I had plans all week to participate in a chat on twitter, but coordinating my interests with my schedule became a bit of a nightmare. Perhaps I need to hire an assistant; preferably one who is familiar with the time zones. My hope was to participate in a live conversation, so this afternoon I picked one from this list my professor posted. It was scheduled to start at 8:00 CST and so I conferred with my father on the location of CST in relation to us. He confidently replied that CST was in fact Alberta's zone. This evening I eagerly signed onto twitter at 7:59pm only to discover I had missed the whole thing. It is safe to say that if I do end up hiring an assistant, my dad will not be in the running. Sorry, dad!
The chat I semi-engaged in was under the #blogchat hashtag which I thought was fitting given my recent startup. Tonight the conversation was around commenting. Topics ranged from spam comments to comment censorship. Some bloggers felt that social sharing (Facebook, twitter, etc.) were more powerful than comments because the shares reach a wider audience. I have posted my blog on my Facebook and have tweeted the address and have seen a direct correlation between my post and the number of views I receive on those days. So, I am going to take this a step further and invite my friends and followers to share/re-tweet my post with their friends and see how this impacts my traffic. I am hoping that I can increase my following and get more people posting comments, feedback, and questions because unlike some of the participants tonight, I do enjoy the comments. They are what motivate me to write, and the last few days have been a bit of a dry spell for me.
So under the advice of @problogger, I pose this question to my readers: Do blog comments matter to you?
The chat I semi-engaged in was under the #blogchat hashtag which I thought was fitting given my recent startup. Tonight the conversation was around commenting. Topics ranged from spam comments to comment censorship. Some bloggers felt that social sharing (Facebook, twitter, etc.) were more powerful than comments because the shares reach a wider audience. I have posted my blog on my Facebook and have tweeted the address and have seen a direct correlation between my post and the number of views I receive on those days. So, I am going to take this a step further and invite my friends and followers to share/re-tweet my post with their friends and see how this impacts my traffic. I am hoping that I can increase my following and get more people posting comments, feedback, and questions because unlike some of the participants tonight, I do enjoy the comments. They are what motivate me to write, and the last few days have been a bit of a dry spell for me.
So under the advice of @problogger, I pose this question to my readers: Do blog comments matter to you?
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