When it comes to appreciating people, many people take the route that most businesses take: appreciating every customer no matter what. A blogger might start appreciating everyone in every circumstance, and may feel that doing such a thing is good. In my view, an individual should appreciate someone only when there is something that can be appreciated. You should not appreciate others when you feel obligated to appreciate them. Fake appreciation will in the long run diminish your sense of real appreciation, and will result in you not actually appreciating people, but simply saying things because you want to act like a robot that puts on a smiling face and always appreciates, no matter what.

Avoid showing appreciation because of feeling obligated to do so

If someone comes to your site and insults your parents for no reason, will you respond to that person with a comment that consists only of “Thank you for visiting my blog! I am really happy that you took the time to come and comment here. “, the same comment you leave for everyone else? Many businesses keep thanking customers not because it is a nice thing to do, but because not doing so will push the customer towards a competitor. Avoid acting like typical businesses, even if you are running a business.

Appreciate people honestly without faking anything. If you do not feel like appreciating a reader, do not appreciate the reader and instead focus on making them realize that you value their interest in your blog. In addition to that, do not insult the reader either. Simply jump into the topic and remain focused on the topic at hand.

Appreciation may not be applicable to every single situation on the planet

Thousands of blogs today are simply going around with two word comment responses like “Thank you“, as if saying such a thing shows that someone is actually caring about the comments. If you argue with someone in person, do you want them to keep appreciating you, or do you want them to acknowledge that they understand what you are saying? Apply the same answer to your blog. The online world is part of your life. If you do not appreciate people in certain circumstances offline, chances are you will do better by not faking appreciation in the online world.

You can appreciate some logic by the other person in an argument to show that you understand what the other person is saying, but avoid acting like businesses which always say “I’m sorry to hear that! What seems to be the problem?” when you have already explained several times what your problem is. Such appreciation by the business shows they are not sorry at all. Avoid doing the same thing to your readers. Do not show appreciation simply because you want to apply the principle of appreciation to every situation you run into.

For some related information, check out my previous article that not appreciating people may not be a bad thing, and check out Ronald’s previous article to make sure that just because you do not want to appreciate someone, you do not let your commentors feel lost and ignored.

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