Blogging is as Bloggers do

Interesting points.

Funny thing is that over the last few years a few Blog traffic exchange sites have come and gone, and that would seem to imply that such sites just don't work, which, uh, further implies to some extent that a person we might call Blogger A posts articles hoping that some other persons we might call Blogger B and Reader C will actually come along and read their articles and perhaps comment on same.

What winds up happening in many cases is that Reader C may actually do as hoped for, but Blogger B may simply wind up visiting and never adding a comment at all, or worse, Blogger B may never visit at all.

What I'm trying to acknowledge, in a roundabout way, is that yeah, many times it seems that the fellow bloggers are among the worst at visiting other sites and adding to the discussions there.  It may be because they don't want to support a competing site, it may be because they don't like the other person's political preferences, or it could be that they are carrying a grudge over some past discussion.  It might even be that the other blogger is just too busy and doesn't have time to spend doing much reading of other blogs.

What's it all mean?  Heck, I don't know.  It could be that blogging is doing as some have hoped and is slowing down.  It could mean nothing at all.

I'll leave that stuff for others to figure out.

What's it all mean? Heck, I don't know. It could be that blogging is doing as some have hoped and is slowing down. It could mean nothing at all.

I hear ya! There are times when I can read and respond to a lot. Then there are times when I can barely read and scarcely respond! Life happens, as it does for everyone!

But yes, Blogging might just be going out of style, although I really think it won't. It just will be the ones who were doing it for the wrong reasons will lose interest, IMO, and perhaps even just a matter of it not being the number one thing to do anymore, who knows! as you say, maybe someone else can figure it out!

I read waaaay more than I comment for various reasons, but I think the "rule of 69" applies...if I comment on you, you comment on me, and vice versa!

I also read more than I comment on. FS, I read your blog quite a bit but don't comment often.

Most times I like to digest what I read before making an off the cuff comment that I haven't thought out well. The problem is then that I often don't feel like posting after some time has past.

A couple of times I spent a long time writing stuff out only to have it disappear with a bizarre key stroke or browswer glitch and that has really decreased my fervor for longer posts.

Some people with whom I really disagree, I won't post on their blogs (if I even read them but sometimes I get sucked in by a title) because I think they won't be able to deal with what I have to say or say, "show me the proof" and I honestly have better things to do with my time then trying doing research to prove my opinion is valid. I'm sure it's a worthwhile endeavor, but I just have other things I prefer to do with my time. It's not that important to me to be right. Usually, those kind of articles are more emotionally based anyway, so what's the point.

Okay, now my big question, "who is DoN?" I feel like I should know considering how long I've been around JU but I can't think of who.

Anyway, FS, if you'd like, I can put a dot or something on a post to show I was there if I don't have much to say.

When I first came to JU, I make no apologies for it, I wanted to be in the top ten users and blog sites. So I looked at the profiles of everyone in the top ten.

What I found is that EVERY member of the top ten had substantially more comments than articles. And I worked to maintain a five to one or better ratio. Somewhere along the line I think it slipped to four to one, but I still try to keep it up there. And, of course, my "blogger you should know" series on new bloggers helped a LOT (that's how I met TW, among many, many other bloggers).

The point is, JU is a community. And like other communities, you can't just be a "taker. You have to be a "giver" as well.

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I was here Donna!   

I comment a hell of a lot more than I write articles!

Holy crap, I just did some quick math, and for every article I write, I've left 16 comments.

Obviously I'm not the problem.

I think I'm like a lot of people. I read more than comment. I am really bad at commenting though. I want to let the author know I read them, but my comments are so silly, but sincere. I need to work on that.

read waaaay more than I comment for various reasons, but I think the "rule of 69" applies...if I comment on you, you comment on me, and vice versa!

Yeah, it's good when it works both ways. I am aware though that there are many who prefer to read and hold off on commenting which is fine, it's a free world!

I suppose I could be like the DoN, who (judging by his often nonsensical comments) quickly skims every article and leaves a one-liner

! That does happen uh?! I skim when I'm in a hurry but I come back when I can give an article my full attention. That's the only time I don't respond. I especially like to wait and think about an article before I respond. It's not that I haven't read it, it's that I don't know how to say what I want to say so I say nothing!

Most times I like to digest what I read before making an off the cuff comment that I haven't thought out well. The problem is then that I often don't feel like posting after some time has past.

I hear ya! I see you lurking, miss reading you and sometimes I can't remember my blogspot password!!

Anyway, FS, if you'd like, I can put a dot or something on a post to show I was there if I don't have much to say.

I am really bad at commenting though. I want to let the author know I read them

Maybe we can develop some kind of code!! Now that would be too cute!lol!

When I first came to JU, I make no apologies for it, I wanted to be in the top ten users and blog sites. So I looked at the profiles of everyone in the top ten.

