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3 years ago
in Is a blog without comments still a blog? on Mathew's comments
Thank you Mathew for the edits and adding the link. The trackback now shows.
BTW, not to get even more picky here but I don't believe I said that just because a blog doesn't have comments it isn't a blog. I'm not sure I can go that far because if one isn't going to moderate the comments (either by oneself or hiring a moderator) you probably should turn them off, lest they be infested with spam or worse.
I also have seen numerous times where comments were more informational and useful than the blog posts because the author was flat out factually wrong on something and the commenters came in and corrected him/her.
In a sense commenters can form an editorial board of sorts. Harsh and boorish at times? Sure, but how something is said doesn't alter the accuracy and without comments there is no third party where the information is posted to keep it honest. Lest we forget it is the community at large that fuels the Wikipedia.
Yeah, somebody else can post about it on their blog and point to it, but why should people give further credit to misinformation? I know on the face to some this might seem like oh big deal, it's just one's personal blog, but in a sense what Mr. Beattie did by removing the people who were keeping him honest in the comments is took away that third party editorial board. Now the search engine is left with only his word -- even when it was wrong and corrected in the comments, but not in the post body -- as the gospel.
And speaking of SE, that's a whole other can of worms ... I wonder what kind of penalites he will face with that. Comments can help a blog page in the SE because they are further adding to the overall page relevancy. I really think if Mr. Beattie doesn't add back those past comments he is cutting off his nose to spite his face down the road and though he might see his readers that are complaining about this as trying to tell him what to do, maybe he should not so easily and carelessly dismiss their concerns.
BTW, not to get even more picky here but I don't believe I said that just because a blog doesn't have comments it isn't a blog. I'm not sure I can go that far because if one isn't going to moderate the comments (either by oneself or hiring a moderator) you probably should turn them off, lest they be infested with spam or worse.
I also have seen numerous times where comments were more informational and useful than the blog posts because the author was flat out factually wrong on something and the commenters came in and corrected him/her.
In a sense commenters can form an editorial board of sorts. Harsh and boorish at times? Sure, but how something is said doesn't alter the accuracy and without comments there is no third party where the information is posted to keep it honest. Lest we forget it is the community at large that fuels the Wikipedia.
Yeah, somebody else can post about it on their blog and point to it, but why should people give further credit to misinformation? I know on the face to some this might seem like oh big deal, it's just one's personal blog, but in a sense what Mr. Beattie did by removing the people who were keeping him honest in the comments is took away that third party editorial board. Now the search engine is left with only his word -- even when it was wrong and corrected in the comments, but not in the post body -- as the gospel.
And speaking of SE, that's a whole other can of worms ... I wonder what kind of penalites he will face with that. Comments can help a blog page in the SE because they are further adding to the overall page relevancy. I really think if Mr. Beattie doesn't add back those past comments he is cutting off his nose to spite his face down the road and though he might see his readers that are complaining about this as trying to tell him what to do, maybe he should not so easily and carelessly dismiss their concerns.
3 years ago
in Is a blog without comments still a blog? on Mathew's comments
I agree with your points. It's too bad you sent a one-way trackback ping. Those rarely get listed. One way trackbacks are basically saying to our audience: hey, come see mathewingram's blog, he's got more to say about this stuff, but he doesn't want anybody from his blog to come here. Those type pings are usually unwelcomed.
If you change your mind and add a link then please send another ping and we will happily approve.
It's too bad you didn't link too because I provided the one liner code that will fix Mr. Beattie's situation. I actually provided the technical solution he said he was too "lazy" to be bothered to do on his own.
If you change your mind and add a link then please send another ping and we will happily approve.
It's too bad you didn't link too because I provided the one liner code that will fix Mr. Beattie's situation. I actually provided the technical solution he said he was too "lazy" to be bothered to do on his own.
