Comments on: I hate blog posts about blogging but that’s exactly what this is.

By: rachel-asouthernfairytale

rachel-asouthernfairytale — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:46:40 +0000

I definitely think that TWitter has cut down on commenting, as have facebook and others.. oh, and that damn thing called life

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:44:20 +0000

I think Twitter has definitely affected both blog posting and blog commenting. I know I do less of both now. Twitter has the advantage of instant contact and responses that just isn’t there with a blog, and I think that’s why people like it so much.

By: pamela

pamela — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:17:35 +0000

i like being connected with people and sometimes its easier online because hey look im not wearing pants and someone just ‘followed’ me on twitter……

before twitter, i used to comment on blogs more.. now i just @ the person who wrote that blog and tell them what i thought.. and RT yeah i guess we are lazy bloggers now..

By: MomBabe

MomBabe — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:31:48 +0000

I think twitter has killed blogging for a lot of people, but I think that feed aggregates is what killed commenting. It’s just too easy to open up your Bloglines or google reader and read through everything. Remember when you had to go to 50 different websites? And since you were there anyways, why not comment? No, twitter didn’t kill comments. subscriptions did.

By: Lex - @laprimera

Lex - @laprimera — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:06:57 +0000

Guilty? me too! But you’re right. I love being connected. I’m a twitter addict. I still read a lot of blogs. And try to comment. But having twitter helps me to stay connected even when i’m busy actually living day to day. Especially with those I love! Like you, Miss!!! But, seriously, I do intend to blog more often.

By: Lynette

Lynette — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:56:38 +0000

I think that twitter has affected the way I blog AND comment especially since I do less and less of both and I twitter & twitter away…*sigh* which is a shame because I really do enjoy the blogs that I read (which means that I will generally follow you on twitter too), but I don’t have time to comment, read blogs and twitter. I’m kinda weaning myself off of twitter for the same reasons. That and you know…I still have a LIFE to attend to. LOL.

Maybe I’ll just go back to commenting and reading and save my general random comments for twitter. Hmm…isn’t that the way it was supposed to work in the 1st place?

By: Ionlyliketheiroldstuff

Ionlyliketheiroldstuff — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:12:30 +0000

Blogging is so 2008, PODCASTING is where it’s at!

By: Avitable

Avitable — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:00:21 +0000

I think that Twitter has definitely affected blogging and commenting. I will actually chastise people who use Twitter to reply to me and comment on my blog. Twitter is temporary – tweets disappear in the blink of an eye. The time it takes to comment is negligible, but it shows a genuine interest in what someone has to say. My comments have dropped by about half what they used to be.

I think that some bloggers have decided that what they have to say can be boiled down to 140 characters. More power to them – I think I have more to contribute than that.

I’d be okay if Twitter went away forever.

By: OHmommy

OHmommy — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:49:28 +0000

I wasn’t on twitter 1.5 yrs ago. I do like twitter. I wish I had the balls to weed out a lot of people I am following that abuse it. I used to blog a lot more last year. Every week I tell myself that Im done. None of this makes any sense, huh?

By: Hockeymandad

Hockeymandad — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:49:20 +0000

Blogging is here to stay. Whether or not personal blogs continue to thrive the way they have remains to be seen. I think it will. Corporate America has taken notice and followed suit therefore it will evolve.
Twitter and social media sites will survive as themselves and then evolve into whatever is the next big idea, but the concept will remain forever.
I never comment to comment. I try to always make sure I have something viable to add, feel strongly that I need to let the author know I’m there, or have an opinion about the subject matter. Or in this case, an answer I think is decent.
Blog for yourself though, not for comments. You can’t go outside everyday cause sometimes it rains or it’s cold, or its nasty out. In your location it might be on fire.
Good luck with the nablo stuff. I did it last year on my first try. It was hard and I didn’t like it but I finished it. I just choose to not do it again and admire those who do it every year.