Comments on: The Art of Commenting http://editorsblog.dailycal.org/2008/02/09/the-art-of-commenting/ Increasing transparency in the Daily Cal's editorial operations Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:46:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Beetle http://editorsblog.dailycal.org/2008/02/09/the-art-of-commenting/#comment-83 Beetle Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:58:02 +0000 http://editorsblog.dailycal.org/2008/02/09/the-art-of-commenting/#comment-83 The answer to your missing comment question is the obvious one: No one wants to comment. A blog post that says "Hey, look over there" doesn't really stimulate the reader to say "I want to join this conversation!" because there isn't one. The conversation is wherever you're pointing. If you're genuinely interested in getting comments, you need to post original material that the reader can directly engage. After you build up a commenting base, you can then get them to hop on with other random topics, but they won't join the party if the party is just a list of directions to other parties. The answer to your missing comment question is the obvious one: No one wants to comment. A blog post that says “Hey, look over there” doesn’t really stimulate the reader to say “I want to join this conversation!” because there isn’t one. The conversation is wherever you’re pointing.

If you’re genuinely interested in getting comments, you need to post original material that the reader can directly engage. After you build up a commenting base, you can then get them to hop on with other random topics, but they won’t join the party if the party is just a list of directions to other parties.

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