Comments on: Thoughts on Being a Great Blog Commenter for Day 23

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Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:22:03 +0000

[...] comment. However Ken Allan’s 10 points for writing a great comment and Kirsti Dyer’s Thoughts on Being a Great Blog Commenter for Day 23 do provide some excellent tips. I’m also looking forward to reading Miss W. students thoughts [...]

By: dogtrax

dogtrax — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:20:34 +0000

Good point.
When the comment is posted, it is out of your hands and into the hands of the blogger. It occurs to me that there is some trust built into that relationship — the commenter relies on the blogger to be a good steward of their words because we cannot go back in and make changes later.
Thanks for clarifying that for me.
Take care
Kevin

By: drdyer

drdyer — Sat, 24 May 2008 19:29:44 +0000

Kevin Thanks for the comments on the Six (+) C's. I hadn't read Bill Scott's comment quite the way that you did and perhaps to clarify my thought on it, should have edited to read more like: Always examine your motives before you post. Remember that once your post is submitted it will be read by many. I was still thinking about something that I'd posted as part of the Once, Twice, Three Times Blog Skipping in response to employers looking at future employees. I was musing: It will be interesting to see if people start changing what they are posting realizing that what gets posted on the Internet suddenly becomes a public and potentially permanent. It wasn't meant to be battle lines, it was meant more to be thinking about what you are posting because comments are permanent.

By: dogtrax

dogtrax — Sat, 24 May 2008 09:40:10 +0000

I like your concept of the Six C’s. Catchy (hey, make that seven).
Your thoughts (from Bill Scott) on asking the commenter what their motives are when posting a comment (and how their words can be used against them) gave me pause, however. It felt as if you were unintentionally setting up some sort of battle lines between the blogger and the commenter, although I may have misread that.
Take care
Kevin