Snippet 7: Where Have All The Comments Gone?
8th December 2010
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Holy crap, this is a pretty intimidating post to comment on. I’ll just add that I think the recent ease of blog commenting has had a major role in the quality decrease. Think back to the days when you had to actually create an account, fill out a profile, get and click a confirm email, log back in and then post your comment. Nobody was going to go through all of that to post “fiRsT!!!!”.
Comment by Andrew — December 8, 2010 @ 6:36 PM
SECOND?!?!?!111
Comment by Niki Brown — December 8, 2010 @ 7:45 PM
In all seriousness I agree that the hurdle is much lower for leaving a comment. But I also think theres an interesting trend (that i didn’t mention in the snippet) of authors turning comments off for posts.
I think with the rise of social media commenting and discussion are moving this way.
Comment by Niki Brown — December 8, 2010 @ 7:47 PM
Very true Andrew, it’s so easy to make a fast comment now… but, personally if I don’t have something to REALLY say on design posts, i just don’t post at all, people take it seriously and as someone who would like to keep a respectable standing with my peers — i don’t want to be “that guy”, haha – know what i mean?
With so many design blogs, people are SERIOUS about their comments (like on SmashingMag) …did you read through the comments on this one? some people mean BUSINESS. I see both sides to the story – i love a good discussion and fostering the exchange of information within the community is so valuable .. but on the other hand, it’s a comment section, not a discussion board, right?
Comment by Liz — December 8, 2010 @ 7:47 PM
Have your say. . .