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When to Turn Off Comments(4)

June 30, 2008

Comments on a blog are crucial to building community, meeting others, and (most importantly) interacting with your readers.
We’ve written many articles here on the importance of having comments enabled. Even Liz Strauss has weighed in on the issue:

My personal opinion is, that if I read a really great article and I come to the [...]

When to Turn Off Comments

Multi-Page Posts Are…

…Annoying!
I visit Slashdot every other day, and one of the things that irks Slashdotters the most is a linked article with multiple pages. Inevitably, someone will find the link to a printer-friendly version and be praised and worshipped by all.
You’ll mostly see multi-page posts on “newsy” sites like Slate, or tech-heavy sites such [...]

What’s Your Comment Policy?

I can safely say I’ve had my fair share of bad comments. In fact, just this week I received probably the harshest one yet (spelling errors and all):

hello my name is Alix i live in the uk and i have one thing to say to you. you call yourself a writer ok not got [...]

A Team Blogging Environment - Part 2

A Team Blogging Environment - Part 2

Several weeks ago I wrote about my thoughts on a team environment for multi-author blogs.
I argued that individuality (in the context of service) harms the customer, and the better approach is a team-based environment where customers (or readers in the case of blogging) are everyone’s responsibility.
I discussed this concept with a friend who is [...]


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