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Scott M. Iseman
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8 months ago
in Why I don’t comment on blogs on The Qwidget Blog
Thanks for writing this.
To comment, and I am not one to comment much on blogs myself.
I've been on brainstorm kick lately (expressed on Twitter this week - http://twitter.com/ScottSays) about the inefficiency of excessive comments ( I am not anti-comment by any means) in blogging and microblogging. Just feel too much commenting and responding to comments uses up valuable energy and resource from busy people. This logically will impact long term productivity.
Also, and I am not looking to stir the fire here, (just calling it like I see it), but so many of the blogging comments and responding to blog comments are done in the "elite" circles of social media. Not everyone has the time, or is part of a work environment where social media is encouraged, or even the daily freedom to be a part of a free flowing blog experience.
While comments are completely relevant in 2008, my instinct says in the professional world, corporate blogging will evolve into a limited commenting forum. Further, as the current economic crisis shakes out, and if this is a prolonged event, I think the time some people have to excessively comment and respond to comments will fade, yielding to the reality of economics and practicality.
This will give way to the best business and marketing writers rising above and becoming larger voices who convey their wisdom through their writing.
One more thing. I feel the spirit "Blogging" is here to stay, but I also feel the word "blog" may change or morph into a new word that defines the spirit of the coming times.
My two cents.
Thanks again for this.
Sincerely,
Scott
To comment, and I am not one to comment much on blogs myself.
I've been on brainstorm kick lately (expressed on Twitter this week - http://twitter.com/ScottSays) about the inefficiency of excessive comments ( I am not anti-comment by any means) in blogging and microblogging. Just feel too much commenting and responding to comments uses up valuable energy and resource from busy people. This logically will impact long term productivity.
Also, and I am not looking to stir the fire here, (just calling it like I see it), but so many of the blogging comments and responding to blog comments are done in the "elite" circles of social media. Not everyone has the time, or is part of a work environment where social media is encouraged, or even the daily freedom to be a part of a free flowing blog experience.
While comments are completely relevant in 2008, my instinct says in the professional world, corporate blogging will evolve into a limited commenting forum. Further, as the current economic crisis shakes out, and if this is a prolonged event, I think the time some people have to excessively comment and respond to comments will fade, yielding to the reality of economics and practicality.
This will give way to the best business and marketing writers rising above and becoming larger voices who convey their wisdom through their writing.
One more thing. I feel the spirit "Blogging" is here to stay, but I also feel the word "blog" may change or morph into a new word that defines the spirit of the coming times.
My two cents.
Thanks again for this.
Sincerely,
Scott
1 reply
Thanks for your thoughts. I agree with much of what you say. And I agree that you need to invest a lot of time in participating in the "commentosphere" if you want to get anything out of it. It's yet another reason why so few people bother. But there will emerge filters and processes that will make it easier for normal folks to sift through the sheer volume of info to find what is relevant to them. The internet seemed like a big scary place in the early days of search engines...but that began to change with altavista and full changed with google. I think there will be some analogous mechanism for the world of online participation. Right now, that world is dominated by commenting but that reign can't last much longer IMHO. I hope and believe that what we're about to launch with the Qwidget (T minus a few days!) will play a part in this new future. We'll see!