Comments on: Benefits Of Turning Off Comments

By: Davina

Davina — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:43:25 +0000

Hi Astrid.
Welcome! Sounds like the forum is a good alternative for you to connect with and support more people at a time. I just checked out your site and you obviously have a lot to offer people. Of course people want to work with an expert… but they can easily dismiss their own wisdom and give away their power by depending on someone else for the answers.

I agree, the comment sections and forums do have the advantage where people can help each other out and learn from one another. I hope you find the balance soon.

By: A. Lee, from We Are One World Healing

A. Lee, from We Are One World Healing — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:47:16 +0000

This is an interesting topic.

What I found is since I’ve ever so slowly have started to move my commenters to my forums (with the idea of closing the comments altogether for ever), is that people have started to email me personally even more….

While I want to help people heal as a priority and will therefore answer their healing questions, it’s too time consuming to do the one-by-one thing for much longer… Also, frankly, I am not the only one who holds answers — by sending me email personal, readers are missing out on the insights of other blog visitors and commenters/forum participants.

A. Lee, from We Are One World Healing’s last blog post..Time Management: Tools, Tips & Techniques

By: Davina

Davina — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:07:47 +0000

Hi Carla.
Yikes, 500 posts in your reader! I think keeping up with comments also depends on how often you post. Posting once or twice a week gives comments a chance to come in over a longer period of time and it’s easier for you to keep up.

Hi Strategist.
Thanks for the information about FriendFeed. I just popped over to check out your blog. It looks interesting and I’m going to have to find some time to do more reading. Especially about the niche Twitter lists.

Hi Evelyn.
Ha, fooled ya :-) I was thinking about you today — for some reason you popped into my mind right out of the blue. You did a good job at taking care of yourself despite having the comments coming in. Signs of a blogger with good common sense.

Energy work can be exhausting sometimes and then other times it can be invigorating. I experienced that when I used to do reflexology. The healing energy runs right through a person. By the time I was done, my hands felt electric.

By: Evelyn Lim

Evelyn Lim — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 04:23:05 +0000

I also scrolled down to see if you have actually turned off the comments to this post....LOL!! Having to respond to comments does take up time but it is precisely what blogging is about - building an interactive community. Nevertheless, I do think that it may be a good idea to switch off commenting every once in a while. I've been less responsive to comments on my posts for the past few days, due to having to take time off for some inner energy work. I was just too exhausted! Not allowing commenting might have helped reduce the workload in the meantime. Evelyn Lim’s last blog post..Interview On How To Attract Life Balance

By: Internet Strategist

Internet Strategist — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 21:35:55 +0000

Comments are one of the very best ways to find great blogs – and how I found yours! When I read intelligent thoughts I follow the links back to see what else that commentator has to say. The topic of the post featured by CommentLuv also often gets my attention.

Now if I can only come up with a strategy for keeping track of them all so I can visit more regularly. What happens is that I visit regularly those who leave comments in my blog because I see their latest posts in the comments they leave. Then I leave a comment, share them at Twitter, FriendFeed and elsewhere – maybe even blog about them with additional links.

I use FriendFeed to share the best content I find and to make sure I don’t miss specific content. You can create lists there and configure them to see the latest blog posts sorted by importance or subject. At least that is what I do with it. I have a special section for Must Read Blogs that automatically pulls in their latest posts. (That is why it is called FriendFEED.) You can even create a feed for someone who doesn’t use it yet!

I used the link to my FriendFeed and Twitter Quick Start post in this comment. That post has some great tips on getting started using both and also on finding users to follow/subscribe. (Did you know you can add a different link there after CommentLuv picks up your primary URL?) CommentLuv picked up another post Finding Interesting FriendFeed users to get you started.

Internet Strategist’s last blog post..Finding Interesting FriendFeed Users

By: Carla

Carla — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:25:36 +0000

I guess I’m afraid to turn off comments due to the fact that I’m a new blogger (since the summer). Once I generate 50 comments per post, then I may consider it! Right now I have about 500 posts in my reader, but many of them are fashion based (doesn’t take long to read and don’t require comments), but the rest I weed through and pick out the ones I want to read and respond to the most. I haven’t quite managed that well yet. Carla’s last blog post..Is it too late?