A quick note about replies to comments.
I love reading comments, especially the thoughtful ones that keep a conversation going. And the way to keep a conversation going (as long as it will organically go) is to reply to them. When I first started blogging in India, it was apparent that the convention was to reply to the comments on your blog and on your post, i.e., if someone commented on one of my posts, I would leave a new comment on the same post in reply.
Then when started reading a lot of American, British and Australian blogs, it was equally apparent that replies to my comments came in other ways. I found them landing in my inbox. Bloggers would read my comments on their posts and instead of leaving a reply via another comment on their post, they would write to my e-mail address and keep the conversation going that way.
When I was able to identify which blogger did what, I tried to do both - leave replies on my post and send e-mails in reply to those bloggers that did the same for comments on their blogs. Pretty soon, though, it all became hairy and I was doing both regularly or neither. Mostly neither.
Hence this note, particularly for those bloggers who reply to comments via e-mail. I love receiving your replies by e-mail (it spares me having to check your comments box for replies), but it seems to me that replying to comments on my post is what will work best for this blog. I like it, and it also has the virtue of having questions (that other readers might have as well) and answers in one place. If you are used to receiving replies via e-mail there's a handy-dandy blogger feature that allows you to receive comments on a particular post via e-mail. You just have to click a button and never have to come back to the same post for follow-up comments. I hope you will use it.
No matter what, thank you all for reading and taking the time to comment.
Thursday, March 04, 2010
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5 comments:
Hello, dear friend...what great thoughts...I'm glad you wrote about this...it might just help me out with all of this as well...I love your new blog header!!! Hope you are well! Love you! Janine XO
I like your bangle shop posting.I have shopped in Jayanagat till i drop :)..its a nice place.
ya.. i do the same.. iam one of those who reply to my comments. since i get comments by mail its easy to reply.. and to keep conversations. instead if i reply on my blog- then iam never sure it reaches them. so i do both sometimes.
and personally when i post my comments.. i should admit i dont often revisit to check if any reply for my comments..
I just came across your blog and enjoyed reading through many posts. You resonate so much with me that it was a joy to read. Your writing flows like a river.
Janine! Welcome back! Have been trying to streamline this process for ages and things sort of fell through the cracks. Glad to see you here. I've been so bad about keeping abreast of other people's blogs. But things are busy offline with writing projects that I do need to keep up with. Hope to be in your neck of the blogosphere soon! Take care.
Deepa, thank you for reading. Welcome to my blog.
Yuva, thanks for your input!
Rainbow Scientist, thank you so much for reading and for your kind words about my blog. Welcome!
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