments.