Comments on: Pay attention to your own commenting behaviour http://www.nevillehobson.com/2006/02/21/pay-attention-to-your-own-commenting-behaviour/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:20:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: neville http://www.nevillehobson.com/2006/02/21/pay-attention-to-your-own-commenting-behaviour/#comment-66 neville Fri, 24 Feb 2006 09:16:37 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2006/02/21/pay-attention-to-your-own-commenting-behaviour/#comment-66 The most prominent anti-commenter (meaning, not allowing comments on his own blog) is Dave Winer. His view has been if you have something to say, do it on your own blog. Interesting to see that his new blog, a WordPress hosted one, has direct commenting allowed. No more self denial perhaps. The most prominent anti-commenter (meaning, not allowing comments on his own blog) is Dave Winer. His view has been if you have something to say, do it on your own blog.

Interesting to see that his new blog, a WordPress hosted one, has direct commenting allowed.

No more self denial perhaps.

]]> By: Lee Hopkins http://www.nevillehobson.com/2006/02/21/pay-attention-to-your-own-commenting-behaviour/#comment-64 Lee Hopkins Fri, 24 Feb 2006 04:06:17 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2006/02/21/pay-attention-to-your-own-commenting-behaviour/#comment-64 I hang my head in shame, but call on my learned friend Richard's defence of needing sleep, fresh air and his original view that the post was 'my say', the comments for 'your say'. Like Richard, I acknowledge my error and promise to do better. I hang my head in shame, but call on my learned friend Richard’s defence of needing sleep, fresh air and his original view that the post was ‘my say’, the comments for ‘your say’.

Like Richard, I acknowledge my error and promise to do better.

]]> By: Richard Bailey http://www.nevillehobson.com/2006/02/21/pay-attention-to-your-own-commenting-behaviour/#comment-34 Richard Bailey Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:26:09 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2006/02/21/pay-attention-to-your-own-commenting-behaviour/#comment-34 I long followed a self-denying ordinance: that the comments on my blog were open to readers, but closed to me. My logic was that I'd had my say in the original post, or in a follow-up so the comment space was for others, not for me. Now I acknowledge that you - and many others - have been right all along. It's only courteous to show you're listening when others are speaking. But how to be responsive but avoid becoming obsessive? We need sleep, fresh air, face to face conversations too. I long followed a self-denying ordinance: that the comments on my blog were open to readers, but closed to me. My logic was that I’d had my say in the original post, or in a follow-up so the comment space was for others, not for me.

Now I acknowledge that you - and many others - have been right all along. It’s only courteous to show you’re listening when others are speaking. But how to be responsive but avoid becoming obsessive? We need sleep, fresh air, face to face conversations too.

]]> By: neville http://www.nevillehobson.com/2006/02/21/pay-attention-to-your-own-commenting-behaviour/#comment-32 neville Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:51:06 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2006/02/21/pay-attention-to-your-own-commenting-behaviour/#comment-32 Kami, here's how I've just implemented that - http://www.nevillehobson.com/connections/conversations/ Kami, here’s how I’ve just implemented that -

http://www.nevillehobson.com/connections/conversations/

]]> By: Kami Huyse http://www.nevillehobson.com/2006/02/21/pay-attention-to-your-own-commenting-behaviour/#comment-31 Kami Huyse Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:01:28 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2006/02/21/pay-attention-to-your-own-commenting-behaviour/#comment-31 I like the idea of putting the coComment bar in a seperate page. It was making my site choke out and so I removed it. Thanks for the idea I like the idea of putting the coComment bar in a seperate page. It was making my site choke out and so I removed it. Thanks for the idea

]]> By: neville http://www.nevillehobson.com/2006/02/21/pay-attention-to-your-own-commenting-behaviour/#comment-30 neville Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:25:18 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2006/02/21/pay-attention-to-your-own-commenting-behaviour/#comment-30 Colby, I think a tool like coComment would interest you as it does enable you to display conversations you participate in (ie, comments you and others make) in many different places, in your own blog. There is a neat bit of code you add to your blog that enables this. It will work on your Blogger blog. I have it running over on NevOn in the right sidebar, and I plan to implement it here as well, most likely in a separate page. Thanks for the good wishes! Colby, I think a tool like coComment would interest you as it does enable you to display conversations you participate in (ie, comments you and others make) in many different places, in your own blog.

There is a neat bit of code you add to your blog that enables this. It will work on your Blogger blog. I have it running over on NevOn in the right sidebar, and I plan to implement it here as well, most likely in a separate page.

Thanks for the good wishes!

]]> By: Colby http://www.nevillehobson.com/2006/02/21/pay-attention-to-your-own-commenting-behaviour/#comment-29 Colby Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:52:32 +0000 http://www.nevillehobson.com/2006/02/21/pay-attention-to-your-own-commenting-behaviour/#comment-29 I find that people tend to send me emails or discuss a blog I've written in another forum. I rarely find comments on my blog itself. Strangely enough, I leave comments directly on people's blogs because I really enjoy the archive of discussion around the topic. I miss that opportunity to collect their comments in my blog. Nev - wishing you a most enjoyable and effortless transition to this new blog. Fingers crossed! I find that people tend to send me emails or discuss a blog I’ve written in another forum. I rarely find comments on my blog itself. Strangely enough, I leave comments directly on people’s blogs because I really enjoy the archive of discussion around the topic. I miss that opportunity to collect their comments in my blog.

Nev - wishing you a most enjoyable and effortless transition to this new blog. Fingers crossed!

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