Tag Archive: blog comments

A Slight Intermission on Blog Comments Respect

Hi guys.
So today was meant to be the third part of the 7 Days to Turn Your Blog Into a Social Media Hub series. This will appear tomorrow, as something’s been chewing on my mind today (and apologies to anyone who was expecting the Hub post).
When I write a blog post, it’s obviously my point [...]

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Goodbye DISQUS, Hello WordPress

So it wasn’t that long ago I mentioned I was moving my comments system to DISQUS.
The fact that the system was being used on more blogs, and also had social media integration with its Reactions feature that pulled stats from anywhere else your blog was being discussed, seemed pretty cool.
Yet, lately, DISQUS seems to have [...]

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Why Would You Bother to Comment?

This is a guest post following a great chat I had with Valerie Merahn Simon, and is a nice follow-up on my recent post about Twitter and blog comments.

If you’re like me, you read a lot of blog posts. Many of them are good posts. Some you’ll even share via Twitter or email. But only [...]

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Is Twitter Killing Blog Comments?

If you’re a blogger, you’ll know how comments make a blog. They can take the original post into a whole new level altogether, with opposing views and discussions opening up some great viewpoints.
Personally, I’ve used the comments on some of my posts (and those on other blogs) as inspiration for new posts here. I’ll add [...]

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Blog Comments and Reputation Central

When people think of reactions from blogs, they normally think of negative reviews or inspiring stories.
Comments aren’t usually high up on the list of monitoring and watching what’s being said online.
Yet they should be, as a recent post by David Henderson and the subsequent conversation in the comments section show.
I won’t go too much into [...]

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Community Spirit and Blog Comments Redux

A couple of days ago, I wrote about Fake-Twitter and concerns of how it could be misused.
As a (partial) result, the site received an official takedown notice from Twitter and I received some of the most heated and angry comments ever from a post.
That’s cool. People have opinions and sometimes these opinions are strong, and [...]

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Internet Censorship, Google Style

Google seems to be coming in for a lot of stick at the moment.
Many Twitter users are aghast at the thought of Google buying Twitter, and their handling of popular blog tool Feedburner has come under fire (including here on this blog).
Some of the criticism is justified, others less so. Yet is it any surprise [...]

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One Way Streets

Recently David Henderson was kind enough to invite me on his blog to offer my views on traditional media and its relationship with social media. I’m really grateful to David for allowing me his space – he’s an incredibly smart person so giving up some of his real estate for my ramblings was particularly appreciated.
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