Wow! Gid, talk about stalking!! So you go on the offense (that's football talk in learning the game and about the enemy right?)

commentcommentcommentI was here Donna

Love you too Roy!lol!

I just did some quick math, and for every article I write, I've left 16 comments.Obviously I'm not the problem

Holy crap Robin...no you're not! I see you all over and you get a prize!!


Seriously though, I'm going back to my links on my sidebar. I have a hard time finding some of you sometimes and it's getting to be a pain!!

It's a COLD day in MN.  when I  don't take the time to comment on another's blog,  after reading their stuff! ( p.s.  that was said "tongue in cheek )

There are some here at JU that,  as near as I can tell,  never frequent my blog cause I ain't NEVER gotten comments from them,  yet I"ve visited their blog and commented.

After a while,  ya know,  it gets OLD.....

We do have a lot of new bloggers here and quite a few of the regulars have dissapeared....I have my own MIA list that I miss!  Perhaps the new bloggers didn't/don't know how it works,  the regulars do.....nuf said.

 

Roughly 1 article per 18 comments for me. Though I have been here longer.


I comment around a good bit...and when my muses dance for me I write articles. Though sometimes I just can't think of a good comment...

~Zoo

I can't remember my blogspot password

Want something really sad?  Just for my work and my accounts (not the admin accounts I use), I have 10 different user names and passwords!  it is insane, and stupid!

But to the subject, you read, and others will read you.  It is that simple.

Want something really sad? Just for my work and my accounts (not the admin accounts I use), I have 10 different user names and passwords! it is insane, and stupid!

! I hear ya! I try to keep them the same for some things I have to do because my brain gets foggy!!

But to the subject, you read, and others will read you. It is that simple.

Yeah, share the spoils!

After a while, ya know, it gets OLD.....

That it does!

I comment around a good bit...and when my muse dances for me I write articles.

Likewise! My muses dances for me and out pops four or five new articles!!

For me it has more to do with time constraints than anything. When on the road I try to take a quick peek to see who may have left a comment on something of mine, but sometimes I don't even have the time to respond to those let alone comment on everyone else's articles.

I try to catch up a bit when I have a little free time, like now, but it takes time to go through a lot of them. Sometimes I'll comment sometimes I won't. Like many others I read far more than I comment.

But I do agree that if one expects comments one should make an effort to comment on other's articles as well.

Trudy,

When your blog is of interest to me, I visit. But the topics that interest you aren't usually of interest to me. I'm not meaning to be offensive in saying that; by all means, write what you feel important. I'm just saying that can cost some readership.

That's why you rarely see me in forums like the writing forum. When I post there, my stuff usually dies a painful death!

I comment on articles when I think I have something to say or something to add to what has already been said. I read a lot more than I comment on, though. But my JoeUser blog is the only one I have. I just don't have time to spead myself around other blogspheres.

But seriously folks...

I blog for "therapeutic" reasons more than anything else. And yes, getting a few comments is really nice and super appreciated. But, I dunno. They ain't everything you know? And plus I'm not into politics/current events or computer blah-blah and for damn sure I'm not into debating at all so I'm kinda screwed there too...   

I'm not into politics/current events or computer blah-blah and for damn sure I'm not into debating at all so I'm kinda screwed there too...

You just write deep and insightful articles, whether fiction or fact, that are fun to read.  We have several writers here at JU that I enjoy reading.  Maybe it is the fact that you can interact with the author that makes them easier to read and respond to (versus the latest harry Potter or Stephen King).

just don't have time to spead myself around other blogspheres.

That is hard to do with timing and all!

I try to catch up a bit when I have a little free time, like now, but it takes time to go through a lot of them. Sometimes I'll comment sometimes I won't. Like many others I read far more than I comment.

This is a common theme for most people! As I said, life happens, you can only do so much some of the time!

But the topics that interest you aren't usually of interest to me.

I'm just saying that can cost some readership

Yes, that goes without saying for anyone!

And plus I'm not into politics/current events or computer blah-blah and for damn sure I'm not into debating at all so I'm kinda screwed there to

! I hear ya Roy! The therapy part is key for me too. Like I said, having someone else take an interest, even if it's one person, is highly addictive!

Maybe it is the fact that you can interact with the author that makes them easier to read and respond to (versus the latest harry Potter or Stephen King).

Good point!!

but when you continually sucker people in like this with semi-interesting headlines, and then offer absolutely NOTHING of substance for their time and trouble, those readers are going to think twice before clicking on anything else they see you post.

I agree. It's hard to have an interest when this happens.

Ditto on the 'candy corn costume' post. Thinking it might contain instructions on how to actually MAKE a costume, like a dummy, I clicked.Just another stupid survey result.

Oh, I was trying to click on that, I thought I was going to see something about a creative costume but it took forever to load so I logged off!