Comments on: Comments are Everywhere – From Writingmatrix to Comment Challenge

By: carlaarena

carlaarena — Wed, 28 May 2008 01:47:53 +0000

Mary,

I feel the same. I just love to keep track of my friends’ blogs, but this challenge has made me explore other terrains in the blogosphere with very interesting people, as well. I still have to catch up on my tasks, but I think it has made me even more aware of the many commenting strategies we can use to enhance true conversations.

By: maryh

maryh — Sat, 24 May 2008 22:39:28 +0000

Hi Carla,
The connections made through the comment challenge have been really interesting. By challenging us to go outside our comfort zone and comment on some new and different blogs, we’ve been able to make some new connections. Of course it is nice to receive some comments on your posts, but the real joy is meeting another person in the blogosphere to connect with and continue the conversation through future posts and comments. Although I followed along shyly too, it has been a good learning opportunity!

By: gary

gary — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:06:52 +0000

Ha, and with comments comes junk
Just to let you know I’ve updated the junk filter so you may get a few captchas or whatever for a few days until Monty ‘learns’.

By: carlaarena

carlaarena — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:15:06 +0000

Kim,

I think we should face commenting, as well as blogging as a habit. My blogging has really taken off only when I realized it had to be part of my routine.

It’s my big pleasure to be part of the challenge as I’m surfacing as a commenter. For example, I’ve read many of your interesting posts, as well as Sue Waters’s, but you never would have known that as I NEVER added a comment to your blogs! Here’s my chance now, and I’m connecting with fantastic people and ideas! THANKS!

By: Kim Cofino

Kim Cofino — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:23:47 +0000

I like your idea of commenting as a habit. I notice that habits or routines are essential for me and I’m hoping the challenge will help me make a habit out of commenting as well. Part of making commenting a habit (for me) means that I need to really thin down my RSS reader too. Trying to take in too much information without putting enough back out… Glad to have you as part of the challenge!

By: Diane Hammond

Diane Hammond — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:08:56 +0000

Thanks for the link to the Writing Matrix. I haven’t run across this before and am planning on taking some time this afternoon to go through it!

By: Jeff Utecht

Jeff Utecht — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:26:50 +0000

I like this:

“First, blogging is about us, then us connecting to others.”

I think we forget that sometimes and I think we get caught up in the “15 minutes of fame” where we feel like if we don’t have comments we we’re not good bloggers?

We each are a nod of information on the web, we each have our place…we just need to find where that is.