Comments on: Making Enemies With Your Comments On Other Blogs http://www.smbceo.com/2008/07/14/making-enemies-with-your-comments-on-other-blogs/ Resources and Knowledge for the Small Business CEO Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:47:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Sanjay http://www.smbceo.com/2008/07/14/making-enemies-with-your-comments-on-other-blogs/#comment-5324 Sanjay Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:36:12 +0000 http://www.smbceo.com/2008/07/14/making-enemies-with-your-comments-on-other-blogs/#comment-5324 Well, there are a few things that both blog authors as well as people leaving comments need to watch for. Negative, offensive, and impolite comments are just not tolerable. A healthy blog community organically takes care of bad apples making such offenses. I have often seen them getting followed around and weeded out. At the same time though, the author needs to have the resilience to take comments from those who do not opine with him or her. I have also seen authors taking offense on healthy discussions and slamming people who disagree with them. Such an approach is often destructive to the blog community. Well, there are a few things that both blog authors as well as people leaving comments need to watch for. Negative, offensive, and impolite comments are just not tolerable. A healthy blog community organically takes care of bad apples making such offenses. I have often seen them getting followed around and weeded out.

At the same time though, the author needs to have the resilience to take comments from those who do not opine with him or her. I have also seen authors taking offense on healthy discussions and slamming people who disagree with them. Such an approach is often destructive to the blog community.

]]> By: Yvonne Russell http://www.smbceo.com/2008/07/14/making-enemies-with-your-comments-on-other-blogs/#comment-5321 Yvonne Russell Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:03:08 +0000 http://www.smbceo.com/2008/07/14/making-enemies-with-your-comments-on-other-blogs/#comment-5321 Hi Anita Good point about the blog owner leaving space for commenters to discuss with each other too, rather than monopolizing the conversation. It's a fine balance, isn't it? Hi Anita
Good point about the blog owner leaving space for commenters to discuss with each other too, rather than monopolizing the conversation.

It’s a fine balance, isn’t it?

]]> By: Martin Lindeskog http://www.smbceo.com/2008/07/14/making-enemies-with-your-comments-on-other-blogs/#comment-5320 Martin Lindeskog Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:16:24 +0000 http://www.smbceo.com/2008/07/14/making-enemies-with-your-comments-on-other-blogs/#comment-5320 Oops! At the risk of being labeled as a "pr" stunt, I have to write another comment. Please note my new URL address. It is my first name.last name and then .name. Not the old type .com. ;) The change of the domain name is a story for itself. If you are curious, I am saying as the "red-dog.com": "visit my blog http://www.yourblog.com/". Pun intended! ;) Oops! At the risk of being labeled as a “pr” stunt, I have to write another comment. Please note my new URL address. It is my first name.last name and then .name. Not the old type .com. ;) The change of the domain name is a story for itself. If you are curious, I am saying as the “red-dog.com”: “visit my blog http://www.yourblog.com/“. Pun intended! ;)

]]> By: Martin Lindeskog http://www.smbceo.com/2008/07/14/making-enemies-with-your-comments-on-other-blogs/#comment-5319 Martin Lindeskog Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:09:12 +0000 http://www.smbceo.com/2008/07/14/making-enemies-with-your-comments-on-other-blogs/#comment-5319 I try to respond to comments on my blog with a personal email. I have had some experiences of example #4 on my blog. Often it worked out well by letting my fellow bloggers and readers to respond to the negative commentator in the comment thread. I have almost been thinking of ending my blogging after unfair comments by hostile visitors, but I have always been back on the right track again, after doing some introspection and coming to grip on why I really want to continue my blogging. It is a great value to me and a few wacky comments will not stop me. I try to respond to comments on my blog with a personal email.

I have had some experiences of example #4 on my blog. Often it worked out well by letting my fellow bloggers and readers to respond to the negative commentator in the comment thread. I have almost been thinking of ending my blogging after unfair comments by hostile visitors, but I have always been back on the right track again, after doing some introspection and coming to grip on why I really want to continue my blogging. It is a great value to me and a few wacky comments will not stop me.

]]> By: Anita Campbell http://www.smbceo.com/2008/07/14/making-enemies-with-your-comments-on-other-blogs/#comment-5317 Anita Campbell Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:38:31 +0000 http://www.smbceo.com/2008/07/14/making-enemies-with-your-comments-on-other-blogs/#comment-5317 It's so important for the blog owner to participate. Of course, you don't want to seem to be monopolizing and stifling conversation, either, by having the blog owner constantly commenting. Still I am surprised at the number of bloggers who NEVER -- and I mean never -- respond to a comment. -- Anita It’s so important for the blog owner to participate. Of course, you don’t want to seem to be monopolizing and stifling conversation, either, by having the blog owner constantly commenting.

Still I am surprised at the number of bloggers who NEVER — and I mean never — respond to a comment.

– Anita

]]> By: Chris Crum http://www.smbceo.com/2008/07/14/making-enemies-with-your-comments-on-other-blogs/#comment-5316 Chris Crum Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:48:57 +0000 http://www.smbceo.com/2008/07/14/making-enemies-with-your-comments-on-other-blogs/#comment-5316 The important thing is to not let them put your reputation in jeopardy. The important thing is to not let them put your reputation in jeopardy.

]]> By: Chris http://www.smbceo.com/2008/07/14/making-enemies-with-your-comments-on-other-blogs/#comment-5315 Chris Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:13:18 +0000 http://www.smbceo.com/2008/07/14/making-enemies-with-your-comments-on-other-blogs/#comment-5315 That's a cute post. I've seen some of these crazy commenters who leave flame comments on my blog get out of hand quick. And many of them take it very personally, like it's their mission to organize a fight or a stance. Your not contributing useful information or sharing your thoughts by doing that. Unless it's truly a topic that you're passionate about. Other than that, be polite. Because if you're not, it can honestly have some real repercussions. Some of these people will follow you around on the net continuously slamming you. It gets a bit frightening. So please, be kind to others :-) That’s a cute post. I’ve seen some of these crazy commenters who leave flame comments on my blog get out of hand quick. And many of them take it very personally, like it’s their mission to organize a fight or a stance. Your not contributing useful information or sharing your thoughts by doing that. Unless it’s truly a topic that you’re passionate about. Other than that, be polite. Because if you’re not, it can honestly have some real repercussions. Some of these people will follow you around on the net continuously slamming you. It gets a bit frightening. So please, be kind to others :-)

]]> By: Yvonne Russell http://www.smbceo.com/2008/07/14/making-enemies-with-your-comments-on-other-blogs/#comment-5314 Yvonne Russell Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:59:12 +0000 http://www.smbceo.com/2008/07/14/making-enemies-with-your-comments-on-other-blogs/#comment-5314 Thanks for highlighting my tongue in cheek post about commenting. It was a ton of fun, and the people who commented on the post, got right into the spirit of the fun. A lot of things said in jest, are oh so true! Thanks for highlighting my tongue in cheek post about commenting. It was a ton of fun, and the people who commented on the post, got right into the spirit of the fun.

A lot of things said in jest, are oh so true!

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