Comments on: Snippet 7: Where Have All The Comments Gone? http://www.pagebreakpodcast.com/snippets/snippet-where-have-all-the-comments-gone/ We Read Books and Then We Talk About Them. Tue, 15 May 2012 22:22:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Liz http://www.pagebreakpodcast.com/snippets/snippet-where-have-all-the-comments-gone/#comment-77 Liz Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:47:39 +0000 http://www.pagebreakpodcast.com/?p=246#comment-77 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? 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?

]]> By: Niki Brown http://www.pagebreakpodcast.com/snippets/snippet-where-have-all-the-comments-gone/#comment-76 Niki Brown Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:47:04 +0000 http://www.pagebreakpodcast.com/?p=246#comment-76 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. 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.

]]> By: Niki Brown http://www.pagebreakpodcast.com/snippets/snippet-where-have-all-the-comments-gone/#comment-75 Niki Brown Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:45:40 +0000 http://www.pagebreakpodcast.com/?p=246#comment-75 SECOND?!?!?!111 SECOND?!?!?!111

]]> By: Andrew http://www.pagebreakpodcast.com/snippets/snippet-where-have-all-the-comments-gone/#comment-74 Andrew Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:36:00 +0000 http://www.pagebreakpodcast.com/?p=246#comment-74 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!!!!". 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!!!!”.

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